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Ukrainian MPs Alexey Goncharenko and Musa Magomedov introduced legislation on Monday calling on the country’s parliament to recognize the sovereignty of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – the breakaway state that fought two wars with Russia in the 1990s and 2000s. Text of the draft resolution has not yet been made available …

Nearly 200 people have requested medical assistance after sustaining injuries in a strike targeting the Ukrainian city of Novaya Kakhovka, the local administration’s head, Vladimir Leontyev, has claimed. He added that local authorities did not count “minor scratches,” referring to light wounds that were treated on the spot. At least seven …

The first cohort of Ukrainian troops has arrived in the UK to undergo specialist military training, with up to 10,000 service members expected to take part in the program in the coming months. British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has personally welcomed the soldiers. According to a statement published by Britain’s …

A 10-year-old girl was sitting by a bank in front of her house in Donetsk when a shell fired by Ukrainian forces landed in the middle of the street, killing her. The child was torn apart by shrapnel, the grieving family told RT’s Ruptly video news agency.  “My granddaughter has …

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 …

The proposal to put together an international naval coalition to escort ships with Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea is, in reality, one that pursues a completely different goal, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “The attempts to organize some kind of international coalition for the implementation of these …

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrey Melnik, has revealed he “regrets” calling the country’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, an “offended liverwurst” back in May. The diplomat made the admission while speaking to German newspaper Der Spiegel on Wednesday. “That’s a statement that I regretted later, of course. I’ll apologize to [Scholz] personally,” …

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Sunday outlawed Russian music from the country’s media and public space, an announcement on its website stated. According to Rada member Yaroslav Zheleznyak, 303 deputies supported the measure. “Parliament also banned the import and distribution of books and other publishing products from the Russian …

Gennady Trukhanov, the mayor of Odessa, the third most populous city in Ukraine, has revealed that he is concerned by the rising levels of anti-Russian sentiment. In an interview with the New York Times, published on Saturday, Trukhanov said that he was against renaming the city’s central Pushkin Street, named …

Russian warships have destroyed a command center with Kalibr cruise missiles, killing dozens of Ukrainian officers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed,” the statement said. According to the ministry, the strike took place near the village …