Ukraine's operation to liberate Crimea and its territorial waters in the Black Sea is gaining momentum, according to Ukraine's military intelligence chief Budanov.

During successful multi-faceted operations, Ukraine has managed to take back control of the northern Black Sea and has weakened the Russian forces in Crimea. The Russian fleet is fleeing the peninsula, General-Lieutenant Kirill Budanov of Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR MO) told French newspaper Le Monde.

"The northern …

Amid a record labor shortage spurred by the war in Ukraine and an aging population, Russia is seeking migrant workers beyond the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and turning its attention to Africa, reports The Moscow Times.

Hussein Mohammed, Kenya’s State House Spokesperson, announced that the first 10,000 workers from the African continent will arrive from Kenya.

Mohammed did not specify which industries the Kenyans would be employed in but emphasized that they would encompass …

NATO countries have resolutely stated that they will continue to provide Ukraine with substantial military, economic, and humanitarian aid, with many nations planning to allocate "billions of euros in additional strength and resources in 2024," according to a NATO press service announcement following the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting on Wednesday, January 10, in Brussels.

Furthermore, "NATO's promise was that this year, 500 million euros would be allocated to Ukraine's priority projects," said …

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, announced on January 10 that Russia will form five marine divisions and one brigade. TASS news agency reported that the new units will be created in the "medium-term future".

"To enhance the combat capabilities of the marines as an individual branch of the Navy, it is planned in the medium-term perspective to reorganize the existing five marine brigades on the fleets into marine divisions, and the marine regiment of the …

In the Russian city of Orel, located approximately 170 kilometres from the country's border with Ukraine, two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) fell on a fuel and gas facility, said Andrey Klychkov, the governor of Oryol Oblast, on Tuesday, 9 January. According to him, the incident caused a fire which was "quickly localized".

Klychkov later added that three individuals sustained moderate injuries as a result of the drones' attack. Two of them refused hospitalization. The governor also reported …

The saga concerning the destroyed Russian landing ship Novocherkassk of the Black Sea Fleet continues in Russia.

The Russian authorities are claiming that there are no losses, yet the relatives of the sailors from the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk have been asked to provide DNA samples for the identification of the remains, reports the Russian news outlet ASTRA, referring to the family of the "missing" crew member Alexander Kolotvinov.

Moscow is refusing to acknowledge the fatalities …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to nationalization the Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant, reports the news outlet Riamo, citing the Governor of the Moscow Region, Andrei Vorobyov.

Vorobyov attributed Putin’s decision to an incident that left around 20,000 people without heating in Podolsk city during the New Year's holidays. He stated that the boiler house, managed by the factory, operated "very poorly" and access to it was restricted due to the plant's classified status.

The …

Dejan Beric, a Serbian mercenary recruiter for the Russian army, has criticized the leadership of the 119th Parachute Assault Regiment which includes foreign troops. In a video statement released on VKontakte social network on Monday, January 8, Beric, dressed in a t-shirt emblazoned with 'Putin's Team. The People’s Front' complained that Russian commanders are refusing to supply the Serbians with sufficient weaponry and lack of medical treatment for the wounded.

Beric claims that he had to …