The military conflict in Ukraine, which began on February 24, was preceded by a long war in Donbass. Over the course of eight years, it claimed the lives of at least 14,200 people (according to the OHCHR), over 37,000 were wounded, hundreds of thousands became refugees or had their homes …
Read More »Ukraine’s attack on city in Kherson region ‘reminiscent of Hiroshima’ – official
The Ukrainian attack on Novaya Kakhovka – a city in the Kherson region controlled by the Russian forces – with American weapons is a “crime against the civilian population”, Vladimir Leontyev, head of the city’s military-civilian administration, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday night. According to him, there are victims, dozens …
Read More »Blockade of Russian region by EU state is breach of international law – senator
Lithuania broke international law by implementing an economic “blockade” of Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, Senator Konstantin Kosachev said. The EU country’s state-owned rail operator previously said it had stopped the transit of sanctioned goods between the region and the rest of Russia. “Lithuania is a flagship of the destruction of international …
Read More »Warplane crashes in Russian region bordering Ukraine
A Sukhoi Su-25 close air support jet crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region on Friday. The military said the pilot ejected and was rescued, after the plane went down due to a technical malfunction. Local authorities said the plane hit the ground in the Korochansky district, located to the northeast of …
Read More »Hundreds of houses damaged in Ukraine-bordering region
Almost 300 houses have been damaged in Russia’s Belgorod Region, which shares a border with Ukraine, over the last two and half months, the region’s governor Vyacheslav Gladkov revealed on Monday. Since the beginning of Moscow’s military offensive on Ukraine on February 24, numerous settlements in Russia’s southwestern regions of …
Read More »Military base hit by ‘terrorist attack’ in breakaway region near Ukraine – leader
Starting Monday, a series of terrorist attacks has hit the breakaway region of Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), which borders Ukraine, its leader said on Tuesday. Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky placed the region on terrorist alert, RIA Novosti reported, citing the president’s website. Two back-to-back explosions …
Read More »Poland should ‘claim’ Russian region, general says
Warsaw should seek to “claim” the Kaliningrad region from Russia, General Waldemar Skrzypczak has said. The region has been “under Russian occupation since 1945,” the ex-commander of the Polish Land Forces claimed on the TV show ‘Super Express’ on Friday. “It might be worth asking for it, as it used …
Read More »Breakaway Ukrainian region declares mobilization
The head of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine announced on Saturday that he ordered the mobilization of all able men in response to massive shelling along the frontline. “I urge compatriots who are in the [army] reserve to come to military enlistment offices,” Denis Pushilin said …
Read More »Explosion hits capital of Ukraine breakaway region (VIDEOS)
A massive explosion in the center of Donetsk on Friday evening was the work of a car bomb that detonated outside the government headquarters, the authorities in the breakaway region in eastern Ukraine have said. Multiple reports of the blast came shortly after both Donetsk and Lugansk, the two regions …
Read More »NATO’s campaign made European region ‘a hotbed of crime’ – Lavrov to RT
Russia finds it hard to believe that NATO is a purely defensive bloc, giving its bombing campaign in Yugoslavia in 1999, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RT on Friday. The minister made his comments while speaking about the talks between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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