Three more ships have left Ukrainian ports under the Istanbul grain export agreement, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced on Thursday. While one ship departed from the port of Pivdennyi in the Ukrainian city of Yuzhne, two ships departed from the port of Odessa, the ministry said in a statement. The Joint Coordination Center, […]
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Putin signed a decree to increase the size of the Russian armed forces
LAST UPDATE: 17.40 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree today to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million personnel as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month. Moscow has not announced any casualties in the war since the first weeks, but Western officials and the government in Kiev […]
Zaporizhia Nuclear Plant: IAEA ‘very, very close’ to gaining access
LAST UPDATE: 17.37 The International Atomic Energy Agency is “very, very close” to gaining access to the Russian-held Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Europe’s largest, its head Raphael Grossi told France 24 TV today. Asked if talks to gain access to the station were successful, in which case Grossi has said the IAEA will […]
Russia makes massive use of cluster munitions in Ukraine, cluster munitions watchdog says
Russia is making massive use of cluster weapons in Ukraine, causing hundreds of civilian casualties and destroying homes, schools and hospitals, the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) reports in its annual report. “Ukrainian forces also appear to have made repeated use of such weapons during the conflict,” according to the agency. Neither Russia nor Ukraine have […]
Russian coal exports stopped due to European sanctions
Russian coal exports have effectively ground to a halt due to the European Union’s ban on entities within the bloc servicing shipments of the commodity anywhere in the world, according to Bloomberg. Suek JSC, Russia’s biggest thermal coal miner, has been unable to ship supplies since mid-August, according to people familiar with the situation who […]
USA: Russia is preparing to announce ‘illegal referendums’ in the areas it controls in Ukraine
Moscow may announce as soon as this week one or more “illegal” referendums in occupied Ukraine in an attempt to justify annexation of Ukrainian territory to Russia, White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters today. . “We have information that Russia continues to prepare a mock referendum” in Kherson, Zaporizhia, the separatist regions of Donetsk […]
Albania: The two Russians and the Ukrainian accused of espionage remain in custody
An Albanian court today ordered the detention of two Russians and a Ukrainian suspected of espionage who were arrested on Saturday when they tried to force their way into an arms factory, injuring two soldiers. “The court’s view is that they should remain at the disposal of justice until the investigation is completed,” Elbasan court […]
Navalny in solitary confinement for five days because ‘for three seconds he didn’t have his hands behind his back’
Russian politician Alexei Navalny, who is serving a sentence in Prison Colony No. 6 in the city of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region, has been placed in solitary confinement again, this time for five days. This development was reported by Navalny himself in a post on Telegram. “They take me to isolation through the corridor: […]
India will tell the US that a broader consensus is needed to impose a ceiling on Russian oil
India will seek a broader consensus before backing US-led efforts to cap the price of Russian oil, something US officials are expected to push for this week when they travel to Mumbai and New Delhi, according to the Bloomberg agency. India, which has emerged as one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil after the […]
Putin: The situation with the forest fires east of Moscow is difficult
Russia is facing “a difficult situation” with forest fires due to “unusual” heat, mainly in an area near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today. “Due to adverse weather conditions, the situation is difficult in many regions of the European part of the country,” Putin said during an online meeting with regional officials on forest […]
