Articles tagged "Russia"

It is somewhat or highly likely that the Russian war on Ukraine will escalate significantly, as soon as 13. December 2022, quite likely drawing NATO into the conflict as a result of the use of tactical nuclear weapons

Russia's methods of taking over economically weak regions and creating regime supporters.

More than 1,500 Ukrainian civilians held in Russian prisons -- Ukrainian troops only control Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk -- Russian forces launch 14 missile strikes on Ukraine’s south in 3 hours -- Up to 500,000 people remain in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast -- More than half of humanitarian corridors have failed to open due to violations by Russia. -- and more

About 10-15 Mariupol residents describe cholera symptoms daily -- Evacuation from Azot chemical plant currently impossible -- Russia continues to launch attacks on Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian defenses remain strong -- Ukraine needs to demine 270,000 square kilometres of its land -- and more

Russia loads cruise missiles onto submarines in Crimea --Russia's naval blockade of Black Sea ports to further increase price of staple products worldwide -- Russia used 60% of its stockpiles of high-precision weapons -- Belarusian PM confirms his country is supplying weapons to Russia -- Russia takes dead soldiers, equipment from sunken Moskva cruiser -- and more

Russian occupiers shell Sloviansk with cluster bombs -- Russian forces capture Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Oblast -- Russian forces have likely abandoned efforts to encircle large Ukrainian formations in eastern Ukraine -- Kuleba urges countries not to buy grain stolen from Ukraine by Russia -- and more

Russian troops send evacuating civilians down mined road, shoot survivors. -- Russia deported 232,000 children from Ukraine since Feb. 24 -- Ukrainian forces liberate 24 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast -- Russian shelling leave Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts without gas -- Russian troops demand bribes from citizens evacuating Melitopol -- and more

Russian forces use hostages as human shields in Chernihiv Oblast -- Explosion in Enerhodar injures self-proclaimed ‘mayor’ and his bodyguards -- Mariupol on verge of outbreak of infectious diseases -- Syrian barrel bomb experts in Russia to work with Putin’s forces -- Russia will be unable to disrupt US military assistance to Ukraine -- and more

Ukraine rules out ceasefire or concessions to Russia -- Ukraine could be ready for a counteroffensive within 2 months -- Russia deploys Iskander missile launchers to Russia's Belgorod Oblast -- Russian occupying forces in Zaporizhzhia Oblast threaten entrepreneurs who refuse to conduct business in rubles -- and more

Russia blocking evacuation from Kherson Oblast -- Russia ready to launch 16 cruise missiles from Black Sea -- Police identify 13 victims of sexual assault by Russian soldiers in Kyiv Oblast -- Prosecutors identify another Russian officer allegedly guilty of atrocities in Kyiv Oblast -- and more

Donbas completely destroyed -- Ukraine seeks long-range rocket launchers, Biden resists -- Russia refuses to permit grain shipments from Ukraine -- Unidentified Russians attack military commissariats in Russia with Molotov cocktails -- Russians block civilians from leaving occupied areas in southern Ukraine -- and more

Russians hit school in Avdiivka with banned phosphorus bombs -- Some Russian units refuse to fight -- Azovstal bombing may send Azov Sea to brink of extinction -- Russia commits summary executions, torture, grave abuses in Chernihiv, Kyiv oblasts -- and more