Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Russia-occupied Sevastopol comes under drone attack
The city of Sevastopol in the occupied Crimea was attacked by drones, according to residents and the so-called "governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev.
"Our fleet is now repelling an attack by surface drones on an external roadstead. All city services are operating in emergency mode," he wrote on Telegram.
Local social network users published a video from Sevastopol showing the work of air defense and the sounds of explosions. According to the residents, windows were shattered in some …
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Entire neighborhood evacuated after a second bomb dropped from Russian Su-34 found in Belgorod
The authorities of Belgorod are evacuating a neighborhood located near the place where a bomb from a Russian Su-34 aircraft fell a day ago. As it turned out, two bombs were dropped on the city. A FAB-500 bomb, which didn’t explode, was found 250 meters from the first one.
According to the Governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the authorities have provided 90 buses for the evacuation of people to temporary accommodation centers. In addition, traffic was blocked in the area and the water supply was cut …
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Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber accidentally drops a bomb on border city of Belgorod
During the flight over the city of Belgorod, there was an "abnormal discharge of aviation ammunition," reports the Russian newspaper of Kommersant, citing a press release from the Russian Defense Ministry.
"On April 20, 2023, at about 22:15 Moscow time, during the flight of the Su-34 aircraft of the Aerospace Forces over the city of Belgorod, an abnormal discharge of ammunition occurred. As a result, there is damage to residential buildings, there are no casualties," the Russian Defense …
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German Defense Minister: Ukraine has the right to attack military targets in Russian territory
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes that the operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Russian territory amid Russian invasion of Ukraine are quite acceptable, reports the German newspaper Zeit.
In his opinion, it is quite normal for the attacked side to enter the enemy’s territory in order, in particular, to block the enemy's supply routes.
"As long as cities, civilians, civilian facilities are not attacked, you will have to accept it. Reluctantly, but it's part of it, for …
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Ukraine has received Patriot air defense systems from 3 countries
Ukraine has received Patriot air defense systems from the United States, the Netherlands and Germany, said Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk.
"Such air defense systems will protect against attacks by Russian cruise missiles and UAVs. We thank our partners for the significant strengthening of Ukraine's air defense," Pavlyuk said.
The Patriot systems were developed by the American Company Raytheon. They were first deployed by the U.S. Army in the mid-1980s. …
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Kyiv: Russian troops preparing to withdraw from the remaining part of Kherson region
Another "goodwill" gesture from the Russian troops can be expected in the near future.
Russians are preparing to withdraw from the remaining territories of the Kherson region, said the head of the Joint Press Center of the Ukrainian Defense Forces South, Natalia Humeniuk.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that collaborators in the Kherson region had already begun to flee. They were taken to Crimea by military trucks. Only hand luggage was allowed to be taken with them. At the same …
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Kyiv: Russian spring offensive has failed
In March, the Russian army once again failed to conduct an offensive in the Donbas, said Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, in an interview with NV.
"On March 31, 2023, another attempt at a Russian offensive failed. The so-called winter-spring. Officially. On March 31, they were supposed to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This is not even the fifth failed attempt," Budanov said.
According to the …
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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 …