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Putin digs himself deeper into a quagmire.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed Ukraine for the blast at a bridge in Crimea that killed 18 people and injured scores of others. In a video conference with the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Putin said, “There is no question of a terrorist act directed at the destruction of the Russian Federation’s vital…
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Russian missile strikes devastated Ukraine, knocking out power, and put the entire country under air-raid alarm.
Ukraine’s military said on Friday that its forces have entered the Russian-occupied city of Kherson, which has been under Russian rule for over five years. The military added that it fired over 160 times at Russian positions over the past 24 hours, but also reported Russian return fire into Ukrainian positions. Notably, this comes after…
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Strikes Hit the staging ground for the troops.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that his’special military operation’ in Ukraine is taking longer than expected, adding that his country’s nuclear weapons are deterring the conflict. He also said that Russia has succeeded in seizing new territory and added that his country’s nuclear weapons are deterring the conflict. The US has accused Russia…
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Putin’s Desperate Measures Won’t Get him what he wants.
Russia has said that Ukraine and its Western allies are “set for a long confrontation with Russia” after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the US. “Russia condemns what it calls’monstrous crimes’ of the’regime in Ukranian’,” it added. This comes after Zelenskyy offered to ask Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine by Christmas in a…
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Putin digs himself ever deeper into a quagmire.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “probably impossible to actually predict” as the conflict in Ukraine turns in his country’s favour and his popularity wanes at home. This comes after Russia’s annexation of a key region in the east of Ukraine last month. Ukrainian forces on Sunday recaptured Lyman city,…
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Zelensky will make a surprise visit to Washington to rally support for the defense of Ukrainians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the US President Joe Biden will hold a “strategic discussion” on the “way ahead on the battlefield”, a White House official said. They will also discuss the sanctions imposed by the US and the training and capabilities provided to Ukraine by Western allies, the official added. Zelenskyy has previously accused…
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She is a doctor. He was a limo driver.
The US has charged five people for attempting to export sensitive military technologies from US manufacturers to Russia. “These charges reveal two separate global schemes to violate US export and sanctions laws, including by shipping sensitive military technologies from US manufacturers…to Russia,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. Last week, the US had imposed sanctions on…
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Russia has small nuclear arms that can be risky for Putin and Ukraine.
Russia on Friday launched 84 cruise missiles against targets across Ukraine, Ukraine’s General Staff said on its Facebook page. In the south, where Ukrainian troops are approaching Kherson, the Ukrainian military said its units had fired 160 times over the past 24 hours, while also reportingRussian return fire into Ukrainian positions. Ukraine’s top military chief…
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There was a bigger message from the meeting.
Ukrainian forces shot down 56 of the 84 missiles fired by Russia on Sunday, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend his nation against Ukraine, following an explosion on a strategic bridge leading to annexed Crimea. Zelensky also said that Russian strikes in Odesa left…
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After Russian missile strikes on Ukraine, Biden promised advanced air defense systems.
US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s strike on Ukraine and vowed to continue US security assistance “including advanced air defense systems”, the White House said. Biden also underlined his ongoing engagement with allies and partners to continue imposing costs on Russia, it added. Earlier, the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency said that Russia had been planning…
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Russia rushes newly drafted soldiers to the eastern front.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia can’t be the only real guarantor of Ukraine’s territorial integrity. “I want to say again: Russia can be the only real guarantor of Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” Putin added. He further said that Russia’s nuclear weapons are deterring the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
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There is a opinion that Putin has a dream that is going to end ingloriously.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the country’s war in Ukraine is “taking longer than he expected”. He added that his military operation is taking longer than he expected. The Russian leader further said that the Sea of Azov has become Russia’s “internal sea”, adding that “Peter the Great fought to get access”…
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Russia is going for revenge.
The Ukrainian military said that it raised the national flag above seven villages previously occupied by Russia in the Kherson region on Wednesday. This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that his forces had seized the city of Kherson. Russia had withdrawn all its troops from the Kherson region on Monday, according…
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October 9, 2022.
Russia on Thursday said it will help evacuate residents of annexed Kherson to other areas as Ukraine continued its offensive in the region. The Russian forces will help evacuate residents from the west bank of Kherson river to the east bank of Dnipro river, Russian state media said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that…
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There are five questions that need to be answered in the next decade.
The European Commission (EC) said that it wants to impose a price cap on Russian crude oil for its 27 member countries. This comes after Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to reduce their oil production by 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in an attempt to prop up oil prices. Crude oil prices have fallen…
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There was no water, power or internet in the newly liberated Ukrainian city.
Russia on Thursday said its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson in eastern Ukraine to other areas, as Ukraine’s offensive continues to make gains in the region. “The Russians are playing for the whistle…to avoid a collapse in their frontline before the winter sets in,” Samir Puri, senior fellow at the International Institute…
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Russia is threatening “unpredictable consequences”, while the missiles could protect Ukraine’s power grid.
Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday said that four of its troops were killed in an attack on a Russian convoy near the border with Crimea. The ministry further said that the military personnel were attacked “without any provocation” and that there are no reports of casualties or deaths on the Russian side. This comes amid…
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From Iran to Ukranians, David is staring down.
The Russian military has launched a major offensive into eastern Ukraine in retaliation to the Ukrainian government’s military actions against Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Tens of thousands of Russian troops have entered the region since the start of the conflict, which erupted in Ukraine in February. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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Multiple foreign nationals are accused of scheming to send military technology to Russia.
The US Justice Department has announced charges against nearly a dozen people and two companies for illegally sending advanced electronics and equipment to Russia. The alleged scheme began in 2017 and continued after the US imposed sanctions against two Russian banks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some of the equipment allegedly recovered from battlefields in…
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They had a $30 Million Arms Deal.
Five Russian citizens and two US nationals were charged with conspiring to illegally obtain and send millions of dollars worth of American-made technology to Russia before and after its invasion of Ukraine this year. Some of the accused tried to send nuclear technology to Russia but it was intercepted before it arrived, the department said…
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Russia Rushes Newly Formed Soldiers to the Eastern Front, but Gains Less Ground.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday held a ceremony to commemorate the incorporation of four Ukrainian territories into Russia, the last day of the Russian war of 1917. Notably, most of Ukraine was incorporated as part of the Russian-occupied territory of Crimea in 2014. Over 3 lakh men were drafted into the military service during…
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As fighting escalates in the East, there have been explosions in the capital of Ukranian.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced martial law in Ukraine’s Donbas and Crimea, two regions he considers to be part of his country. Putin held a ceremony to commemorate the incorporation of four Ukrainian territories into Russia, Lyman, a strategic railway hub in the eastern region of Donbas. The announcement comes amid a spike…
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There could be a violent new phase in the war due to Putins rage against civilians.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from the border with Ukraine and the Ukrainian troops have been encircled in the city of Kherson, the president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. This comes after Russia launched missile attacks on Ukraine earlier this week, killing at least 16 people and injuring over 100 others.
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The attackers continue to target the US electric grid.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in October 2017 “tried to go for a big, showy public response” to a cyberattack on a bridge that linked Crimea with Russia, a senior US official said. “I don’t think Russia would measure success in cyberspace by a single attack,” the official added. “I don’t think Russia would measure success…
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The Center of Civil Liberties was the winner of the peace prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Sunday awarded the 2018 Peace Prize to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ally Alexey Navalny and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for their “long-standing devotion to human rights and democracy”. Lukashenko was detained in 2012 on charges of plotting against the government. Russia has been engaged in a…