Contents tagged with Russia
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Russian Belgorod region cancels Victory Day celebrations ‘not to provoke’ Ukraine
The authorities of the Russian Belgorod region have cancelled traditional Victory Day events.
"There will be no parade in order not to provoke the enemy with a large number of equipment and military personnel in the center of Belgorod," said the Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Gladkov also noted that so far there is no decision whether to hold a procession of the "Immortal Regiment", celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Prokhorovka, and festive fireworks. "No one is …
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Novaya Gazeta: Russian troops start retreating from their positions in Donetsk region
The Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe reports that the Russian troops have started to retreat from previously occupied positions in the Donetsk region.
According to journalists, the Russian army is withdrawing units from the "northern salient" near Avdiivka. "The southern salient near the village of Vodiane is still holding, but they can withdraw from there in the next two days. Positions at Vuhledar have been abandoned. There is now a gray zone ten kilometers deep. The Russian …
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Russia hands over to Belarus Iskander-M missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads
Russia handed over to the Belarusian military the Iskander-M missile systems, which can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear payloads, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu.
"The Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system has been transferred to the Belarusian Armed Forces. It can use missiles in both conventional and nuclear versions. On April 3, at one of the Russian training grounds, Belarusian crews began training to operate it to protect the Union State. The Russian …
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Putin's top communications officer flees Russia
Captain of the Russian Federal Security Service Gleb Karakulov, who worked until mid-October 2022 as an engineer in the department responsible for the Kremlin’s secure communication channels, fled abroad and condemned the war against Ukraine, reports the Center “Dossier”.
In October 2022, during Putin's official visit to Kazakhstan, Karakulov, who was in Astana as part of a group of FSO employees ensuring Putin’s security, decided to fly with his family to Turkey. To do this, the man used his …
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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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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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Putin signs new foreign policy decree declaring Russia a 'state-civilization' with a 'unique mission'
Russian president Vladimir Putin has approved a decree outlining the new Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation. The document represents the national interests of the Russian Federation in the foreign policy sphere, defines the main tasks and priority directions of the country's foreign policy.
In the decree Russia is called a "unique state-civilization" that "rallied the Russian people and other peoples who make up the cultural and civilizational community of the Russian world." …
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Armenia threatens Putin with arrest if he visits the country
The deputy of the "Civil Contract" faction of the Armenian National Assembly, member of the standing committee on defense and security issues, Gagik Melkoyan said Vladimir Putin should be arrested if he visits Armenia.
"If Putin comes to Armenia, he should be arrested. Putin better stay in his country. If we are part of these agreements (the Rome Statute), we must fulfill our obligations. Let Russia solve its problems with Ukraine," the news outlet Factor quotes Melkonyan as saying.
On March 2 …
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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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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 …