Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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Estonian intelligence chief: Ukrainian troops are close to major success at the front
The actions of the Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive and signs of difficulties experienced by the Russians suggest that soon the Ukrainian Armed Forces can deliver a major success at the front, said the Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, Colonel Margo Grosberg.
Grosberg spoke about the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to destroy the command posts and logistics centers of Russian troops with pinpoint strikes, about successes near Bakhmut and what the …
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Putin: Wagner PMC no longer exists
Russian president Vladimir Putin said he had a meeting with the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and his mercenaries.
"At a meeting with them, I gave an assessment of what they did on the battlefield, and on the other hand, what they did during the events of June 24. Thirdly, I showed possible options for their further service, including combat. That's all," Putin told the correspondent of the newspaper Kommersant.
The Russian president noted that "ordinary Wagner fighters fought …
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Commander of Russia’s 58th Army fired for speaking out about problems at the front
Major General Ivan Popov said that he was removed from the post of commander of the Russian 58th Combined Arms Army, which is fighting in the south of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region. The audio recording of Popov's appeal to his subordinates was published by the Russian State Duma MP, Andrei Gurulev, who was also a commander of the 58th Army in the past.
In his message, Popov said that he was dismissed for because in his report to his commanders he "called a spade a spade", outlined …
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Kremlin: NATO’s security guarantees for Ukraine violate Russia's security
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that providing Ukraine with security guarantees is dangerous for the Russian Federation.
"Providing Ukraine with any security guarantees is extremely erroneous and very dangerous, they encroach on Russia's security. This can lead to negative consequences and make Europe much more dangerous for many years," said Putin’s spokesperson.
Earlier, Peskov said that Ukraine's accession to NATO would be a threat to the Russian Federation.
The U.S. …
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Russian Foreign Intelligence Chief says CIA Director called him to discuss Ukraine
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that at the end of June he had a phone conversation with CIA Director William Burns about the war in Ukraine.
"The pretext for a telephone conversation, as I assess it, on the part of the American colleague was the events of June 24," Naryshkin said, apparently referring to the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin. "It's clear how I answered that question about what happened," he said.
At the same time, according to …
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France to provide long-range missiles to Ukraine
France has decided to deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine to support the counteroffensive, said French President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO summit in Vilnius.
These will most likely be the Franco-British Storm Shadow cruise missiles (the French name is SCALP EG), which were previously delivered to Ukraine by the United Kingdom.
Germany, in turn, will deliver Leopard 1 battle tanks, Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Patriot air defense missile launchers and missiles to Ukraine. A new aid …
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Another Russian general killed in Ukraine
Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov was killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russia occupied Berdyansk, reported the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko.
Andryushchenko recalled that Tsokov was injured in September 2022, but survived. "Now, as they say, the graveyard ceremony has been carried out to the end," Andryushchenko said.
Tsokov was reportedly in the command center of the Russian 58th Army when it was hit by Ukrainian missiles.
51-year-old Major General Tsokov …
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Russian submarine commander responsible for missile strikes on Ukrainian cities shot dead in Krasnodar
Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy head of the city department for conscription work, was shot dead in Krasnodar, reports the news outlet Shot. The information was also confirmed by the news agencies TASS and RBC.
According to Shot, 42-year-old Rzhitsky went for a morning run. He was killed by 4 shots in the back and chest near the sports arena Olympus. The killer then fled the scene. Rzhitsky died at the scene. A criminal case has been opened and the authorities are looking for the killer.
The …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian Forces have taken control of dominant heights around Bakhmut
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out successful attacks in the south and east of Ukraine.
According to Malyar, over the past week, the Russians launched 39 missile and 334 air strikes on Ukraine. At the same time, in a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated another 4 sq. km of the Ukrainian territory in the east.
Malyar said that in the east, over the past week, there has been an increase in the number of enemy artillery …
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Ukrainian military: Russians are trapped in Bakhmut
The Ukrainian military continues to successfully advance in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region, said was the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi.
"Bakhmut direction. There are successes. The defense forces continue to move forward, and the enemy is trapped in places," Syrskyi said, publishing a video of the work of Ukrainian snipers.
"The video shows the excellent work of the Ghost group of the separate presidential brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A …