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Russia accused of using banned antipersonnel mines in Kharkiv region
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Lyudmila Denisova, said Russian have used banned antipersonnel mines in the eastern Kharkiv region. The POM-3 Medallion antipersonnel mines were disarmed by Ukrainian explosive ordnance disposal technicians on March 28th. Russia is the only country that uses POM-3 mines.
"The occupiers are mining Ukrainian land with their latest POM-3 Medallion anti-personnel mines. Cases of using mines with a seismic target sensor were recorded in the …
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Media: Kadyrov owns a luxury villa in Dubai worth at least $7 million
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, owns one of the villas on the territory of a 5-star hotel in Dubai, worth at least $ 7 million, reports Ukrainska Pravda.
Thanks to Kadyrov’s love for social networks, journalists have found where the head of Chechnya stays almost every month when he visits the United Arab Emirates.
In 2021-2022 alone, Kadyrov visited the UAE 14 times flying in on his Airbus A319 private jet, worth about $80 million.
His villa is located on the territory of the five-star …
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Kuleba: Ukrainian negotiators advised not to eat or drink at Russia talks
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry advised its negotiators to avoid eating or drinking at the peace talks with Russia in Istanbul amid concerns that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and part of the Ukrainian delegation had been poisoned during a meeting on March 3rd.
In an interview on Ukrayina 24, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba noted, “I advise anyone going for negotiations with Russia not to eat or drink anything, preferably avoid touching surfaces.”
On Monday, Bellingcat and the …
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After talks with Ukraine, Russia says it will wind down military activities near Kyiv and Chernihiv
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russia would wind down military activity in Kyiv and Chernihiv directions.
"Because negotiations with Ukraine are moving to the practical plane, it was decided to significantly reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions," said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.
According to the representative of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, the talks were constructive, and "Russia is taking two steps to de-escalate the conflict …
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Four EU states expel Russian diplomats
The Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Ireland have all announced that they are expelling a number of Russian diplomats.
The Russian ambassador in Amsterdam was summoned to the Dutch Foreign Ministry on Tuesday and was informed that 17 Russian diplomats were being expelled because they had engaged in espionage-related activities, Dutch public radio reported.
Belgium, likewise, announced that 21 Russian diplomats were being expelled for participating in “espionage and influence …
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Ukrainian ambassador: Berlin believed Ukraine would fall to Russia in only a few hours
Berlin believed that Ukraine would last only "a few hours" after the Russian invasion. Therefore, German politicians opposed the supply of weapons to Kyiv and the disconnection of Russia from the SWIFT system, Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk told the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
According to him, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner was one of those who believed in Russia’s quick victory. Melnyk said that, at one of the meetings, Lindner was sitting next to him …
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Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia sends troops to Ukraine to fight alongside Russia
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia has sent approximately 150 soldiers from the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia to the Crimea to fight on behalf of the Russian military.
"About 150 people were transferred from South Ossetia to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea for further actions in the neighboring regions of Ukraine,” the General Staff wrote on Facebook. “Also, measures were taken to covertly mobilize the …
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Turkish media: Armenia gives Russia four fighter jets with pilots to help with invasion of Ukraine
Armenia supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine and even provided Russia with combat aircraft and pilots, reported the Turkish newspaper of Haber Global, citing intelligence data.
"Following the long-standing policy of occupation of the South Caucasus, Armenia now supports the Russian occupation of Ukraine. Armenia has sent combat aircraft and pilots to participate in the war on the side of the Russian army, " the newspaper says.
According to intelligence reports, on March 25, four Su-30 combat …
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G7 will not pay rubles for Russian gas
The countries of the Group of Seven announced they have rejected the Kremlin’s demands that Russian gas be paid for using Russian rubles, Reuters reported.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that “unfriendly” countries would be required to pay for gas using rubles.
“I have decided to implement a set of measures to transfer payments for our gas supplies to unfriendly countries into Russian rubles," Putin stated.
On Monday, German economy and climate protection minister …
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Lavrov: Russia to restrict entry for citizens of 'unfriendly' countries
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Moscow is preparing a decree that will restrict the entry of citizens from “unfriendly” countries into Russia.
Speaking at a meeting of the United Russia General Council Commission on International Cooperation and Support of Compatriots Abroad, Lavrov noted, “a draft presidential decree on visa-related retaliatory measures in connection with the ‘unfriendly’ actions of a number of foreign states is being developed. This act will introduce a …