– – Photo by Reuters – Ukrainians will soon celebrate victory over Russia together, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a visit to a hospital in Kyiv for those injured in the conflict, DPA reported, quoted by BTA. “It could not be otherwise when there are such strong families in our country,” he said in a … Read more
– – Russian soldiers Photo: Reuters – A fourth Russian general has been killed, Ukrainian officials said. Major General Oleg Mityaev, 47, was killed in the storming of Mariupol along with seven other elite fighters. He was the commander of the 150th Division, The Sun reported. Oleg Mityaev is the fourth general killed since Russia’s … Read more
– – Jens Stoltenberg PHOTO: Reuters – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said Russia could try to use chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported. “In recent days, we have heard absurd allegations about chemical and biological weapons laboratories,” Stoltenberg said in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. He added … Read more
– – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett PHOTO: 24 Hours Archive – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visited Moscow today and talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin, world agencies reported. This is the first visit of a foreign leader to Russia since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, BTA reported. So far, Bennett … Read more
– – Sergei Naryshkin PHOTO: Reuters – The United States and its Western allies want to destroy Russia, according to the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, BTA reported. “The masks have fallen. The West does not just want to surround Russia with a new Iron Curtain,” he said. “We are talking about … Read more
At least five superyachts belonging to Russian billionaires are anchored or sailing around the Maldives, Reuters reported. The maneuvers came after the United States, the European Union, Britain and Australia threatened to investigate and confiscate the possessions of some Russian rich people in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Among the yachts sent to … Read more
– – PHOTO: Pixabay – The independent Russian radio Echo of Moscow announced today that it has decided to liquidate itself after the Russian authorities took it off the air because of the way it covered the invasion of Ukraine, AFP reported. “The majority of the members of the board of directors of Echo of … Read more
– – The Russian officer exchanged for five Ukrainian soldiers / Staff: Dmitry Zhivitsky – A captured Russian officer was exchanged in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy for five fighters from the Ukrainian Defense Forces, Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky said on social media, adding that this was the first such exchange in the region, Reuters … Read more
– – Separatists armed with grenade launchers are preparing for battle near Krasny Liman. PHOTO: Reuters – In the shelling against the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Ukrainian army used grenade launchers made in Bulgaria. This was reported by TASS, quoting the spokesman of the People’s Militia of the unrecognized republic. The information was announced by … Read more
– – Jens Stoltenberg PHOTO: PHOTO: Reuters – NATO expects the Russian army to launch an attack on neighboring Ukraine, the DPA reported. “All indications are that Russia is planning a full-scale attack on Ukraine,” said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a comment to A&D television. Stoltenberg, who is at the Munich Security Conference, said … Read more