A pair of Ukrainian drones were destroyed in Russia’s Kursk Region, which borders Ukraine from the northeast, the region’s governor has said. Governor Roman Starovoyt wrote on social media that “Russian air defense troops shot down two Ukrainian drones” early Monday morning in the village of Borovskoye. He said no …
Read More »Alleged Ukrainian fighter calls for heads of Donbass children to be ‘cut off’ in video
A video on social media allegedly shows a member of Ukraine’s Azov Battalion calling for the mass murder of Donbass civilians. The young, Ukrainian-speaking man in a military-style green T-shirt talks about “the clearing of the whole of Donbass” and “cutting their heads off and the heads of their children.” …
Read More »Ukrainian troops training on British soil – Johnson
Ukrainian are in Britain for training on how to operate armored vehicles provided by London to Kiev amid the conflict with Russia, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. “I can say that we are currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of anti-aircraft defense, and actually in the …
Read More »Besieged Ukrainian neo-Nazis outline conditions to leave Mariupol
Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol have outlined their conditions to leave the besieged location. Late on Wednesday, Svyatoslav Palamar, the deputy commander of the neo-Nazi Azov regiment, released a new video address, stating that the troops were ready …
Read More »Ukrainian kids separated from caregivers at US border – media
Dozens of Ukrainian kids fleeing the conflict in the country have ended up being separated from their guardians at the US border with Mexico, the New York Times has reported on Tuesday. Volunteers working in Tijuana have told the newspaper of at least 50 such cases since the start of …
Read More »Russia gives besieged Ukrainian troops another chance to surrender
Russia on Tuesday offered another chance to surrender to the remaining Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. All those holed up at Azovstal should exit the facility between 14:00 and 16:00 Moscow time without any arms or ammunition on them, …
Read More »Detained Ukrainian opposition leader issues swap plea
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has published a video in which detained Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk asks Russia’s and Ukraine’s presidents to swap him for the “defenders and residents” of Mariupol. “I, Medvedchuk Viktor Vladimirovich, want to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the …
Read More »Ukrainian ballistic missile plant destroyed – Russia
The Russian military has destroyed a military plant used to repair the warheads of Tochka-U ballistic missiles, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov announced on Monday. The facility was located in the southeast Ukrainian city of Dnepr, formerly known as Dnepropetrovsk. Soviet-made Tochka-U tactical ballistic missiles have been extensively …
Read More »Pentagon to train Ukrainian troops on US guns
The Pentagon intends to provide training to Ukrainian soldiers so they use the howitzers and radars contained in the latest batch of weapons and equipment President Joe Biden ordered sent to Kiev, the US military said on Monday. The training will reportedly take place in another country. Last week, the …
Read More »Ex-German FM calls out Ukrainian ‘conspiracy theories’
Sigmar Gabriel, who served as Germany’s top diplomat from 2017 to 2018, says the current government in Berlin can and should defend itself against “conspiracy theories” leveled at it by the likes of Ukrainian Ambassador Andrey Melnik. In an op-ed published by Der Spiegel on Sunday, Gabriel described as “dangerous” …
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