A shopping center in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchug caught fire after what the government said was a Russian missile strike on Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “over a thousand civilians” were inside the mall. The regional governor later reported 10 people were killed and around 40 were …
Read More »Moscow claims it sees ‘true’ plans behind Ukrainian grain coalition
The proposal to put together an international naval coalition to escort ships with Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea is, in reality, one that pursues a completely different goal, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “The attempts to organize some kind of international coalition for the implementation of these …
Read More »Russia claims hundreds of casualties during strike in Ukraine
Russian strikes on a shipbuilding plant in the Ukrainian port of Nikolaev killed as many as 500 troops on Tuesday, the Russian defense ministry claimed during a daily press briefing on Wednesday. The troops belonged to the Ukrainian Army’s 59th Mechanized Brigade, the report said, who it’s believed were taking …
Read More »Blogger claims she is being probed in Germany over Donbass coverage
A blogger, with tens of thousands of subscribers, has said she is being probed in Germany over her coverage of the Ukraine conflict. German media confirmed the activist is the subject of an investigation by a local prosecutor’s office. In an interview aired on Friday on Russia’s Channel One, Alina …
Read More »UFC axes ‘Ukrainian McGregor’ amid fake victory claims – media
The cries of ‘There’s only one Conor McGregor’ which often accompany the Irishman’s fights in the UFC Octagon are apparently more accurate than you might think after the UFC reportedly opted to cut ties with Askar Mozharov, the man known by some as the ‘Ukrainian Conor McGregor’. Mozharov, a fighter who …
Read More »Trump’s daughter disowns his election fraud claims
Ivanka Trump told the Democrat-run committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot on Capitol Hill that she “accepted” former Attorney General Bill Barr’s statement that Donald Trump’s claims of 2020 election fraud were “bulls**t.” “I respect Attorney General Barr. So I accepted what he was saying,” Trump, who served as an …
Read More »Ukraine claims to be deploying US-made anti-ship missiles
The US-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied to Ukraine have already been deployed, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said on Thursday in a lengthy post on social media. Denmark confirmed sending this type of weapon to Kiev last month. Ukraine’s coastal defense “has been strengthened by the extremely efficient Harpoon systems,” …
Read More »China responds to secret foreign base claims
Beijing has rejected a report by the Washington Post claiming that a Chinese naval base is being secretly built in Cambodia. “China and Cambodia are comprehensive strategic cooperative partners enjoying open, transparent, logical and legitimate cooperation in various sectors,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during a briefing on …
Read More »Russian ambassador to US claims he was encouraged to defect
Russia’s Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov has revealed that he received a letter inviting him to condemn President Vladimir Putin. The message proposed that he should “give up on his motherland and condemn the actions of the Russian president,” Antonov told Russia’s Channel 1 on Tuesday. “If I wanted to …
Read More »Russia claims military success
Russia and its allies have made more progress towards fully capturing the Donbass, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported on Tuesday. Some 15 communities were recently taken, including Svyatogorsk – the town where Ukrainian forces allegedly torched a wooden church as they retreated last week. Svyatogorsk is located on the …
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