More than 60 Russian troops have been killed by a Ukrainian missile strike, Moscow confirmed on Monday. The bombardment hit a temporary housing area used by the Russian forces in Donbass. The facility in the city of Makeyevka in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic was targeted by six missiles from US-supplied HIMARS …
Read More »‘Hundreds’ of American troops are in Ukraine, Lavrov suggests
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged that up to “hundreds” of American servicemen are deployed to Ukraine, claiming that US soldiers, military advisers, and intelligence officers have long been direct participants in the conflict. Sitting down with Russia’s Channel One for an interview on Wednesday, Lavrov spoke at length …
Read More »Russia’s defense minister inspects frontline troops
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has visited the forces involved in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Shoigu made an aerial inspection of the Russia’ military’s forward positions and met with troops in the southern military district, whom he “thanked […] for the exemplary execution …
Read More »UK admits it sent troops to Ukraine
British Royal Marines conducted high-risk operations in Ukraine in April, Lieutenant General Robert Magowan wrote in the force’s official journal. Before Magowan’s admission, Russia’s claims that NATO troops were active in Ukraine had been dismissed by Western analysts and media. Members of 45 Commando Group of the Royal Marines left …
Read More »Ukrainian troops paint dire picture of Kherson fighting
As Kiev has banned journalists from the frontlines of the ‘offensive’ in Kherson Region, the Washington Post sent a reporter to a hospital in the rear area, where wounded Ukrainian soldiers told a harrowing tale of fighting against the odds. Wednesday’s piece about plucky underdogs who just need more weapons, …
Read More »Ukrainian troops try to seize Zaporozhye nuclear plant – Russia
Kiev sent commando groups in an attempt to capture the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed. There were two separate “sabotage groups” of up to 60 troops, which used seven boats to cross the Kakhovka Reservoir and land about three kilometers from the nuclear …
Read More »Russian troops to receive cutting-edge small arms
Russian troops will receive cutting-edge weapons, including PPK-20 submachine guns and SVCh designated marksman rifles, by the end of the year, Kalashnikov Group announced on Sunday. “We believe it is the best machine pistol in the world for the next 20 years,” the head of the famed arms manufacturer, Alan …
Read More »Israeli troops fatally shoot two Palestinian teens – health ministry
Israeli security forces fatally shot two teenage Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestine’s health ministry and the Islamic Jihad militant group have said. The violence in the streets erupted after Israeli special forces encircled the house of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi in Nablus. The senior Palestinian militant …
Read More »German troops planned attack on Crimea bridge – media
Among the dozen suspects arrested in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein for a series of burglaries at military bases were two Bundeswehr soldiers who wanted to use the purloined explosives to destroy the bridge between Crimea and the Russian mainland, a German tabloid reported, citing police sources. “A series …
Read More »Foreign mercenaries shot allied Ukrainian troops – Moscow
The lack of competence among Kiev’s forces, including foreigners recruited to fight for Ukraine, has resulted in at least two cases of friendly fire, the Russian military claimed on Tuesday. In one reported mix-up, recruits arriving at the position of the 97th battalion of the 60th infantry brigade of the …
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