The governor of Mykolayiv province in southern Ukraine, which is under constant shelling, announced today a $100 bonus for those who help identify Russian collaborators. In a statement on his Telegram account, governor Vitaly Kim appealed for information regarding “those who reveal to the occupiers the deployment points of Ukrainian troops” or help them determine […]
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Ukraine: Parliament approves the removal of the head of the Internal Security Service and the Prosecutor General
The Ukrainian parliament today approved the removal of the head of the internal security service SBU and the prosecutor general, proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Parliament has voted to terminate the duties of Irina Venediktova as Attorney General,” MP David Arahamia wrote on the Telegram app. Many other deputies also announced the removal of SBU […]
Russia: 300 soldiers from Dagestan refused to fight in Ukraine
About 300 servicemen from Dagestan from the 136th motorized rifle brigade stationed in Buynaksk, a month after the start of the war in Ukraine, refused to participate in the hostilities and arbitrarily left Ukraine. A section of the said military began the contract termination process and returned to Buynaksk. Some of them, after being hospitalized […]
Russians chain anti-aircraft Tor to their ships in fear of Ukrainian missiles
By David Axe Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has chained Tor anti-aircraft systems to at least one of its corvettes, hoping to protect the warship from Ukrainian anti-ship missiles. Although the M2KM model does for ships, it is not at all certain that a Tor will help in real combat conditions. Already the Ukrainians have neutralized […]
Ukraine, little Liza, who died at the age of 4 while pushing her stroller
Her mother, Iryna, very much in love with her, has dedicated every post on her Instagram profile to her, where she recounts a daily life made up of walks, discoveries, hugs and smiles. Lise, raised in love, is a victim of hatred. She is only four years old dead, hit by missile attacks who, yesterday, […]
Moscow says the building hit in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia was a military target
The Russian Defense Ministry announced today that yesterday’s cruise missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia targeted a building where high-ranking officials from the Ukrainian armed forces were meeting with foreign arms suppliers. Ukraine has denied that a military target was hit, saying the attack killed at least 23 people and hit a cultural […]
Ukraine: Large increase in graves in areas under Russian control
Analysis of satellite photos and social media sites has revealed a large increase in the number of graves in areas of Ukraine occupied by the Russian military, according to a report released today by an NGO. The Center for Information Resilience (CIR), an anti-disinformation organization, analyzed data on six regions of Ukraine that were or […]
The moment of ‘Whatever It Takes’ for the energy crisis has arrived
By Maria Tadeo Vladimir Putin is sabotaging Europe’s energy supply, while at the same time the economic outlook looks ominous. Isn’t that enough to put governments into a state of emergency? And yet the European finance ministers who bothered to appear in Brussels this week offered their usual calm lines: Europe is working on all […]
Ukraine: The Russian administration in Zaporizhia has announced a referendum on its union with Russia
A Russian official stationed in the Moscow-controlled region of southern Ukraine said today that a referendum on the region’s union with Russia could be held in early autumn. The announcement by the head of the occupation administration in Zaporizhia, Yevgeny Balitsky, marks a further step towards the Russification of areas of Ukraine that Moscow has […]
Ukraine, the photos that remind us every day that the war is not over
When Viktor ran down the street after hearing the bombing, his wife Natalia Kolesnik she was already dead. She had come out of their house Kharkiv, in Ukraine, to bring food to cats, as she used to do every day, paying attention to the thunder of the shots that never stopped in her city. She […]