Over ten Ukrainian drones attempted to strike Crimea, Russia on Saturday night, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said. The attack was repelled, and no damage was caused by the UAVs. In a Telegram message posted on Sunday, Razvozhaev reported that one drone had lost control and crashed in the woods; …
Read More »Ukrainian drone attacks Russian oil refinery – media
An oil refinery caught fire in Krasnodar Region in southern Russia on Friday morning, emergency officials have said. Baza news outlet reported that the blaze broke out after the facility was struck by a Ukrainian drone. Baza posted a video of black smoke coming from the Ilsky Oil Refinery. According …
Read More »Ukrainian counteroffensive will lead to ‘deplorable consequences’ – Moscow
Ukraine is being pumped with weapons by Western nations in support of the long-planned counteroffensive against Russia, but this will not lead to any positive results and will only cause more bloodshed, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has warned. In an interview with the newspaper Izvestia published on Thursday, …
Read More »Ukrainian counteroffensive has started – Wagner boss
The head of the private military company Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian forces had begun their counterattack in Artyomovsk (known in Ukrainian as Bakhmut) and are threatening to overwhelm his undersupplied troops. Wagner forces advanced more than 200 meters on Wednesday, sustaining 116 fatalities and …
Read More »Ukrainian command center destroyed – Moscow
The Russian military has destroyed a major Ukrainian command center, the country’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. Cruise missiles launched from the sea were used to target the facility, the ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced during a media briefing. “On the evening of April 28 of this year, …
Read More »How EU halt of Ukrainian grain imports could impact global food supply
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Read More »Poland to ‘temporarily ban’ Ukrainian grain imports
Poland has imposed a “temporary ban” on agricultural and food products from Ukraine, citing the need to protect local markets from the “destabilization” caused by an ongoing inflow of cheap goods. Poland’s agriculture and development ministers have been tasked with issuing “relevant legal acts to protect the Polish agricultural market …
Read More »Here’s why the leaked ‘secret plan’ for a Ukrainian military offensive doesn’t add up
On Friday, photos appeared of a document allegedly containing details on a planned imminent Ukrainian offensive on territories controlled by Russia. The ‘leak’ coincided with suggestions that the NATO Defender 2023 exercises – planned for the end of this month – could be a cover for an operation to supply and support …
Read More »Blinken predicts start of Ukrainian counteroffensive
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested that Ukraine will likely launch a long-anticipated counteroffensive in the next few weeks. Speaking to the Funke Media Group on Friday, the diplomat claimed that any decision to start the operation, which could include attempts to retake Crimea, must ultimately be made …
Read More »Russian human rights chief issues Ukrainian language appeal
Ukrainian-speaking children in Russia should be provided with opportunities to study their native language, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has said. In an interview with RIA Novosti published on Thursday, Moskalkova touched on the issue of displaced children and their education, as well as young people from the four …
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