The EU must stop prolonging the Ukraine conflict by funding the “corrupt war mafia” in Kiev and instead focus its efforts on peace, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. The prime minister made the remarks on Tuesday amid a massive graft scandal that continues to rock Ukraine. Last week, …
Read More »EU sees influx of male Ukrainian migrants
The EU has recorded its largest spike in arriving Ukrainian fighting-age men in September, just a month after Vladimir Zelensky allowed men aged 18 to 22 to leave the country, according to the latest Eurostat data. In September, the bloc granted temporary protection status to 79,205 Ukrainians, a 49% increase …
Read More »Ukrainian-British plot to steal MiG-31 thwarted – FSB
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it foiled an elaborate Ukrainian-British plot to steal a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile. According to the FSB, although Ukrainian agents unsuccessfully tried to persuade the pilots to defect, their actual goal was for the aircraft to …
Read More »Ukrainian military recruit kills two instructors
A Ukrainian military recruit has fatally shot two instructors during a training exercise in the Chernigov region, police confirmed on Thursday, after details leaked about the case. The authorities said the suspect opened fire with an automatic weapon on a group of military personnel the day before. He faces a …
Read More »More Ukrainian drones target Moscow in renewed raid
Russia’s air defenses destroyed more than a dozen incoming Ukrainian drones approaching the capital overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said. The country’s Defense Ministry reported over 150 interceptions across multiple regions. The intercepts occurred in the Bryansk, Oryol, Kaluga, Rostov, Tula, Kursk, Smolensk, Voronezh, and Moscow regions, with at least 158 hostile …
Read More »Russia conducts heavy missile and drone strike on Ukrainian military airfield – MOD
The Russian military struck a military airfield and energy infrastructure in Ukraine in an overnight attack involving missiles and kamikaze drones, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that the attack, which was carried out with high-precision air-, land-, and sea-based weapons, …
Read More »Zelensky treats peace talks as ‘political show’ – ex-Ukrainian diplomat
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky seeks to make a “political show” out of the expected peace talks with Russia in Istanbul, even if it means disrupting the negotiations, former Ukrainian diplomat Andrey Telizhenko has told RT. Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said he would be waiting for the Ukrainian team starting …
Read More »‘Zelensky-linked’ Ukrainian blogger mocks death of Pope
A right-wing Ukrainian activist and military blogger, who was once reportedly offered a job by Vladimir Zelensky, has apparently mocked the death of Pope Francis. The Vatican announced on Monday morning that the head of the Catholic Church had passed away at age 88. Sergey Sternenko, the former leader of …
Read More »Russian drone blows up Ukrainian dugout – MOD (VIDEO)
Russian kamikaze ground drones have destroyed several Ukrainian fortifications in Donbass, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, releasing footage of the attacks. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said Krot (‘Mole’) robotic systems had destroyed several Ukrainian positions near the settlement of Yampol in the Donetsk People’s Republic. …
Read More »Kiev looking to further delay elections – Ukrainian official
Ukraine needs changes to legislation governing election procedures before it can choose its next president and parliament, Central Election Commission Chair Oleg Didenko has said. In an interview with the news outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda published on Monday, Didenko argued that it would be impossible to hold elections immediately after martial …
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