The dangers surrounding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, where Moscow and Kyiv have been accusing each other of more than a week of shelling, are “increasing every day,” the mayor of Ergondar, the town where the plant is located, said today. “The risks are increasing every day,” Mayor Dmytro Orlov told AFP […]
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Britain: Russia’s priority is to strengthen southern Ukraine
Russia’s priority over the past week has likely been to reallocate units to bolster its campaign in southern Ukraine, Britain’s military intelligence agency said today. Ukraine and Russia have traded accusations over multiple shelling incidents at the Zaporizhia facility in southern Ukraine. Russian troops occupied the station early in the war. The Russian-backed forces of […]
Zelensky: Russians firing at or from Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in our sights
Ukraine is targeting Russian soldiers who fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant or use it as a base to fire from, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. “Every Russian soldier who either shoots at the station, or shoots using the station as cover, must understand that he is becoming a target for our […]
Britain: Non-functional two bridges for resupplying Russian forces in Kherson
The two main road bridges providing access to the enclave of Russian-held territory on the west bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region are probably inoperable for the purposes of essential military resupply, British military intelligence said today, according to Reuters. Even if Russia manages to make major repairs to the bridges, they […]
How the Ukrainians hit the Russian military airport in Crimea
By David Hambling The Ukrainian attack on a military airport in Russian-annexed Crimea on Tuesday was yet another David-to-Goliath strike, similar to the one that sank the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, in April. Some believe the same type of missile was used in both strikes, but the exact facts remain unclear, […]
Ukraine: Plan to evacuate 220,000 citizens from Donetsk before winter
The Ukrainian government aims to evacuate – before winter – two-thirds of residents from areas it still controls in the Donetsk region, partly out of concern that they will be at the mercy of the cold due to war-damaged infrastructure. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told a press conference today that plans are in […]
Kyiv is even preparing for a ‘tragedy at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant’
Ukraine’s interior minister said today that his country must be ready for any scenario at the Russian-held Zaporizhia nuclear power plant under shelling, including evacuating people from the area. Ukraine and Russian-installed local officials blamed each other today for fresh bombings at a nuclear power plant – Europe’s largest – in southern Ukraine. “The station […]
State Department: In favor of demilitarized zone around Zaporizhia nuclear plant
The United States supports calls for a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, following fighting involving Russian and Ukrainian forces near the plant, a State Department spokesman said Thursday. “Fighting near a nuclear plant is dangerous and irresponsible – and we continue to call on Russia to cease all military operations at or […]
Explosions at an airport in Belarus near the border with Ukraine
In the area of ​​the military airport “Ziabrovka” of Belarus located in the Gomel region near the border with Ukraine, during the night explosions were heard and flashes were visible, the Telegram channel “Belarusian Gayun” reported. The channel in question, which monitors the war, reported that there were at least eight flashes. A reader of […]
Mercenaries are rapidly being recruited across Russian territory to be sent to Ukraine
A “secret mobilization” is in full swing in Russia, involving dozens of different structures, including private military companies and volunteer battalions, writes the newspaper Novaya Gazeta.Europe, in an extensive revealing report, entitled “will is stronger than coercion”, in which it is pointed out that all these structures recruit recruits to whom they promise generous salaries, […]
