• Russian MVD accused of beating detained anti-war protestors

    The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has been accused of abusing detained anti-war protestors, Novaya Gazeta reported. The March 6th protests that were held in 65 cities throughout Russia resulted in the arrest of more than 5000 protestors. More than 30 detainees have reported physical abuse during interrogation.

    The accusations surface after an audio recording of the interrogation of a 26-year-old Muscovite, Alexandra Kaluzhskikh, circulated online, drawing condemnation.

    In a letter …

  • Top Russian Army commander killed in Ukraine

    A Major General of the Russian Army Vitaly Gerasimov was killed near Kharkiv by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

    Vitaly Gerasimov is the commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army which is part of Russia’s Central Military District.

    "Another loss among the top command staff of the occupying country's army. During the fighting near Kharkiv, Vitaly Gerasimov, a Russian military leader, major general, chief of staff and first …

  • Hospital in Kharkiv region destroyed

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    A hospital in the Ukrainian city of Izium was destroyed by the Russian military, according to the city’s Deputy Mayor, Volodymyr Matsokin. On Tuesday, Matsokin uploaded several photos and a video to Facebook showing the ruins of the city’s central hospital.

    “It was probably another secret NATO base,” Matsokin sarcastically noted the social media post.

    The city’s police station was also reportedly destroyed.

    Izium, a city of approximately 46,000 located 75 miles southeast of …

  • Russia's invasion of Ukraine leads to higher grain prices

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is leading to higher grain prices around the globe, as agricultural production in the “world’s breadbasket” has been severely disrupted. Ukrainian farmers are fleeing the violence or taking up arms, and ports that send wheat and other grains to Europe, Asia and Africa have been closed by the Russian military.

    While there have not been global supply problems for grain yet, prices have risen 55% since a week before the invasion, and wheat futures have increased more …

  • Hungary blocking shipments of weapons to Ukraine from its territory

    Hungary has imposed a ban on the supply of weapons to Ukraine from its territory, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on his Facebook page.

    Orban also said he is confident that the sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States against Russia are a double-edged sward, as they lead to an increase in energy prices and accelerate inflation in the EU.

    The United States and NATO have provided more than 17 thousand units of anti-tank weapons to the territory of Ukraine over the past week. …

  • Yanukovych's jet arrives in Minsk

    Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s private jet arrived in Minsk from Moscow on Monday afternoon, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported, referencing flight data from Flight Radar 24. The pro-Kremlin politician’s Dassault Falcon 900C has been active over the last week, visiting Orenburg, Murmansk, Sochi and St. Petersburg. It is unknown whether Yanukovych himself was aboard the jet.

    There has been speculation that Moscow ultimately plans on reinstating Yanukovych as President of Ukraine, who …

  • Ukrainian Presidential Adviser: Russia has destroyed 1500+ residential buildings

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    The Adviser to the Head of the Office of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, has claimed that the Russian military has damaged or destroyed more than 1500 residential buildings, 202 schools, and 34 hospitals in Ukraine since the invasion commenced on February 24th.

    While such figures have not been verified, videos and photos have emerged showing the results of the Russian military’s attacks of residential areas. Russia, in turn, has denied targeting civilian areas, …

  • Ukrainian and Russian Foreign ministers to meet in Turkey

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet at a trilateral summit in Antalya to discuss the war in Ukraine, said the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

    "Our goal is to stop the conflict as soon as possible. We have made efforts to bring our Russian and Ukrainian counterparts closer together. Before the conflict, we were in constant contacts with them. We further strengthened this work after the begging of the war," he said.

    The …

  • US considers deal to send Polish MiGs to Ukraine

    Calls for Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania to give Ukraine their Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters jets are increasing.

    During a video call with members of the US Congress on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his country’s acute need for weapons of all kinds, including aircraft.

    “If you can’t do that [institute a no-fly zone], at least get me planes”, Zelensky is reported to have said.

    An unknown number of Ukrainian aircraft were destroyed on the ground during the …

  • Putin’s oligarchs moving their fortunes to United Arab Emirates

    After the beginning of Russia's attack on Ukraine, representatives of the Russian elite have begun to take their fortunes, including valuable paintings, to the United Arab Emirates, reports Ukrayinska Pravda, citing its source in Ukrainian intelligence.

    Since the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, oligarchs from Putin's inner circle have already made multiple flights to Dubai.

    On February 28, a Bombardier Global 5000, reportedly belonging to Rotenberg brothers, flew from Nice to Dubai. …