Tag: Russia
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First foreign trip by new British Prime is to Ukraine as relations with Russia continue to sour
The new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is visiting Ukraine today on his first foreign trip since taking office, in what appears to be a clear signal that he intends to continue his predecessors’ policy of strong British support for Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had already visited the United Kingdom on July 27, becoming…
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Russia escalates itsa bombing campaign against Ukrainian civilians: North Korean missiles used again
Russia is escalating its campaign of terror on Ukrainian civilians with drones and ballistic missiles as it struggles on the frontlines and with a fuel-shortage back home. At least 17 people in Kyiv and the surrounding region were killed in a massive missile and drone attack overnight into Thursday as Russia launched 168 drones, dozens…
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Romania strikes another Russian drone in the Black Sea near its gas platform
Yesterday, Romanian F-16 fighter jets struck a Russian unmanned surface vehicle (USV), which was loaded with explosives and loitering just a few hundred meters from the Neptune Deep offshore natural gas platform in the Black Sea. One of the aircraft destroyed the maritime drone with its onboard cannon, neutralising the threat to the critical energy…
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Saddam Haftar visits Putin in Moscow
Deputy General of the Libyan Army in Benghazi, Saddam Haftar, has visited Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks. The son of the Libyan rump dictator, Khalifa Haftar, was recently anointed as his father’s successor and has been on a spree of foreign visits ever since. The Haftars said that the visit took place in response to…
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Russia continues its airstrikes on Ukraine during Sunday: kills one postal worker in Kramatorsk
Russia has continued its air strikes on Ukraine on Sunday, killing a 19-year-old employee of a civilian enterprise in Kramatorsk with a Geran-2 drone and injuring seven others. A postal facility in the city was also struck later in the day. In Sumy, a Russian drone struck a civilian car, killing a 59-year-old man and…
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Russia strikes civilians in Ukraine and makes gains in Kostiantynivka
Overnight into Saturday, Russian drones hit a high-rise residential building in Marhanets, killing the infant and wounding 11 others (including two children), seven of them seriously. Further attacks injured dozens across Kherson, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and other oblasts. Overnight into Sunday, missiles and drones struck Kryvyi Rih (one killed, six injured at industrial sites), Kyiv (fires…
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Ukraine registers more territorial victories in the Dnipropetrovsk region
Ukraine has continued registering territorial victories this year after having liberated a string of villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region effectively pushing out most of the Russian forces out of the region. The villages which have been liberated include Piddubne, Zelenyi Hai, Voskresenka, and Berezove. Ukraine is making gradual progress in the liberation of its territories…
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Novorossiysk’s grain terminal out of service after massive Ukrainian drone attack
The grain terminal in the Russian port of Novorossiysk is out of service after it was attacked by a massive drone attack on the night of 11th-12rth August. The Ukrainian drone strike struck the grain terminal, oil terminal facilities and also four Russian naval ships. Novorossiysk’s grain terminal exports up to one-third of all of…
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Bashar al-Assad has been convicted to death in absentia: his extradition from Moscow seems unlikely
Yesterday, Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus handed down landmark death sentences against ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and their cousin Atef Najib, together with six other former officials of their regime. The case was presided over by Judge Fakhr al-Din Mustafa al-Aryan, with associate judges Abdul Hamid Muhammad al-Hamoud and…
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Romania destroys two Russian drones in its waters
Romania detonated two Russian Gerbera-type drones yesterday in its territorial waters after they were found near the Neptun Deep offshore gas project. The drones were drifting afloat and inactive when they were discovered. The incident follows another over the weekend in Bulgaria, where a Russian drone strayed into Bulgarian airspace. On Saturday, a Russian drone…
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North Korea once again backstopping Russia’s losses in its war against Ukraine
North Korea is once again backstopping Russia’s losses in its war in Ukraine by providing troops and ammunition to its struggling army as it grapples with fuel shortages. Footage uploaded to Russian social media shows a recent contingent of North Korean troops at a Russian military site, although the location of the footage has not…
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Russia tries to blow-up Ukrainian cargo ship in Leipzig Halle’s Airport
Russia has tried to blow-up a Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig’s Halle Airport, Germany. A drone armed with a bomb was found placed near a Ukrainian Antonov An-124. Explosives specialists examined the drone and removed its detonator before it could explode. The discovery forced the temporary suspension of flights, the closure of parts of the…
