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Kyiv: Russian army shelled penal colony with Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk region
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Ukraine commented to the shelling of the Volnovakha correctional colony No. 120 in the village of Olenivka, Donetsk region.
"The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a targeted deliberate artillery shelling of a penal institution in the village of Olenivka, Donetsk region, where Ukrainian prisoners were also held," the Ukrainian General Staff said.
"The Russian occupiers pursued their criminal goals - to accuse Ukraine of …
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As part of secret agreements Russia avoids bombing Chinese-owned facilities in Ukraine
Russia avoids bombing Chinese-owned facilities Ukraine, reports the Ukrainian news website Nashi Groshi (Our Money).
According to media reports, this is due to non-public agreements between Russia and China in which China promised to avoid taking any side in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
At the beginning of the invasion, Beijing allegedly managed to negotiate with Moscow a permission to continue to independently manage its interests in Ukraine, regardless of the outcome of the war.
It is …
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Russia threatens the West again with tougher steps if deliveries of weapons to Ukraine continue
The head of the Russian delegation at the security talks in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that the deliveries of new weapons by Western countries to Kyiv "may force the Russian Federation to take tougher retaliatory actions."
"The specifics of the tactical and technical characteristics of weapons and military equipment supplied by the West are such that they pose threats to our citizens. In these conditions, we will push neo-Nazis away from our borders proportionally to the range of …
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Estonia intends to demand that the EU stops issuing visas to Russians
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing proposals to the European Union to stop issuing visas to Russian citizens, said Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu on the air of ETV.
"The bottom line is that the European Union should stop issuing regular visas to Russian citizens. There are humanitarian cases. For example, associates of Alexei Navalny, they would be considered separately," Reinsalu said.
"But it's really funny that Russian citizens are now traveling en masse across …
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German ex-Chancellor Schroeder in Moscow for possible talks on gas deliveries to Germany
German Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrived in Moscow and settled near the head office of the Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft. He told reporters that he was a vacation. In response to the remark that the Rosneft’s office was very close, Schroeder replied in surprise: "Really? Yes, you're right." However, Schroeder's wife denied his words, saying that he is not on vacation at all, but "conducts negotiations on energy supplies."
"He's not on vacation, he's negotiating energy policy in Moscow, …
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Iran supplies Russia with combat drones
Iran is delivering combat drones to Russia. The first shipment of Shahed-129 drones has already been sent through the Caspian Sea, reported the Ukrainian news website Censor.net.
According to journalists, the military cargo from Iran will be delivered to Astrakhan and Volgograd, and then to the Ukrainian border. The Shahed-129 drones were designed on the basis of the Israeli Hermes 450 drone and the American MQ-1 Predator.
The length of the drone’s fuselage is 8 meters. The wingspan is 16 …
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More than 1,000 Russian troops encircled by Ukrainian Forces in Kherson region
During the counteroffensive in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces encircled three battalion tactical groups of the Russian Army, including a special forces (VDV) company and a tank company. Up to 2,000 Russian troops are in the operational encirclement near the village of Vysokopillya. They requested a "green corridor" from the Ukrainian military, reported The Insider, citing sources in the Ukrainian army.
Ukrainian Forces carried out an offensive in the directions of Olhyne - …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian military command coordinates actions of Ukrainian partisans
The Ukrainian military command coordinates the actions of Ukrainian partisans in the occupied territories of southern Ukraine, said the head of the press center of the Security and Defense Forces of the Operational Command South, Natalia Gumenyuk.
She noted that these actions are coordinated and are bringing results. "We all have a common goal. We all seek to liberate Ukraine from the enemy. We work in coordination with them. We have understanding. Our actions are coordinated, and this brings …
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Shoygu orders Russian troops to step up their actions ‘in all directions’
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu ordered to increase the actions of the Russian army "in all operational areas" in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Shoygu gave the instructions during a meeting with the commanders of the Russian groups of troops "South" and "Center”. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the increase in activity is necessary to prevent "massive missile and artillery strikes on civilian infrastructure and residents of the Donbas and other regions." …
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Azerbaijani President accuses Russia of failing to fulfill Nagorno-Karabakh obligations
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry promised to ensure the withdrawal of the Armenian military from Nagorno-Karabakh until June, but this agreement has not yet been fulfilled.
He also added that for 1 year and 8 months that have passed since the second Nagorno-Karabakh war, there are very few positive moments in the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
"Unfortunately, there are more negative aspects. One of them is that …