By David Axe The Russian military in Ukraine appears to be moving a third of its forces from the east to the south in order to counter the Ukrainian offensive. These moves, however, create gaps in the Russian defense in the east. So now the Ukrainian military is reportedly exploiting these gaps, especially around Sloviansk […]
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Moscow: Condemns Zelensky’s call for the West to close its borders to Russians
The Kremlin today described as “absurd” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for Western countries to close their borders to Russian visitors to punish Moscow for its aggression against Ukraine. In an interview with the Washington Post this week, Zelensky stressed that he believes “the most important sanctions are to close the borders, because the Russians […]
In Russia, 40 volunteer battalions were created to fight in Ukraine
In Russia, more than 40 ‘nominal’ volunteer battalions have already been created to fight in Ukraine, Kommersant writes today. According to the newspaper, such battalions began to be created in regions of Russia since the spring. Their names refer to the territorial area to which they belong and as a rule residents of the specific […]
Ukraine: Kyiv is investigating nearly 26,000 cases of suspected war crimes
Ukraine is investigating nearly 26,000 cases of suspected war crimes committed since Russia’s February 24 invasion and has indicted 135 people, Ukraine’s war crimes prosecutor-general told Reuters. Of the accused, about 15 people are in custody in Ukraine and the remaining 120 remain at large, Yuriy Bilushov, head of the war crimes department of the […]
Ukraine: Russian bombings in Kharkiv, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk
Ukraine’s general staff said Sunday that Russian artillery was shelling in the direction of Kharkiv “along the entire line of contact,” Bloomberg reported. There was also artillery fire in the Kramatorsk region, including near Sloviansk, and Russian aircraft carried out airstrikes near Bakhmut and in places towards Avdiyivka. He stressed that Kiev forces have repelled […]
Ukraine: Kyiv says worker injured in new Russian bombing at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Ukraine’s nuclear power company Energoatom said today that a worker was injured when Russian forces again bombed the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, on Saturday night. The site was hit by rocket attacks, Energoatom said on the Telegram messaging app. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) yesterday expressed serious concerns about […]
The lack of ships is the biggest challenge for Ukrainian grain exports
Ukraine’s first grain shipments since the Russian invasion herald relief for squeezed global markets, but many challenges remain until the millions of tonnes of food stuck in the country are released. Perhaps the biggest is the reluctance of shipowners to send their ships into harm’s way, as the waters are full of mines and Russia […]
The head of the Ukrainian branch of Amnesty International resigned after the report criticized by Kyiv
The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine department, Oksana Pokalchuk, announced her resignation after an NGO report accused the Ukrainian armed forces of putting civilians at risk, angering Kyiv. “I am resigning from Amnesty International’s Ukraine department,” Pokalchuk said on her Facebook page Friday night, accusing the report published on August 4 of unwittingly serving “Russian […]
Britain: Russia withdraws forces from Donbass and moves them to the southwest
Russia’s war in Ukraine is set to enter a new phase, with most of the fighting shifting to a front nearly 350 kilometers long running southwest from near Zaporizhia to Kherson, alongside the Dnieper River, Britain’s military service said today. information. Russian forces are almost certainly massing in southern Ukraine, expecting a counter-attack or preparing […]
Russia, Ukraine exchange accusations of ‘terrorism’ after Zaporizhia nuclear power plant strike
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Russia must “bear responsibility” for the “terrorist act” at Ukraine’s military-captured Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been the target of strikes blamed on each other by Kyiv and Moscow. . “Today the occupiers created another extremely dangerous situation for all of Europe: they twice hit the […]
