The Russian IL-76 heavy transport plane was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian military personnel when it crashed in Belgorod Region some 90km (55 miles) from the Ukrainian border. The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that the aircraft was brought down by Kiev’s forces. Here is what we know so far about what …
Read More »65 Ukrainian POWs killed in Russian plane crash – MOD
A Russian heavy transport plane carrying several dozen Ukrainian prisoners of war has crashed in Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, Moscow has confirmed. Local Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said all those on board were killed. In a statement on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that an IL-76 cargo aircraft …
Read More »UN condemns Ukrainian attack that killed 27 civilians in Russian city
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack against the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, but refused to pin the blame for the shelling that left at least 27 civilians killed and over two dozen injured including several children. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns all attacks against civilians …
Read More »15 killed in Prague university shooting
A gunman killed 15 people and injured two dozen others in an attack at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, Czech police said. The attacker, identified as a student at the university, was “eliminated” at the scene. Police officers rushed to the university building at Jan Palach Square in central …
Read More »Dozens injured and killed in multiple ‘active shooter events’ in Maine – media
The residents of Lewiston have been ordered to shelter in place amid a manhunt for an armed suspect involved in at least two mass shooting incidents which reportedly claimed dozens of lives in Maine’s second most populous city on Wednesday night. The shooting spree unfolded at Schemengees Bar and Grille …
Read More »3 killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting in Florida – police
The fatal shooting of three black victims in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday has been “racially motivated,” police said. The assailant opened fire at around 2 pm local time at a Dollar General store. He wore a tactical vest and was armed with an “AR-style” rifle and handgun, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. …
Read More »Russian journalist killed in Ukrainian shelling
Russia’s RIA Novosti says its war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev has been killed by Ukrainian shelling as he covered the fighting in Zaporozhye Region. Several other journalists were wounded in the strike, it added. The agency said its crew had come under fire near the village of Pyatikhatki, which has been …
Read More »Ukrainian generals killed in Russian strike – MOD
Two Ukrainian generals were killed in a Russian high-precision strike on the Donbass city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday, citing “updated data.” The ministry had earlier claimed that the strike targeted the temporary base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade. …
Read More »ISIS ‘caliph’ killed in Syria – Erdogan
The leader of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, has allegedly been killed in an operation by Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in Syria, becoming the terrorist group’s third self-proclaimed “caliph” to be eliminated in the past 15 months. MIT agents had been tracking al-Qurashi “for a long …
Read More »Dozens of foreign mercenaries killed in Iskander strike – Russia
Dozens of foreign mercenaries have been killed in a strike on the Ukrainian-held town of Konstantinovka in Russia’s People’s Republic of Donetsk, Moscow has said. Up to 60 members of the so-called ‘Georgian Legion’ were killed and 15 military vehicles were destroyed in the attack, while 20 other mercenaries were …
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