Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Wagner mercenaries confess to mass killings of Ukrainian civilians on Prigozhin’s orders
The former commander of the Wagner PMC unit, a former convict from the penal colony 13 of the Saratov region, 42-year-old Azamat Uldarov (pardoned by Putin’s decree) told how he killed Ukrainian civilians following the orders of the Wagner founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin. An interview with the former Wagner mercenaries was published by human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin on the official channel of his organization Gulag.net on YouTube.
"With this hand I killed children following the orders. …
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Kyiv: Russian troops unable to advance near Vuhledar and Avdiivka
Ukrainian Forces are holding their positions near Vuhledar and blocking Russian troops from approaching Avdiivka, said the commander of the operational-strategic group Tavria, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, on his Telegram channel .
Tarnavsky also published a photo of destroyed Russian armor with the caption: "Orcs are resting near Vuhledar."
"Our artillery is working accurately, every soldier who is in the trenches today performs tasks at the highest level," Tarnavsky added.
Russian forces are losing …
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Poland asks Germany for permission to deliver Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
Poland has submitted an official request to Germany for permission to supply MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, reports the German news agency DPA.
The request refers to the supply of Soviet-made fighter jets from former warehouses in East Germany. The planes were in the old stocks of the GDR. Germany transferred them to Poland in 2002, and a permission from Berlin is required for deliveries to third countries.
At that time, 23 aircraft were sold to Warsaw. Adviser to the President of Poland …
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Kyiv denies possibility of data leak about Ukraine’s counteroffensive
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar said that the risk of information leak about Ukraine's counteroffensive is minimal.
"If military operations are planned, a very narrow circle of people know about the planning of such special operations. The leak and the risk of leak is very minimal. It cannot be completely denied but there have been no such leaks on our part yet. If we are talking about information which a large number of people know, then, of course, on the one hand, security …
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Head of Crimea Aksyonov: Russia is ready to defend the peninsula
Crimea is ready for Ukraine's counteroffensive, there will be no catastrophe, said Russian head of the region Sergey Aksyonov. According to him, the armed forces of the Russian Federation have built a modern, "deeply layered defense. Much has been done and continues to be done to provide the defenders" of the peninsula with everything necessary.
"It is impossible to underestimate the enemy, but we can definitely say that we are ready for this and there will be no catastrophe. I believe that …
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Defense Minister Reznikov invites western F-16 pilots to join Ukrainian Army
At a joint press briefing with the Danish Defense Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov invited foreign pilots who know how to fly F-16 fighter jets to join the Ukrainian Forces.
"We expect that Ceasar artillery systems will be delivered to Ukraine next month. They are currently on training grounds in Denmark. Regarding the Leopard 1 tanks, two months ago, Denmark has signed an agreement with Germany. We hope that we will start delivering these tanks by …
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Russian Kursk and Belgorod regions cancel Victory Day celebrations for security reasons
A Victory Day Parade will not be held in the Russian city of Kursk on May 9 for security reasons, said the governor of the region Roman Starovoit. According to him, the decision was made by the operational headquarters, which decided to strengthen anti-terrorist measures.
A military parade on May 9 was also canceled in the Belgorod region last week. The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that he did not want to "provoke the enemy with a large number of equipment and military …
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Macron: now is not the time for negations between Ukraine and Russia
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the French newspaper Les Échos that now is not the time for negotiations in the Russian war against Ukraine and China also understands this.
The journalist asked Macron what after his dialogue with Xi can be expected from China regarding the war in Ukraine.
"I think China is making the same observation as we are, which is that the weather is currently military. Ukrainians are resisting, and we are helping them. It’s not the time for …
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Kyiv: Russia is sending its elite units into Bakhmut due to large losses among Wagner PMC
Russia began to send its elite military units, including paratroopers, into Bakhmut after the Wagner PMC suffered huge losses in the battles for the city, said the speaker of the Eastern group of Ukrainian troops Serhiy Cherevaty on Ukrainian TV.
"The fact that paratroopers appeared there does not mean an increase in the number of troops. Wagner has suffered very large losses. So, their are forced to deploy additional units of the regular army - paratroopers and motorized infantry in order to …
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Kyiv: Ukraine will be ready for talks on Crimea after it regains control over all its territory
Ukraine "will be ready" for negotiations on the status of Crimea only when it reaches the borders with the peninsula, that is, from the moment when it regains control over the territory occupied by Russia to the north of the Crimean peninsula, said the deputy head of Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriy Sibiga, in an interview with the Financial Times.
"If we manage to achieve our strategic goals on the battlefield, and when we are on the administrative border with Crimea, we will be …