Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Ukrainian General: liberation of Crimea and destruction of Kerch Bridge are inevitable
Ukraine must destroy the Kerch Bridge and liberate the occupied Crimea to prevent the war from dragging off for several years, said in an interview with Apostrophe Major General Dmitry Marchenko, who was in charge of the defense of Mykolaiv in the first months of the war.
According to him, the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the liberation of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as the Crimea, are inevitable.
"But we must understand that this is a complex of steps, not …
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Spain to provide to Ukraine 10 Leopard tanks and 20 M113 armored personnel vehicles
The Spanish Defense Ministry agreed to deliver to Ukraine 10 Leopard 2A4 tanks and 20 M113 armored personnel vehicles, reported the newspaper Infodefensa, citing its own sources.
At the moment, the Spanish Defense Ministry is looking into the possibilities of shipping the tanks and armored vehicles which are not use by the Spanish army and are currently in storage. Prior to this, Spain supplied Ukraine only with ammunition, light weapons, and personal protective equipment.
Infodefensa notes …
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EU freezes 13.8 billion euros of Russian assets
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine which started on February 24, the European Union has frozen 13.8 billion euros of Russian assets, said the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.
"At the moment, we have frozen 13.8 billion euros belonging to oligarchs and other organizations. So this is quite a large amount," he said.
According to Reynders, most of these funds- more than 12 billion euros – were frozen in five EU member countries.
He added that he …
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Russian propagandists call on Kremlin military leadership to do something about Ukrainian strikes on Russian command centers and ammunition depots
Russian propagandist Alexander Sladkov complained that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already carried out several precision strikes on Russian decision-making centers.
"Ukrainian rocket and artillery units have already struck our decision-making centers several times. There are consequences. The centers are small but important. I don't write here where, when, how much, or by whom in order not to give away military secrets, " the propagandist complains on his Telegram channel.
Sladkov noted …
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President Zelensky orders Ukrainian military to liberate southern regions of Ukraine
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received an order to regain control the south of the country. To implement this task, according to him, the Ukrainian command has about a million fighters.
"The President has ordered the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to develop a plan," said Oleksiy Reznikov in an interview with the British newspaper The Times. "After that, the General Staff should do their job and tell us that what we need to …
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Russia recruiting soldiers for its ‘Ukrainian operation’ through job search websites
The Russian army is looking for tens of thousands of people to join it on a contract. Recruitment is conducted through job search websites. Most people are recruited into units that suffered losses in the war in Ukraine, reported the news website Important Stories.
The publication analyzed job search websites and found that at least 7 units that fought in Ukraine posted vacancies for a total of 2166 new recruits. One of them is the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade from the Khabarovsk Krai ( …
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Russian Defense Ministry claims Russian troops are taking a pause in Ukraine
Russian troops are taking a pause in the fighting in Ukraine, said the Russia Ministry of Defense.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a "pause" is taken, as part of "the measures to replenish combat capabilities" of the Russian troops. Earlier, Russian president Vladimir Putin admitted that after the fighting in the Luhansk region, the Russian soldiers were seriously exhausted.
Now, Russian soldiers have allegedly " been given the opportunity to rest, receive letters and parcels …
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Media: Russian partisans ‘going wild’, derailing trains, burning military enlistment centers
Since the beginning of the so-called "special operation" in Ukraine, there have been at least 23 attacks on military recruitment and enlistment offices in Russia. 20 of them were arson. The number of railway accidents increased by almost one and a half times, compared to the same period last year, reports the news website The Insider, specifying that all the data was taken from Russian media reports.
From March to June 2022, 63 freight trains derailed in Russia. At the same time, the geography …
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Russia withdraws weapons and troops from Finnish border for possible deployment to Ukraine
While Finland and Sweden have started the the process of joining NATO, Russia has begun withdrawing heavy military equipment and personnel from the unit stationed near the Finnish border in the Murmansk region, reports the Russian news outlet Agenstvo.
According to satellite images, which were reviewed by journalists of the Finnish news agency YLE, over the past month, more than 100 units of equipment, including dozens of armored personnel carriers, have been withdrawn from the Finnish border. …
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Kremlin: Putin will not congratulate Biden on U.S. Independence Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate American President Joe Biden on the U.S. Independence Day, said Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov during a press briefing.
"No, there will be no congratulatory letter this year. This is because this year has been the culmination of an unfriendly policy towards our country on the part of the United States. Therefore, in these conditions, it can hardly be considered expedient to send such a congratulatory message," Putin's press secretary …