Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Kremlin: Finland’s accession to NATO violates Russia’s national interests
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Finland's accession to NATO would be "another aggravation of the situation."
"The Kremlin believes that this is another aggravation of the situation. The expansion of NATO is an encroachment on our security and national interests of the Russian Federation. We talked about it, and this is how we perceive it," RIA Novosti quotes Peskov as saying.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that it was Russia's actions that led to the expansion of NATO, …
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Prominent Russian propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky killed in an explosion at a cafe in Saint Petersburg
On Sunday, April 2, an explosion occurred inside a café which was previously owned by the head of the Wagner PMC, Evgeny Prigozhin. As a result of the explosion, the Russian war reporter Vladlen Tatarsky was killed, another 16 people were injured.
The incident happened in the café Street Bar on the University Embankment in the city center. According to law enforcement agencies, an explosive device with a TNT equivalent of more than 200 grams was detonated inside the café.
Russian media notes …
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Girkin and his supporters create ‘Club of Angry Patriots’, announce readiness to seize power in Russia
The former defense minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), the former "governor of the DPR" Pavel Gubarev, Russian journalist Maxim Kalashnikov, a participant in the Ukrainian "Anti-Maidan" Vladimir Grubnik and other figures announced the creation of the so-called "Club of Angry Patriots", and published its manifesto.
"Unfortunately, the situation on the front, which the is being embellished in every possible way by the media, has an extremely …
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German Defense Minister: Ukraine will have 6 battalions of Leopard tanks
NATO countries will deliver to Ukraine two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks, as well as four battalions of Leopard 1. In total, this is 160 tanks, said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in an interview for the newspaper Die Welt.
According to him, Germany, Poland, and other allies will send Ukraine two battalions of Leopard 2 consisting of 60 tanks. And by the end of the year, four battalions of Leopard 1 - 100 tanks will be added to them.
At the same time, the minister noted that it is …
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German media: Putin fears the day Ukraine begins its counteroffensive
Russian president Vladimir Putin fears Day X, when Ukraine will receive all the weapons promised by its Western allies. These will be "historical days for Ukraine," writes the German tabloid Bild.
According to the publication, last weekend dozens of German battle tanks and IFVs arrived in Ukraine, including more than twenty ultra-modern Leopards-2A6 and up to forty Marder vehicles.
Ukrainian crews trained for six weeks in Germany to operate the tanks and IVFs supplied from the reserves of the …
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Defense Minister Reznikov: Ukrainian counteroffensive will begin in April-May
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in April-May, attacking Russian forces in several directions at once.
"You will see Leopard in a counterattack by the decision of our General Staff. It is already planned in several directions. It depends on which moment is most suitable, how they decide. It also all depends on the weather conditions. In the spring, our land is very wet. I think we will see them in April-May," he said in an interview …
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Ukrainian counteroffensive may begin in Bakhmut
The Russian troops have been trying to capture Bakhmut since the last summer with limited success - the city has become the "Ukrainian Stalingrad".
The Ukrainian counteroffensive will take place in April, and its success is almost a foregone conclusion, reports the world media. According to the reports, the Ukrainian counteroffensive can begin precisely from Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
"Bakhmut will be the answer. The counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces can begin where the Russian …
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Germany delivers 18 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
According to the German weekly Der Spiegel, 18 Leopard 2 battle tanks, which the German government promised to provide to Kyiv, have already been delivered to Ukraine. The last tanks from this shipment left Germany at the end of last week and were handed over to Ukrainian representatives at the border, writes Der Spiegel, citing its sources. In addition, Ukraine has already received about 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in late January, after months of …
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Russian Ministry for State Security and army barracks hit by Ukrainian missile strikes in occupied Melitopol
This morning, the occupied city of Melitopol, in Zaporizhzhia region, was rocked by five powerful explosions. A column of black smoke rose above the Russian facilities, reported the telegram channel RIA-Melitopol.
According to eyewitnesses, "after the explosions, the occupiers were running out in panic, some in their underpants."
According to the Melitopol mayor, Ivan Fedorov, buildings of the Russian Ministry of State Security (MGB) were destroyed. As Fedorov explained on the air of the TV …
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Putin: Russia will produce and modernize more than 1600 tanks
Russia intends to produce and modernize a total of more than 1600 tanks in the next three years, said Russian president Vladimir Putin
"The arsonists [Ukraine’s western partners] plan to send 420 or 440 tanks to Ukraine. The same situation is with the ammunition. During this time, we will produce new and modernize over 1600 existing tanks. The total number of tanks in the Russian army will exceed three times the number of tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Even more than three times. I'm not …