By Vikram Mittal During their initial invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces failed to break through the resilient Ukrainian defenses. Although the Russians have regrouped and seized parts of the Donbass in southeastern Ukraine, the tide of war has not necessarily turned in the Russians’ favor. While Russia faces a fierce Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Russian military’s […]
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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 […]
Zelensky: At 22 the dead from a Russian attack on a train station in Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 23.42 The death toll from a Russian rocket attack on a train station in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday has risen to 22 from an initial estimate of 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a videotaped address, according to Reuters. “I just received information about a Russian missile strike at a railway station […]
Zelensky: Russia must withdraw from Zaporizhia – Missile strikes in Dnipropetrovsk
Russia must stop “nuclear blackmail” and withdraw from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today, speaking via video link to the UN Security Council. “Russia should, without conditions, stop nuclear blackmail and simply withdraw from the station,” the Ukrainian president said at the meeting convened to mark six months since the […]
Boris Johnson in Kyiv – He praised Ukraine for its resistance
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised Ukraine for resisting Russian aggression during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Wednesday and said now was not the time to push forward a “fragile negotiation plan”, Reuters reported. Johnson, who is due to leave office next month, spoke at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […]
Reuters: Zaporizhia nuclear plant employees arrested
Two employees of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear plant have been arrested for passing on information to Ukrainian authorities, the Russian National Guard and a local official said today, Reuters reports. In a statement, the Russian National Guard said it prevented what it called “illegal actions” that threatened the security of the plant and arrested the two […]
Germany – Canada, (energy) alliance
The results of Solz’s visit to Canada and the “debunking of Zelensky” in the German press. And, isn’t a mask required on government flights? The highlight of Chancellor Olaf Solz and Minister of Economy Robert Habeck’s visit to Canada occurred on the third and final day with the signing of a bilateral agreement on cooperation […]
Reuters: Putin bets on Europe’s energy stranglehold to prevail in Ukraine
The Russian winter helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler, and now Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting that a rally in energy prices and potential shortages during the winter will convince Europe to force Ukraine into a truce – with the Russia’s terms, as reported by Reuters. This is the only path Moscow sees to […]
53% of Americans in favor of supporting Ukrainians until Russian troops withdraw
After half a year of war in Ukraine, a narrow majority of Americans agree that the United States should continue to support Kyiv until Russia withdraws all its forces, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released today. The survey shows that Americans, despite the economic concerns and internal political developments that have caught their attention in […]
The Russian-appointed occupying commander of the Ukrainian Mykhailivska was killed by a bomb
The Russian-appointed head of the Ukrainian city of Mykhailivka in the Russian-controlled part of the Zaporizhia region was killed by a car bomb on Tuesday, an official in the region’s Russian-backed administration said. In a Telegram post, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Zaporizhia regional administration, said that the head of Mikhailifka, Ivan Susko, was […]
