Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Russia continues to amass troops in Belarus
Russian troops continue to arrive in Belarus, reports the Belarusian news agency Belta, citing the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.
The news agency writes that the process of "building up the regional grouping of troops" is taking place in stages. Now the personnel, weapons, military, and special equipment of the Russian Armed Forces are being transferred to the country. Another shipment of new BTR-82A, BTR-80K, armored medical, repair and evacuation vehicles has just arrived in …
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First group of Wagner mercenaries complete their contract in Ukraine
The Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports that the first group of prisoners who were recruited into the private military company Wagner Group has completed their contract. They were cleared of all convictions. The owner of the Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin hismself came to congratulate them.
"They have completed their contract with honor, with dignity," the founder of the PMC told a group of former prisoners who were going to return to their homeland "with a clear conscience".
During his …
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Erdogan calls on Putin to unilaterally stop hostilities in Ukraine
Today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin, reports the Turkish news agency Anadolu.
Touching upon the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish leader proposed to Putin to unilaterally stop hostilities.
"Calls for peace and dialogue should be supported by a unilateral cessation of hostilities and a fair settlement of differences," Erdogan said, recalling the positive results of initiatives to promote dialogue, …
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Russia is preparing for a new round of mobilization
The second round of mobilization for the war in Ukraine will apparently begin "under public pressure." The Russian president has already begun to receive requests. A certain group called "Soldiers' Widows" published an open letter on Telegram, in which it demanded a general mobilization and banning the men of military age from leaving the country.
"Today, all the world's evil has united against Russia, the entire Western world has turned against us. It’s either us or them. There is no other …
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Kyiv: Russia is running out of ammunition and missiles
The head of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, said in a recent interview that Russia did not expect that the war would last long and used very significant amounts of ammunition at once.
According to him, closer to the fall, the Russians realized that they would not be able to supply their army with shells and weapons for a long time.
"They began to limit the amount of ammunition they used daily. Now the number has fallen to 19-20 thousand shells per day, and …
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Russian airbase in Voronezh rocked by massive explosions
On January 2, at about 01:37 am the Russian city of Voronezh was rocked by at least two explosions. According to the local news outlet Blocknote, the explosions were heard in the south-west of the city in the area of the military airfield Baltimore. The news outlets notes that the explosions were so powerful that they could be heard in all parts of the city.
"A strong explosion was heard. All the car alarms went off," "I first saw that a flash in the window, I got up to see what it was. Then, …
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Hundreds of Russian conscripts killed in Ukrainian HIMARS strike on occupied Makiivka
On New Year's night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried a missile attack on the Russian base in the occupied city of Makiivka (Donetsk region). Several hundred Russian servicemen were killed and wounded, according to reports by Russian and Ukrainian media.
The news agency RBC Ukraine reports that almost exactly at midnight the building of the vocational school, which was used as a temporary base by the Russian military, came under a massive strike by Ukrainian MLRS systems. According to …
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Former DPR Defense minister Girkin predicts Russia’s collapse in 2023
The former "Defense Minister" of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Igor Girkin,who is wanted by the Netherlands and Ukraine, summed up the results of 2022 and gave a forecast for the next year 2023.
Among the main "achievements" of the outgoing year, he predicted a major geopolitical defeat for Russia and the failure of Russia’s “special operation", which was planned "as an easy campaign for homespun coats" with a change of leadership in Kyiv. Girkin blamed the failures of the …
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Ukrainian Defense Minister: Russia’s borders will be closed in a week as Putin is preparing for a new round of mobilization
Ukrainian Defense Minister Okelsii Reznikov warned Russians that the Kremlin is preparing for a new round of mobilization and plans to close the country's borders in a week.
"On the eve of the new year, I appeal to the citizens of Russia who are liable for military service. First, this applies to residents of large Russian cities. I know for a fact that you have about one week left while you still have at least some choice. In early January, the Russian authorities will close the borders for …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian troops have advanced 2.5 kilometers towards Kreminna over the past week
Over the past week, Ukrainian troops have advanced 2.5 km in the direction of the city of Kreminna, Luhansk region, said at a briefing the Deputy Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the Ukrainian General Staff, Brigadier General Oleksii Gromov.
"Our soldiers continue offensive actions near the city of Kreminna. Within a week, the Ukrainian defenders advanced up to 2.5 km in the direction of this city," Gromov said.
He added that along with this, according to the officers of the …