Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine
2 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine

India TV News  

Russia Ukraine War : A group of Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that they were beaten and abused for months before escaping on foot as the Russians withdrew from the Kharkiv region this month. Recounting their ordeal to reporters in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, one of the seven Sri Lankans said he was shot in the foot; another had his toenail ripped off and was slammed in the head with the butt of a rifle. “Some days Russians came and beat our people, our Sri Lanka people.” Four of the seven were medical students in the city of Kupiansk and three were working there when Russian forces poured across the border in late February and occupied large swaths of eastern and southern Ukraine. With us they never spoke, because they could not understand our language.” Police said the factory housed a Russian “torture center” — one of 18 in the Kharkiv region.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv says its troops killed 30 North Korean soldiers in Kursk region
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1 week, 1 day ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv says its troops killed 30 North Korean soldiers in Kursk region

Live Mint  

At least 30 North Korean soldiers, who Russia had deployed to its western Kursk region, were killed or wounded by Ukrainian troops, Kyiv said on Monday. “On December 14 and 15, army units from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea suffered significant losses near the villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba, Martynovka in the Kursk region of Russia -- at least 30 …

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,012
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,012

Al Jazeera  

Here is the situation on Monday, December 2: One person was killed and several others injured following Russia’s drone attack on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil, according to Viacheslav Negoda, the head of the military administration of Ternopil region. A Russian missile strike on a town in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least four people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. …

Ukraine says Russia returned more than 500 soldiers' bodies
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Ukraine says Russia returned more than 500 soldiers' bodies

Hindustan Times  

Kyiv on Friday said Russian authorities returned over 500 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in combat, with most having died in the eastern Donetsk region. Soldiers search for bodies following rains and flash floods that caused rivers to overflow in Valencia and other parts of Spain, in the Poyo ravine in Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain, November 13, 2024. "As …

Ukraine and Russia agree on return of 46 Kursk residents after rare talks
1 month ago

Ukraine and Russia agree on return of 46 Kursk residents after rare talks

Firstpost  

The deal comes at a tense moment in the Ukraine conflict, with Kyiv firing British and US-supplied long-range missiles into Russia and Moscow firing a hypersonic missile at its neighbour. Dozens of residents from Russia’s Kursk border region have been returned from Ukraine following rare and “painstaking” negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, Moscow said on Friday. In August, Ukraine conducted …

Ukraine detains Russian 'mole' in special forces, security service says
1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine detains Russian 'mole' in special forces, security service says

ABC  

Ukraine's SBU security service said on Friday it had detained a special operations forces unit commander accused of disclosing plans of operations behind enemy lines to Russia's GRU military intelligence. One killed in Odesa air attack, Zelenskyy says A Russian air attack struck a residential building and energy installations on Thursday evening in and near Ukraine's Black Sea port of …

Russian forces advance on Ukraine frontline city after Crimea oil depot attack
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian forces advance on Ukraine frontline city after Crimea oil depot attack

ABC  

Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian frontline city of Toretsk, according to Ukraine's military. Further north in the Donetsk region, Ukraine said a Russian attack had killed one person and wounded seven — including children aged two and 13 — in the city of Sloviansk. A Russian attack on Ukraine's north-eastern city of Kharkiv on Tuesday …

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting
3 months ago

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting

LA Times  

Smoke, dust and debris can be seen after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly …

U.N. expert says Russian prisoners sent to fight in Ukraine committing crimes when they return
3 months ago

U.N. expert says Russian prisoners sent to fight in Ukraine committing crimes when they return

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the beginning of the active phase of the Ocean-2024 naval drills in the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 10. A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia decried increased violence in the country caused by former prisoners who have their sentences shortened or pardoned to fight in Ukraine and then return …

The View from India newsletter: Did Zelenskyy’s Kursk gamble backfire?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The View from India newsletter: Did Zelenskyy’s Kursk gamble backfire?

The Hindu  

Last year, the much-awaited counteroffensive Ukraine had launched in the east and the south failed to make any breakthrough. In July, when Ukraine was under heavy pressure on the battlefield, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the country’s top military commander, gathered a secret meeting of his top officers to disclose an ambitious plan. If in the 2023 spring, Ukraine tried to cut …

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 …

After Ukraine's incursion into Russia, the world gets a glimpse of life behind Vladimir Putin's iron curtain
3 months, 3 weeks ago

After Ukraine's incursion into Russia, the world gets a glimpse of life behind Vladimir Putin's iron curtain

ABC  

In the back of an armoured combat truck, the drive towards the border is rough, hot and noisy. But after Ukraine's audacious incursion into Russia's Kursk region, its military leads us into the enemy territory it holds, at least for now. "When we talk to them, they say that they do not know what has been happening in Ukraine for …

7 killed by Russian attacks as Moscow pushes ahead in Ukraine's east
3 months, 3 weeks ago

7 killed by Russian attacks as Moscow pushes ahead in Ukraine's east

Hindustan Times  

Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar on Saturday killed five people, as Moscow’s troops pushed ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. This image provided by Ukrainian army strike group "Black Swan" of the 225th Brigade, shows an aerial view of ruined Chasiv Yar, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, late …

Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk

NPR  

Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Gulliver Cragg, of the French television network France 24, about his trip to a facility in Ukraine, where Russian POWs from the Kursk incursion are being held. Ukraine meanwhile says it captured hundreds of Russians during its surprise cross-border attack on Russia's …

Reuters Says Team Member Missing in Russian Strike on East Ukraine Hotel
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Reuters Says Team Member Missing in Russian Strike on East Ukraine Hotel

Deccan Chronicle  

Kramatorsk: A member of the Reuters news agency was missing and two others were wounded in a strike on a hotel in the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the agency said Sunday, with Russian attacks killing 15 civilians across the country in the last 24 hours. In another deadly day in the two-and-a-half year war, six civilians were also killed …

Russia and Ukraine swap 115 prisoners each in UAE-mediated exchange
4 months ago

Russia and Ukraine swap 115 prisoners each in UAE-mediated exchange

Al Jazeera  

It is the first such exchange since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region on August 6. “The UAE has successfully mediated a new captives exchange between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine, resulting in the release of 230 captives,” the Gulf country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said …

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there
4 months ago

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there

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Ukraine Enters Russian Soil: Big Win or Big Mistake? - News18
4 months ago

Ukraine Enters Russian Soil: Big Win or Big Mistake? - News18

News 18  

Ukraine has entered Russian territory, taking the war to Vladimir Putin’s doorstep. Thirdly, the short-term gain from Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was to simply alleviate the stress on its forces in Donbas, by forcing Russia to pull out its troops from there. It may be able to use jammers deeper into Russian territory, which will affect Russia’s air superiority. And finally, …

Families flee as Vladimir Putin's forces close in on Ukrainian town as Russian advances towards big population centres in eastern Ukraine gathers pace
4 months ago

Families flee as Vladimir Putin's forces close in on Ukrainian town as Russian advances towards big population centres in eastern Ukraine gathers pace

Daily Mail  

Advances by Vladimir Putin's forces across eastern Ukraine gathered pace yesterday with reports they had seized another key town. Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine Vladimir Putin's Russian troops heavily outnumber those defending in eastern Ukraine and are well supplied with artillery and weaponry Russia's …

Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says

CNN  

CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have taken control of the Russian town of Sudzha, over a week after his forces launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Kyiv’s forces have been in the town, located 105 kilometers southwest of the city of Kursk, since last Wednesday, but this is the first confirmation …

Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners in Russian border region
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners in Russian border region

LA Times  

Ukrainian service members sit in an armored personnel carrier after returning to their country from Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday. Ukrainian troops took more than 100 Russian soldiers prisoner, the commander of the Ukrainian military, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, said in a video posted on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel. Troops destroyed a Russian Su-34 jet used to launch devastating glide …

Ukraine military takes control of 28 Russian towns, 180,000 people evacuated
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine military takes control of 28 Russian towns, 180,000 people evacuated

Live Mint  

Ukraine’s military has taken control of 28 towns and villages in Russia’s Kursk border region, prompting a sixth of its population to flee the incursion, Russian President Vladimir Putin was told. Putin said the Defense Ministry’s main task was to “drive out the enemy from our territories and, together with the Border Service, ensure reliable protection of the state border.” …

Kursk offensive: Ukraine embarrasses Putin with surprise assault on southern Russia
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kursk offensive: Ukraine embarrasses Putin with surprise assault on southern Russia

CNN  

CNN — Vladimir Putin fixed the commander in chief of Russia’s military, General Valery Gerasimov, with a cold stare and a look of exasperation. On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said units had “thwarted the attempts of the enemy’s mobile groups to get to the depth” of Russian territory near Ivashkovsky, Malaya Loknya, and Olgovka in the Kursk region. Russian …

Russia denies offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv failing as areas locked down
5 months, 1 week ago

Russia denies offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv failing as areas locked down

Al Jazeera  

The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said several areas would be closed to most civilians. Russia has denied its ground offensive on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region is failing after an official said he would seal off border villages to shield them from Ukrainian shelling. Belgorod’s regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Tuesday that civilian access to 14 Russian border villages …

Russia and Ukraine give up 95 prisoners of war each in their latest exchange
5 months, 1 week ago

Russia and Ukraine give up 95 prisoners of war each in their latest exchange

LA Times  

Just-released Ukrainian prisoners of war hold the flag of Ukraine’s marine corps after a prisoner exchange with Russia on Wednesday. Ukraine and Russia exchanged 95 prisoners of war each, officials in both countries said Wednesday, three weeks after their last swap and as part of what have been occasional agreements to send captured troops home. They were captured in Mariupol, …

Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia on Sunday said its forces had captured another village in Ukraine‘s eastern Donetsk region, the latest modest territorial gain for its advancing forces. Russian troops had “liberated the village of Chigari” in the Donetsk region, the Defence Ministry said in a daily briefing posted on social media. On Saturday, Moscow said its forces had taken control of another small …

Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv

The Independent  

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Russia claims capture of village in southern Ukraine: ministry
6 months, 1 week ago

Russia claims capture of village in southern Ukraine: ministry

The Hindu  

Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a village in southern Ukraine, continuing its progress on the front line against a Ukrainian army lacking troops and ammunition. "Units of the Eastern forces have liberated the settlement of Zagrine in the Zaporizhzhia region and occupied more favourable positions," the Russian defence ministry said in its daily report. The Russian army …

9 killed in Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine ahead of G7 summit aimed at slowing Moscow’s offensive
6 months, 1 week ago

9 killed in Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine ahead of G7 summit aimed at slowing Moscow’s offensive

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people on Wednesday, a day before the leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine’s biggest backers were to discuss how to slow Moscow’s offensive. “And we need as many of them as possible.” Earlier Wednesday, Ukraine’s air force said it shot down more than …

‘Duped’ Sri Lankans fighting in Russia-Ukraine war
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Duped’ Sri Lankans fighting in Russia-Ukraine war

The Hindu  

When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it — including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion. Colombo's parliament set up an inquiry last month to track at least 2,000 battle-hardened Sri Lankans who reportedly enlisted on both sides of the Ukraine war, including in the regular armed forces …

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Why is Kharkiv important? | Explained
7 months ago

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Why is Kharkiv important? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said the situation in the city of Kharkiv — a town in the northeastern part of the country that has seen intense fighting since Russia invaded the country in February 2022 — has stabilised. We also continue to counter Russian… pic.twitter.com/FGaoiaS25E — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський May 16, 2024 …

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals
7 months, 1 week ago

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals

Live Mint  

BRUSSELS—American military leaders believe Russia lacks sufficient troops to break through on the new front in northeastern Ukraine, but is stretching Ukrainian forces there and creating a buffer zone for its own border. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, …

Is Russia’s assault on northeastern Ukraine already losing steam?
7 months, 1 week ago

Is Russia’s assault on northeastern Ukraine already losing steam?

Al Jazeera  

Moscow’s troops have seized several villages in Kharkiv in recent days, but experts say Ukraine’s defence and Russia’s manpower woes will limit the advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow wants to create a “sanitary zone” in Kharkiv to protect the Russian region of Belgorod that lies north of it and has been heavily shelled by Ukrainian forces. Moscow’s push …

Zelenskyy in Kharkiv as Ukraine claims to partially halt Russia’s offensive
7 months, 1 week ago

Zelenskyy in Kharkiv as Ukraine claims to partially halt Russia’s offensive

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has travelled to the city of Kharkiv and said the situation in the northeast is “under control” after the military managed to partially halt a Russian advance, most notably thwarting an invasion of the key border town of Vovchansk. Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously said that Russia was advancing on “all fronts”, the military making …

Russia pounds 30 towns and villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region
7 months, 1 week ago

Russia pounds 30 towns and villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

ABC  

In short: Russia's defence ministry said that troops had "improved the tactical position and dealt a blow to manpower" around the Kharkiv region. Russia's defence ministry said that troops had "improved the tactical position and dealt a blow to manpower" around the Kharkiv region. Russia's defence ministry said on Monday that troops had "improved the tactical position and dealt a …

Ukraine’s military chief admits ‘difficult situation’ in Kharkiv region
7 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine’s military chief admits ‘difficult situation’ in Kharkiv region

Al Jazeera  

General Syrskii says situation in northeastern oblast ‘significantly worsened’ this week as Russian forces continue to advance. Ukraine’s military chief has admitted his forces are facing a “difficult situation” in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, where thousands more people have fled their homes as Russian forces continue to advance. “There are ongoing battles in the border areas along the state …

Thousands evacuate as Russia pounds Ukraine border town
7 months, 1 week ago

Thousands evacuate as Russia pounds Ukraine border town

New Indian Express  

Thousands of people been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, as Russia kept up constant strikes on a key town as part of a cross-border offensive, officials said Sunday. The surprise Russian attack across Ukraine's northeastern border began on Friday, with troops making small advances in an area from where they had been pushed back nearly two years …

Ukraine evacuates thousands of civilians as fighting rages in Kharkiv region near border with Russia
7 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine evacuates thousands of civilians as fighting rages in Kharkiv region near border with Russia

The Independent  

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Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
7 months, 1 week ago

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

Associated Press  

VOVCHANSK, Ukraine — Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages of Grad rockets. Ukrainian officials didn’t confirm whether Russian had taken the villages, which lie in a contested “gray zone” …

Russia claims capture of villages in northeast Ukraine amid renewed assault
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia claims capture of villages in northeast Ukraine amid renewed assault

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian officials say intensifying fighting in contested border areas has forced more than 1,700 civilians to flee. Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence has said, as journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian air raids. Ukrainian officials on Saturday did not confirm whether …

Keep calm and carry on: Ukraine’s Kharkiv holds tight under Russian fire
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Keep calm and carry on: Ukraine’s Kharkiv holds tight under Russian fire

Al Jazeera  

As news of Russia’s spring offensive in Kharkiv started to spread through Kharkiv on Friday, Ukraine’s second biggest city did not descend into panic. “A direct attack on Kharkiv is quite unlikely because it is a big city,” says Jakub Palowski, a military expert and deputy editor in chief of Defence24.pl website. “Ukraine currently has a mobilised army and, in …

Russia claims capture of villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia claims capture of villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

LA Times  

Tetiana, 82, cries with her daughter as she is evacuated from Vovchansk, Ukraine, on Saturday. Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages of grad rockets. Ukrainian officials didn’t confirm whether …

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region on Friday to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses, authorities said, signaling a tactical switch in the war by Moscow that Ukrainian officials had been expecting for weeks. Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said intense overnight shelling targeted Vovchansk, a city with a prewar population of …

Russia tries to breach Ukraine’s defenses in the Kharkiv region
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia tries to breach Ukraine’s defenses in the Kharkiv region

LA Times  

The assault began at dawn. “There is a fierce battle,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in the capital, Kyiv, hours after Russian troops launched an armored ground offensive in northeastern Ukraine, near the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ukraine’s defense ministry said its forces had blunted an initial Russian attempt to break through Ukrainian lines outside the border town of …

Murder rate among Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine surges
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Murder rate among Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine surges

The Independent  

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Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv kill 6 people, 11 wounded
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv kill 6 people, 11 wounded

India TV News  

Kyiv: Russian forces launched a coordinated attack overnight with drones and missiles on Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, killing at least six people and injuring 11 more, according to local officials. Russian forces advancing in Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak, told Politico in an interview published on Thursday, that he saw Kharkiv as the most likely target …

‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in Russia’s Ukraine war
8 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in Russia’s Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

At least two Sri Lankans have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, and three on the Ukrainian side. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Badly wounded from a Ukrainian attack on a Russian bunker in the Donetsk region, Sri Lankan fighter Senaka Bandara* tried to carry his fellow countryman, Nipuna Silva*, to safety. The two reported deaths add to the three …

Ukraine war: Soldier relives time as a prisoner tortured by Russia in our exclusive event
9 months ago

Ukraine war: Soldier relives time as a prisoner tortured by Russia in our exclusive event

The Independent  

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Escaping Russian capture: An ex-British soldier’s account of fighting for Ukraine detailed in our event
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Escaping Russian capture: An ex-British soldier’s account of fighting for Ukraine detailed in our event

The Independent  

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Russian forces arrest 7 Indians, force them into fight against Ukraine
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian forces arrest 7 Indians, force them into fight against Ukraine

India Today  

The Russian military has allegedly arrested seven Indian nationals and was forcing them to fight the war against Ukraine. Meanwhile, the family of one of the Indians, from Punjab's Gurdaspur district, has appealed to the Central government to safely bring back their son from Russia. Talking to India Today TV, the family of one Ravneet Singh said he, along with …

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 …

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