Russian troops have captured the Avdeevka Coke and Chemical plant which Kiev turned into a heavily fortified position, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, adding that Ukrainian troops are in a headlong rout. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that Russia’s ‘Center’ group of troops had taken …
Read More »Exhibition of captured western weaponry opens near Moscow (VIDEO)
Hundreds of pieces of heavy military equipment seized by Russian troops during the campaign against Ukraine have been put on display as part of a massive open-air exhibition just outside of Moscow. Visitors are able to view both Ukrainian-made weapons and those provided to Kiev by the West. Videos published …
Read More »Key Donbass city captured – Wagner chief
The key Donbass city of Artyomovsk, known as Bakhmut in Ukraine, has been fully liberated by the Russian forces, Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military company has announced. “Today at noon, Bakhmut was fully captured,” Prigozhin said in a video address published on Saturday. The last part …
Read More »Wagner chief declares Bakhmut ‘formally captured’
The head of the Russian private military company (PMC), Evgeny Prigozhin, has announced a milestone achievement in the battle for the city of Artryomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut), publishing a video allegedly taken in front of the town’s administrative building on Sunday evening. “We hoisted the Russian flag with …
Read More »Moscow claims it captured land in key part of Ukraine
Russian troops have made advances into Ukraine’s Nikolaev Region, a strategically important area in the south of the country, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Tuesday. According to the ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, Russian and allied forces have destroyed Ukrainian military units defending the town of Aleksandrovka …
Read More »British Falklands War vet captured in Donbass – media
A British man, who has fought alongside the infamous ‘Azov’ regiment in Mariupol, has asked London for help in a video published by a Russian journalist over the weekend. Identified as John Harding, the man in the video says he would otherwise “face the death penalty.” “I would say to …
Read More »Foreign fighters seek ‘adventure’ in Ukraine – captured colonel
Foreign fighters are joining the Ukrainian military in search of “adventure,” the commander of Kiev’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade has told RT. He was captured by Russian forces during fighting in Mariupol. Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk said there were foreigners in the ranks of his unit, explaining that Ukrainian legislation allows …
Read More »Captured Ukrainian officer labels US-supplied Javelins ‘useless’
The US-made Javelin anti-tank systems have been praised for their effectiveness by Washington officials and have been turned by Western Media into a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance in the conflict with Russia. But a commander of the Ukrainian marines, who ended up being captured during the fighting for Mariupol, has …
Read More »RT speaks to Croatian fighter captured in Ukraine
RT’s Roman Kosarev spoke to Vjekoslav Prebek, a Croatian national who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian military. Prebek says he was a serviceman in a Ukrainian marine brigade that was holed up in the city of Mariupol. He claims to have been taken prisoner during an attempt to …
Read More »Mariupol captured — Russia
Russian forces have fully captured the key Donbass Black Sea port-city of Mariupol, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. However, more than 2,000 militants, loyal to Kiev, still remain entrenched at the Azovstal steel plant in the city, he added. President Vladimir Putin has called Shoigu’s …
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