Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Zelensky says he is not sure Putin is still alive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he does not understand with whom in Russia to negotiate and is even not sure that Russian President Vladimir Putin is still alive. "Today I don't quite understand whom to talk to and what to talk about. I'm not sure that the Russian President, who sometimes appears on the chroma key, that this is him. I don't quite understand if he is alive, whether he makes decisions or who makes decisions there. What's this circle of faces? I have no such …
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EU Parliament calls for establishment of special tribunal to punish Russia for crimes against Ukraine
Members of the European Parliament demand that the Russian political and military leadership be brought to justice for aggression against Ukraine. Today, the parliament adopted a resolution stating that the European Union and its members should seek the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute the Russian authorities and their allies.
The resolution notes the atrocities committed by the Russian military in Bucha, Irpen and many other Ukrainian cities. According to the European …
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Russia preparing air defense around Moscow for possible Ukrainian attacks
The Russian authorities are strengthening Moscow's "air shield" following the recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian military facilities, which are now taking place closer to the Russian capital, reports the Telegram channel “We can explain"
According to the channel, sites for the installation of anti-aircraft missile systems and control centers are being built in Moscow. Most of them are located in urban districts in the south and south-east of the Moscow region, but new sites have also …
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Shoygu announces large-scale reform of Russian armed forces, wants to increase number of troops to 1.5 million
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu announced a large-scale reform of the Russian armed forces in order to fulfill the instruction of president Vladimir Putin to increase the number of troops from 1.15 million to 1.5 million people. "Ensuring the full military security of the state, protection of new subjects and critical facilities of the Russian Federation is possible only by strengthening the key structural components of the Armed Forces," Shoygu said at a meeting with his deputies, …
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Kyiv: Putin has set a new deadline for capturing entire Donbas
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the new commander of Russian troops in Ukraine Valery Gerasimov to capture the entire Donbas by March, said the spokesman of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Andriy Yusov.
According to Yusov, Putin does not care about the real situation of the Russian army at the front.
"It’s been a year since they have been taking "Kyiv in 3 days". Well, in general, however, there are new goals and new tasks. Nothing will work …
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Russia to supply Su-35 fighter jets to Iran in exchange for Shahed drones
At the end of March, Iran will receive Su-35 fighters purchased from Russia, reports the Iranian news agency Tasnim, quoting the member the Islamic Republic's parliamentary commission for national security and foreign policy, Shahriar Heydar. This is the first official statement by the representative of Tehran about the purchase of Russian fifth-generation fighter jets.
Heydar did not provide the number of aircraft purchased from Russia. According to him, Moscow will also supply Tehran with …
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Russia planning to use combat robots in war against Ukraine
Russia intends to use the combat robotic platform Marker in the war against Ukraine, said the head of the group of military advisers and the scientific and technical center Tsar's Wolves, Dmitry Rogozin.
"The Marker has already been tested as a security system for the Vostochny cosmodrome, providing control of its perimeter. Now, it(or rather, they – there will be several such machines) will have to be baptised in combat in the Donbas," Rogozin said.
He added that this robot is a joint …
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Ukrainian Air Force Command: Ukraine does not have air defense systems capable of intercepting missiles that Russia used in attack on Dnipro
The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have air defense weapons capable of shooting down the type of missiles which Russia used yesterday to destroy a residential building in Dnipro, said the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Forces, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk.
"On January 14, 2023, five Kh-22 cruise missiles were fired on the territory of Ukraine from five Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Launches were carried out from the Kursk region and from the Sea of Azov. One …
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Kyiv: Soledar is under Ukraine’s control
Intense fighting continues in Soledar, Donetsk region, but the city remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kirilenko.
"Soledar and Bakhmut remain the hottest area. Soledar is controlled by the Ukrainian authorities and our military. However, urban battles and battles outside the city continue because the enemy is trying to advance in several directions," he said.
According to Kirilenko, Russians suffer …
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Ukrainian General: liberation of Ukraine will begin from Donbas
Politician, former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service and General of the Ukrainian Army, Mykola Malomuzh, believes that the first victories of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be in the Luhansk and Donetsk directions. After that, Ukrainian Forces will liberate the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region and the left bank of the Kherson region. Then, the Ukrainian army will go to the Crimea, said Malomuzh in an interview with the YouTube channel the News Factory.
According to the general, …