Propaganda videos are circulating to entice soldiers to join the conflict in Ukraine: Reports
2 years ago

Propaganda videos are circulating to entice soldiers to join the conflict in Ukraine: Reports

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Putin announced a “partial” military mobilisation in late September, and when its campaign in Ukraine stalled, more than 300,000 people were called up nationwide Moscow : Reports have emerged suggesting a new campaign launched in Moscow to encourage Russians to enlist in the armed forces and fight in the on-going war with Ukraine, despite the forces having denied needing more soldiers. As per a report by an American media house, a lot of Russian propaganda videos were posted on social networks in the past few days reportedly to attract more volunteers to the front. Forever.” When one woman spills a bag of groceries, the men just get into the car and leave, instead of helping, while younger Russian men rush to pick up the groceries. Putin announced a “partial” military mobilisation in late September, and when its campaign in Ukraine stalled, more than 300,000 people were called up nationwide.

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AP photos from Ukraine in 2024 convey wartime horror and hope
1 week, 4 days ago

AP photos from Ukraine in 2024 convey wartime horror and hope

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The grisly evidence of war is everywhere in Ukraine, …

AP photos from Ukraine in 2024 convey wartime horror and hope
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1 week, 4 days ago

AP photos from Ukraine in 2024 convey wartime horror and hope

Associated Press  

A man falls to his death from the window of a burning apartment after a Russian air strike. The grisly evidence of war is everywhere in Ukraine, where, for a third year, soldiers and civilians are enduring the Russian army’s onslaught. They include aiming at civilian targets, devastating attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, and the forced transfer and deportation of …

Ukraine war: Russia suffers ‘record 2,000 casualties in day’ as Kyiv military chief vows to reinforce eastern front
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Ukraine war: Russia suffers ‘record 2,000 casualties in day’ as Kyiv military chief vows to reinforce eastern front

The Independent  

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Russia reportedly captures a Briton fighting for Ukraine as Russian troops advance
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia reportedly captures a Briton fighting for Ukraine as Russian troops advance

LA Times  

In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on Monday, Russian servicemen operate a Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple rocket launcher in an undisclosed location. Russia’s military captured a British national fighting with Ukrainian troops who have occupied part of Russia’s Kursk region, according to reports Monday, as Moscow began daylight drone attacks on civilian …

Deserting Russians are being killed by their own snipers and wounded troops are no longer being evacuated because so many are injuring themselves to avoid fighting, 'intercepted messages reveal'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Deserting Russians are being killed by their own snipers and wounded troops are no longer being evacuated because so many are injuring themselves to avoid fighting, 'intercepted messages reveal'

Daily Mail  

Russian soldiers wearied by fighting for Vladimir Putin are being shot at by their own snipers, while others are deliberately injuring themselves to leave the battlefield, one disillusioned fighter has revealed. His thoughts were conveyed in an intercepted message provided to I Want To Live, a project set up in 2022 by Ukraine's military intelligence, which helps Russian soldiers safely …

Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion

CNN  

Pokrovsk, Sumy and Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Dima never puts out a cigarette until he smokes it right down to the filter, risking burning his fingers to squeeze out one more drag. The situation is particularly dire among infantry units near Pokrovsk and elsewhere on the eastern front line, where Ukraine is struggling to stop Russia’s creeping advances. “The days …

Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion

CNN  

Pokrovsk, Sumy and Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Dima never puts out a cigarette until he smokes it right down to the filter, risking burning his fingers to squeeze out one more drag. The situation is particularly dire among infantry units near Pokrovsk and elsewhere on the eastern front line, where Ukraine is struggling to stop Russia’s creeping advances. “The days …

Video footage appears to show Russians killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Video footage appears to show Russians killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This story contains images and descriptions of violence that are graphic. Video obtained exclusively by CNN, filmed during fighting late August near the embattled city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, shows an apparent execution by Russian troops of three surrendering Ukrainians, after their trench was overrun. Ukrainian prosecutors said Friday they were now investigating “the possible execution of …

Ukraine spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy. Then Russia invaded the country
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy. Then Russia invaded the country

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — As an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine’s budding democracy. The European Union says Ukraine must reduce corruption before it can join the 27-nation bloc and in November said the country had made “some progress” but needed to …

Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing Putin’s war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go
8 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing Putin’s war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go

The Independent  

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Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge
8 months, 1 week ago

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

Associated Press  

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. “We don’t know what tomorrow will bring,” said his lawyer, Artur Alkhastov, who works with the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law in Astana. “In Kazakhstan, politics is higher than the law... Everything can change.” In July, …

Ukraine debates mobilising more men to fight Russia after two years of war
9 months ago

Ukraine debates mobilising more men to fight Russia after two years of war

Al Jazeera  

Russia seems ready to increase its attacking army after Vladimir Putin was re-elected, leaving Kyiv little choice but to do the same. It “Putin is… planning to mobilise more men, once the election is over,” Tim Less, a lecturer at Cambridge University’s Centre for Geopolitics, told Al Jazeera. “Putin appears to have concluded that further mobilisation is essential to press …

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push
10 months ago

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push

LA Times  

Flowers and toys lie on the ground at a makeshift memorial commemorating victims of a Dec. 30 missile attack by Ukraine in Belgorod, Russia, on Monday. Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast, an official said Thursday, an area where analysts believe the Kremlin seeks to build on its recent success in taking a …

Dozens detained as Russian soldiers’ wives call for their return from Ukraine
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Dozens detained as Russian soldiers’ wives call for their return from Ukraine

Associated Press  

More than two dozen people, mostly journalists, were detained Saturday at a protest in central Moscow, as wives and other relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return, according to independent Russian news reports. They marked 500 days since Russian President Vladimir Putin in September 2022 ordered a “partial mobilization” of up to 300,000 reservists …

Ukrainian soldiers describe Russia’s deadly surge on the frontlines
1 year ago

Ukrainian soldiers describe Russia’s deadly surge on the frontlines

CNN  

Mala Tokmachka, Ukraine CNN — The front lines where Ukraine and its allies had hoped for a summer breakthrough now epitomize the bleak, dark winter ahead — of Russian resurgence and Kyiv’s mounting losses. Ukrainian soldiers showed CNN drone footage of an injured Russian, his legs severed, yet a ghoulish smile on his face, seemingly oblivious to the pain. But …

Dismayed by Moscow’s war, Russian volunteers are joining Ukrainian ranks to fight Putin’s troops
1 year ago

Dismayed by Moscow’s war, Russian volunteers are joining Ukrainian ranks to fight Putin’s troops

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ignited into war, back in Moscow, a young Russian who now goes by the name of Karabas was plunged into despair. Members of the pro-Ukrainian Russian ethnic Siberian Battalion practice at a military training close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Ukraine’s military has formed a battalion of soldiers made up …

Ukraine launches probe into allegations of Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian troops
1 year ago

Ukraine launches probe into allegations of Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian troops

Firstpost  

Kyiv, it’s Western allies and international human rights organizations have repeatedly accused Moscow of breaching international humanitarian law since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. “It’s clear from the video that the Ukrainian servicemen are taking the necessary steps that show they are surrendering,” Ukraine’s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, said hours after the footage emerged …

Kyiv investigates allegations Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian soldiers
1 year ago

Kyiv investigates allegations Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian soldiers

LA Times  

Ukrainian officials on Sunday launched an investigation into allegations that Russian forces killed surrendering Ukrainian soldiers — a war crime if confirmed — after grainy video on social media appeared to show two uniformed men being shot at close range after emerging from a dugout. “The video shows a group in Russian uniforms shooting, at point-blank range, two unarmed servicemen …

‘You’ll die in this pit': Takeaways from secret recordings of Russian soldiers in Ukraine
1 year ago

‘You’ll die in this pit': Takeaways from secret recordings of Russian soldiers in Ukraine

Associated Press  

Secretly recorded calls of Russian soldiers speaking from the front lines in Ukraine with loved ones back home offer a rare glimpse of the war through Russian eyes. These conversations also show clearly how the war has progressed, from the professional soldiers who initially powered Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion to men from all walks of life compelled to serve in …

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 593
1 year, 2 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 593

Al Jazeera  

Here is the situation on Monday, October 9, 2023. Ihnat told national television that data Russia had already used a “record’ number of more than 500 Iranian-made Shahed drones in September, compared with about 1,000 over a six-month period during last winter. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson had “another terrible night” as it was targeted …

From drone videos to selfies at the front, Ukraine is the most documented war ever
1 year, 4 months ago

From drone videos to selfies at the front, Ukraine is the most documented war ever

NPR  

From drone videos to selfies at the front, Ukraine is the most documented war ever Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made this video during a risky trip to Snake Island, 20 miles into the Black Sea, which is dominated by the Russian navy. In this CNN video below, Ukraine's military says it used a naval drone to attack a Russian warship …

How Many Russians Have Died in Ukraine War? Data Shows What Moscow Hides
1 year, 5 months ago

How Many Russians Have Died in Ukraine War? Data Shows What Moscow Hides

News 18  

Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead. Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany’s Tübingen University, used Russian government data to shed light on one of Moscow’s closest-held secrets — the true human cost of its invasion …

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 488
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 488

Al Jazeera  

As the war enters it 488th day, these are the main developments. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his defence minister said they held a series of calls with key allies including the United States to discuss Putin’s “weakness” and Ukraine’s next counteroffensive steps. In China’s first official remarks on the rebellion, the foreign ministry said Beijing supported Russia in “protecting …

Pro-Ukraine Russian fighters claim captives, offer trade for meeting with governor
1 year, 6 months ago

Pro-Ukraine Russian fighters claim captives, offer trade for meeting with governor

The Hindu  

A group of pro-Ukraine Russian fighters involved in recent incursions into Russia's border region of Belgorod said on Sunday they had taken two Russian soldiers captive and offered to exchange them for a meeting with the regional Governor. The Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps have reported fighting battles in the region in recent days as Kyiv …

War comes home to Russia: Pro-Kyiv fighters seek Putin’s downfall
1 year, 6 months ago

War comes home to Russia: Pro-Kyiv fighters seek Putin’s downfall

Al Jazeera  

Russia has been jolted by one of the most daring incursions, allegedly carried out by groups including Russian nationals. “It showed that Russia has no reserves in border regions and weak reserves in the operational depth, which means that the residents of all districts bordering Ukraine are in immediate danger and must be evacuated,” Nikolay Mitrokin of Germany’s Bremen University …

Ukraine’s outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine’s outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022. Ukrainian troops have also been accused of abuses, and last year Kyiv said it would investigate video circulating online that …

An alleged beheading in Ukraine: What we know so far
1 year, 8 months ago

An alleged beheading in Ukraine: What we know so far

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine deplores the attack being blamed on Russia, while the Kremlin says the video must be studied for authenticity. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned the “horrific” act, describing Russia as “worse than ISIS ” on Twitter. Ukraine’s state security service has launched an investigation into the video and Ukraine’s ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has requested that the United Nations Human …

Ukraine's outrage grows after video shows beheading of soldier, probe on | Top points
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine's outrage grows after video shows beheading of soldier, probe on | Top points

India Today  

Ukraine on Wednesday initiated a probe into a gruesome video that allegedly showed the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier. Kyiv denies Wagner Bakhmut claim Meanwhile, a Russian defense official claimed that fighters from Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group have seized three districts of Bakhmut, the embattled city that for months has been the focus of Moscow’s grinding campaign in the east. …

April 11, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news
1 year, 8 months ago

April 11, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

Two videos emerged on social media this past week that appear to show beheadings of Ukrainian soldiers. It was purportedly filmed by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group and appears to show the beheaded corpses of two Ukrainian soldiers lying on the ground next to a destroyed military vehicle. Russian social media accounts say the video was shot near Bakhmut …

Russia launches a new campaign to try to entice men to fight in Ukraine
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia launches a new campaign to try to entice men to fight in Ukraine

LA Times  

A billboard encouraging people to enlist in the military looms over a highway outside Krasnodar, Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week that serving summonses to update records in enlistment offices is “usual practice” and a “continued undertaking.” Other unconfirmed media reports say authorities have told regional governments to recruit a certain number of volunteers. One of them, posted …

New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
1 year, 8 months ago

New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A new campaign is underway this spring across Russia, seeking recruits to replenish its troops for the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week that serving summonses to update records in enlistment offices is “usual practice” and a “continued undertaking.” Other unconfirmed media reports say authorities have told regional governments to recruit a certain …

New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
1 year, 8 months ago

New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week that serving …

New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
1 year, 8 months ago

New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine

India Today  

A new campaign is underway this spring across Russia, seeking recruits to replenish its troops for the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week that serving summonses to update records in enlistment offices is “usual practice” and a “continued undertaking.” Other unconfirmed media reports say authorities have told regional governments to recruit a certain number of volunteers. …

Russia- Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin faces increasing protest, led by women
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia- Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin faces increasing protest, led by women

Live Mint  

As the war between Russia and Ukraine is still continuing without any end to it in near sight, President Valdimir Putin is now facing voices of dissent rising in Russia as the Russian women are protesting the govt's move to send thousands of Russian soldiers to fight in the battlefields of Ukraine with limited training. A group of Russian women …

Ukraine military identifies soldier seen in grisly war video
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine military identifies soldier seen in grisly war video

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video was tentatively identified Tuesday as a missing Ukrainian soldier while the footage circulated widely on Ukrainian social media and caused an uproar. The Ukrainian military’s general staff gave the same name for the dead soldier, saying it was “according to preliminary information.” In …

‘It’s all a lie’: Russians are trapped in Putin’s parallel universe. But some want out
1 year, 9 months ago

‘It’s all a lie’: Russians are trapped in Putin’s parallel universe. But some want out

CNN  

CNN — One year ago, when Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine and began Europe’s biggest land war since 1945, it waged another battle at home – intensifying its information blockade in an effort to control the hearts and minds of its own citizens. In the days leading up to last Friday’s one-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion – …

65,000 fighters killed in Ukraine, growing elderly populace: Russia stares at population crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

65,000 fighters killed in Ukraine, growing elderly populace: Russia stares at population crisis

India Today  

Experts warned that Russia might witness a 10 per cent decline in births this calendar year as thousands of Russian soldiers continue to die in the war being waged in Ukraine. Approximately, 8 lakh people, mainly men of fighting age, have fled Russia since the war began in a bid to avoid active participation in the military offensive, according to …

Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds into second year as Putin gambles on the long game
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds into second year as Putin gambles on the long game

LA Times  

Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered its second year, with a universal realization that the world is witnessing a long, protracted conflict, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, in which Moscow and Kyiv are hoping against long odds for a decisive breakthrough in 2023. “This has become a grinding war of attrition,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said …

A year of Russia’s war in Ukraine: Haunting photos of tragedy
1 year, 10 months ago

A year of Russia’s war in Ukraine: Haunting photos of tragedy

Al Jazeera  

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago brought death, destruction and hardship to the country, and awakened fears of a new Cold War. The February 24, 2022 full-scale attack resulted in more than eight million Ukrainians fleeing in the greatest exodus of refugees that Europe has witnessed since World War II. In some areas, the ruins of apartment buildings and …

Ukraine war could rage for another 12 months, says Defence Secretary
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine war could rage for another 12 months, says Defence Secretary

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ben Wallace said the way Russian President Vladimir Putin was content to operate his …

‘We kill them all': Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home
1 year, 10 months ago

‘We kill them all': Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — How do people raised with a sense of right and wrong end up involved in terrible acts of violence against others? Lyonka, you wanted to live at that moment, right honey?” Leonid: “More than ever!” Mother: “It’s totally horrible.” Leonid: “They were lying there, just 18 or 19 years old. Blankets, forks, spoons, pans.” Mother: “You gotta …

In phone calls home, Russian soldiers in Ukraine say they ‘never saw such hell’
1 year, 10 months ago

In phone calls home, Russian soldiers in Ukraine say they ‘never saw such hell’

LA Times  

A woman at a cemetery outside Volgograd, Russia, looks at the graves of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine. He warned us that although we’d be bombed and shot at, our aim was to get through.” Mother: “Did they shoot you?” Leonid: “Of course. Blankets, forks, spoons, pans.” Mother : “You gotta be kidding me.” Leonid: “Whoever doesn’t have …

After a year of war in Ukraine, all signs point to more misery with no end in sight
1 year, 10 months ago

After a year of war in Ukraine, all signs point to more misery with no end in sight

NPR  

After a year of war in Ukraine, all signs point to more misery with no end in sight Enlarge this image toggle caption Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images Nearly a year since Russian forces rolled into Ukraine, there are no real signs of a way out of the conflict. Sponsor Message "Animosity between Russia and …

Ukraine war saga unfolds across the lives of 5 friends
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine war saga unfolds across the lives of 5 friends

Associated Press  

BUCHA, Ukraine — In the cemetery where Oleksii Zavadskyi and Yurii Stiahliuk are buried, the women they loved take drags on the men’s favorite brands of cigarettes. “We are still processing,” says Andrii Holovyn, 50, the community’s priest, who presided over Yurii’s funeral and those of countless other soldiers after him. “Probably the first thing we would do after is …

Ukraine starts new year with major attack on Russian troops
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine starts new year with major attack on Russian troops

Al Jazeera  

2023 began with a Ukrainian offensive and defensive success, causing a new round of accusations in the Russian information space about how the war is being run. Ukraine has started the new year with a major attack that killed many Russian soldiers in their barracks, and with a defensive victory – its air force said it managed to shoot down …

Russia now says 89 killed in Ukraine attack, blames mobile phones
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia now says 89 killed in Ukraine attack, blames mobile phones

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine claims that about 400 Russian soldiers were killed in attack on military quarters in Makiivka on Sunday. Russia’s defence ministry has raised to 89 the number of its military personnel killed in a recent Ukrainian rocket raid on a school housing soldiers in Makiivka, in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, and blamed the attack on unauthorised use of mobile phones …

Ukraine claims hundreds of Russian troops killed in strike; Moscow says 63 died
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine claims hundreds of Russian troops killed in strike; Moscow says 63 died

CNN  

CNN — An apparent Ukrainian strike in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine appears to have killed a large number of Russian troops, according to the Ukrainian military, pro-Russian military bloggers and former officials. The Ukrainian military said later on Monday that the number of Russian servicemen killed in Makiivka is “being clarified” after claiming earlier that around 400 Russian soldiers were killed …

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine can freeze their sperm for free: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine can freeze their sperm for free: Report

Hindustan Times  

Russian troops who have been part of a mobilisation drive for military operations in Ukraine can get their sperm frozen for free in cryobanks, Reuters reported quoting the state TASS agency. Citing Igor Trunov, president of the Russian Union of Lawyers, TASS said in its report that the Russian health ministry responded to his appeal for budgetary assistance with the …

2022 review: Visualising how the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded
1 year, 11 months ago

2022 review: Visualising how the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera looks at how the conflict unfolded on the ground, the human costs of 10 months of war and the global response. In the first month of the war, Russian forces pressed towards Ukraine’s largest cities, including the capital, Kyiv, and the second-largest city of Kharkiv. “Within four days, Ukraine nullified four months of success of the Russian army …

Ukraine war: How citizen spies helped to derail Vladimir Putin's grand plan to occupy Kherson
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine war: How citizen spies helped to derail Vladimir Putin's grand plan to occupy Kherson

Firstpost  

Ordinary citizens in Kherson have formed a grassroots resistance movement after being guided by the Ukrainian security services. Kherson’s occupation government, run by Russian military commanders and Ukrainian collaborators, wasted little time pulling down Ukrainian flags, taking over Ukrainian schools, trucking in crates of Russian rubles, even importing Russian families. Yermolenko, along with other members of Kherson’s partisan network and …

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