Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Shoigu: Russia has slowed down the offensive to save Ukrainian lives
At a meeting of defense ministers of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia deliberately slowed down the pace of its offensive in Ukraine in order to reduce the number of civilian casualties.
"During the special operation, we strictly observe the norms of humanitarian law. Strikes are carried out with high-precision weapons on of the military infrastructure facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: command centers, …
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Media: Putin losing trust in Russian Defense Minister Shoigu
Prior to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin always considered opinions of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. They spent many vacations together, where they could discuss plans for a future attack on Ukraine, writes the investigative project "The Important Stories".
The publication, reports, citing its sources, that Shoigu promised Putin to solve all the tasks set in Ukraine and in the shortest possible time. However, after things did not go according to plan, …
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Germany to deliver IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine in coming weeks
Ukraine will soon receive the latest IRIS-T air defense systems, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
"Specifically in the field of air defense, where first of all, help was requested, we made sure that highly modern Iris-T systems were not delivered to another country, but rather delivered to Ukraine. This will happen in the coming weeks," said the German Foreign Minister at a joint briefing with her Icelandic counterpart in Berlin.
Earlier, Baerbock said that Germany plans to …
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Russia appointed official injured in car explosion in occupied Kherson
The Russia-appointed Deputy Head of the Internal Policy Department of the Kherson region, Igor Telegin, was injured in a car explosion, reports TASS, citing the deputy head of the military-civil administration of the region Kirill Stremousov.
"An assassination attempt was made on the deputy head of the Department of Internal Policy Igor Telegin. He is alive and well. Everything is good with him. He will come back to work soon. An explosive device was detonated. Looks line the work non- …
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Erdogan says he wants to arrange a meeting between Zelensky and Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to arrange a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite Ukraine’s reluctance to resume negotiations with Russia before Russian troops withdraw from all occupied territories, reports CNN Turk, citing Erdogan's address to the nation.
The Turkish President noted that "everyone is witnessing" how Turkey is making efforts to reduce the negative consequences of Russia's war against Ukraine and …
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German Defense Ministry rejects Bundestag proposal to supply Ukraine with more weapons
The German Defense Ministry rejected the proposal of Bundestag MPs from the ruling coalition to supply Ukraine with more weapons. “In view of the threat posed by Russia under President Vladimir Putin, Germany cannot take such risks,” DW quotes the official representative of the German Defense Ministry.
"Indeed, we must be prepared for the fact that Putin will take advantage of any weakness and even a temporary gap in NATO's defense readiness," AFP quoted him as saying. He recalled that Germany …
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90 percent of Ukrainians believe Ukraine will win the war with Russia
According to a survey conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center, more than 90% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine will win the war with Russia. 77% strongly believe, 15% somewhat believe, and 4% of respondents do not believe or somewhat do not believe in victory.
31% of those who believe in the victory of Ukraine, believe that it should be expected before the end of 2022, 34% believe that it will happen in 1-2 years. 7% of those surveyed by sociologists …
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Russia accuses Ukrainian Special Services of assassinating the daughter of Putin’s ideologist
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that they solved the murder of the daughter of Putin’s ally Daria Dugina, who was killed in a car explosion.
The FSB said that the murder of the daughter of the ideologist of the "Russian world" Alexander Dugin was committed by the Ukrainian special services.
According to the FSB, the assassination was carried out by a Ukrainian national Natalia Vovk, who entered Russia on July 23 with her 12-year-old daughter in a Mini-Cooper with the …
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Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters attacked by a drone
Attacks in Crimea continue. A drone flew into the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, said the so-called "governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev.
"I'm at the Navy Headquarters. 25 minutes ago, a drone flew into the roof. Unfortunately, it was not shot down, although small arms were used in the bay. It was flying low. There are no victims," he wrote on Telegram. The official said that all surrounding areas and entrances to the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet are blocked. …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minster: Erdogan and Guterres did not push Zelensky to make concessions to Putin
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that during the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Lviv, the President of Turkey and the UN Secretary General did not push Ukraine to make concessions to Russia.
Kuleba noted that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sincerely empathize and really want to help Ukraine find a solution.
"No one persuaded us to make concessions in Russia’s favor. If some conspiracy spread again in social …