Prisoners recruited by Russia Wagner Group to fighting in Ukraine They seem increasingly aware that they have been tricked, and that no one counted on bringing them back alive. One guest Recruited by the group in November, he deserted his team in Ukraine’s Luhansk region and fled to Russia via a bus and ride-sharing app, … Read more
CNN – US Treasury on Thursday Designated Wagner Groupa private Russian mercenary organization Heavily involved in the war in Ukraineas a transnational criminal organization, and has imposed a wide range of sanctions on the transnational network that supports it. The US State Department meanwhile announced a number of sanctions intended to “target a range of … Read more
Kyiv announced on Tuesday the dismissal of dozens of senior officials in its biggest political shake-up after the country’s first major corruption scandal linked to the Russian invasion. Ukraine has long suffered from endemic corruption, but Moscow’s nearly year-long all-out war has overshadowed the government’s efforts to root out corruption. Western allies have poured billions … Read more
CNN – A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior ministry command team crashed near a kindergarten and apartment complex in the Kyiv region on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people, including all nine people on board, according to officials. Another 28 people were injured in the aftermath of the accident Brovary city Wednesday, Ukraine’s health minister said … Read more
Russia has unleashed a new salvo of missiles at targets across Ukraine, killing at least 14 people in the east-central city of Dnipro and disrupting energy supplies in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, officials said. The attacks on Saturday destroyed a nine-storey apartment building in Dnipro, reducing an entire section of the building to rubble … Read more
Washington CNN – As for Russia Ukraine invasion In the 11th month, American and Ukrainian officials told CNN that Russian artillery fire had fallen significantly from wartime highs, in some places by as much as 75%. US and Ukrainian officials do not yet have a clear or individual explanation. Russia may be rationing artillery shells … Read more
CNN – It was New Year’s Eve, one of the most cherished holidays in the country Russia. Recruits into President Vladimir Putin The war against Ukraine – Hundreds of them were mobilized only months ago – they were gathered in temporary barracks, a vocational school in the occupied city of Makevka, in the Donetsk region. … Read more
Two ships will leave the ports of Ukraine within the framework of the Black Sea Grain Initiative A cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain, and another from Ukraine, sails at the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait, in the Black Sea off the coast off Kumkoy, north of Istanbul, on November 2, 2022. cos weights | AFP … Read more
CNN – Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin His defense minister ordered Ukraine to implement a temporary 36-hour ceasefire this week to allow Orthodox Christians to attend Christmas services, according to a statement from the Kremlin on Thursday. But the proposal was quickly dismissed as “hypocritical” by Ukrainian officials. Putin’s order came after the leader … Read more
Russia’s Defense Ministry has raised to 89 the number of its military personnel killed in a recent Ukrainian missile strike on a school housing soldiers in Makevka in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, blaming the attack on the unauthorized use of mobile phones by its forces. While Ukraine claimed about 400 Russian soldiers were killed in … Read more
