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8 months, 4 weeks ago

The English traitors fighting in Ukraine... for PUTIN: One's a jobless mercenary disowned by his father, another a National Front-backing drug addict who calls himself a 'Z Patriot' - and British Army

A jobless mercenary who has been disowned by his father and a former National Front member have been labelled an 'absolute disgrace' after becoming the first two British men known to be fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The traitor has posted a number of videos online since he fled to Donetsk in February to join Putin's marauding forces, including sickening …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Third year of Russia-Ukraine war: Can NATO prevent tides turning in Moscow’s favour?

Firstpost

NATO doesn’t want to lose face by stopping the war at a point where it looks embarrassed and defeated by Putin, so it will find the hopeless continuation of the war a better face-saver There is no doubt that because of Western compulsion not to lose against Putin, Ukraine will get the desired aid, arsenal, and ammunition sooner or later, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Top secret Nato war plan: Leak or hack, fact or disinfo?

India Today

Days after the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's alleged war plan detailing secret information about the Ukrainian military ahead of a planned offensive against Russian troops landed on pro-Russian Telegram and Twitter handles, questions arise on how the documents became public and were they, in fact authentic. SOURCE OF THE LEAK The leak was first reported by the New York Times …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Russian forces launch ‘human wave’ attacks in Ukraine’s Bakhmut: The World War II style of fighting explained

Firstpost

In its efforts to capture Ukraine’s Bakhmut, the Kremlin has deployed the use of ‘human wave’ attacks — a tactic that treats troops like ‘single-use soldiers’. This military strategy, which was popularised during World War II, sees many men taking aim at a position, no matter the loss of life It’s been 309 days of war and as we prepare …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Ground Zero | Ukraine’s citizens long for peace and stability

The Hindu

Published : May 30, 2022 06:00 IST Dolphin caretaker and trainer Andrey*, who works at the dolphinarium in the city of Skadovks in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, talks to us in metaphors. “It’s not that people are scared of the Russian army, they don’t harm anyone, but who knows,” said Liza*. It has been almost three months, how …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Putin evokes World War II triumph to urge victory in Ukraine

The Hindu

Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the memory of Soviet heroism in World War Two on Monday to urge his army towards victory in Ukraine. Addressing massed ranks of servicemen on Red Square on the 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, Mr. Putin condemned what he called external threats to weaken and split Russia, and repeated familiar arguments he had …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Donbass: The Ukrainian satire that's too real

BBC

Donbass: The Ukrainian satire that's too real Pyramide Films The fiction film Donbass was made in 2018; and now it's "more like a documentary laced with Alice in Wonderland absurdism", writes Caryn James. "As far as Ukrainians are concerned, the war has been going on for eight years already," the Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa told Indiewire last month, soon after …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russians secretly denounce Putin's 'Billy Graham meets Kim Jong-Un' pro-war rally

Daily Mail

Vladimir Putin's tub-thumping speech yesterday was likened to 'Billy Graham meets North Korea' by a Russian commentator, a reference to both the American Christian evangelist and Kim Jong-un's propagandising rallies, while the YouTube live stream of the rally was flooded with critical comments. Putin spoke in front of a crowd tens of thousands strong at the Luzhniki World Cup stadium …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Piercing the fog of war: What’s happening in Ukraine and how Vladimir Putin’s campaign is shaping up

Firstpost

The Russian strongman has a free hand in Ukraine; his forces dominate the country, and he has enough in hand to ratchet up the military pressure notch by notch A week into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, and the fog of war remains as thick as ever. This is because of, one, the purposeful lack of media spectacle in …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Sydney biker club 'Putin's Angels' among Russian patriots in Australia backing invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mail

A fringe group of Russian patriots in Australia are fervently backing Vladimir Putin's bloody invasion of Ukraine. Simeon 'The Aussie Cossack' Boikov of Cabramatta in western Sydney leads a self-styled military unit called Australian Cossacks or Zabaikal Cossack Society of Australia Australian Night Wolves' Sasha Duganov, with global bikie group president, Alexander Zaldostanov, and Russian Australians dressed in uniforms and …

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2 years, 9 months ago

'Wonderful' sanctions on Russia won't change a thing, military operation in Ukraine to go on: Medvedev

The Hindu

The "wonderful" sanctions slapped on Russia by the US and allies would not change a thing and military operation to "protect" Ukraine's Donbass region will be fully carried out until President Vladimir Putin's goals are achieved, Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, as Russian forces intensified its attack in Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Boris Johnson condemns Ukraine invasion as he chairs Cobra meeting

Daily Mail

Boris Johnson today warned the West must stand up to 'dictator' Vladimir Putin as he vowed to 'hobble' the Russian economy with a 'massive' package of sanctions. As Britain responds to war in Europe: Home Secretary Priti Patel said officials are on alert for cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns from Moscow as Russia invades Ukraine; Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Security Council reacts to Putin announcement of ‘Special Operation’ in Eastern Ukraine

The Hindu

As news of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering a military operation in eastern Ukraine broke, United Nations Secretary General Atonio Guterres, speaking at a hastily called Security Council meeting, asked Russia to stop the attack on Ukraine and to “give peace a chance.” By the morning of Thursday, New York time, it had become apparent that Moscow was engaged in …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Putin's gives chilling warning to the West in early morning TV broadcast

Daily Mail

Dear citizens of Russia! As for our country, after the collapse of the USSR, with all the unprecedented openness of the new modern Russia, the readiness to work honestly with the United States and other Western partners, and in the conditions of virtually unilateral disarmament, they immediately tried to squeeze us, finish off and destroy us completely. In this regard, …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Putin's tanks roll into Ukraine over Belarus border as he launches full-scale invasion

Daily Mail

UKRAINE LATEST Global markets tanked with Russia's ruble sliding to its lowest value ever The price of oil shot up to over $100 per barrel EU will freeze Russian assets, halt access to financial market and target 'Kremlin interests' G7 called Putin a 'threat to global order' vowing 'severe and coordinated economic and financial sanctions' Joe Biden announced new sanctions …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Really, really hope there's no war: Residents at Russia-Ukraine border await Putin's next move

India Today

“I really, really hope there’s no war,” said Roman Sazonov, a 31-year-old bartender in an Irish pub in the border city of Rostov-on-Don as Putin recognised the two rebel regions in Ukraine in a televised address. The news of the recent development hits harder in Rostov-on-Don, which is located 95 kilometres from the breakaway Donbass region, as several locals have …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine Crisis |

The Hindu

Tensions between Ukraine and Russia escalated on February 21, 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and deployed troops in a peacekeeping role. Ambassador to the United Nations, dismissed “as nonsense” Mr. Putin’s announcement that Russian troops would be in the separatist area known as Donbas as peacekeepers, saying their presence is “clearly the basis …

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2 years, 10 months ago

The crisis in the Donbass region

The Hindu

The story so far: As tensions spiral between Russia and the West over Ukraine, the rebel-held self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in Eastern Ukraine have started evacuating civilians to the Rostov region in Russia claiming an impending Ukrainian military offensive. Since then, these predominantly Russian speaking regions within Ukraine have been witnessing shelling and skirmishes between the rebels and …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Putin signs decree recognizing two 'independent republics' in east Ukraine's Donbass

China Daily

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address to the nation in Moscow, Russia in this picture released Feb 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed two decrees recognizing "the Lugansk People's Republic " and "the Donetsk People's Republic " as independent and sovereign states. At a ceremony held in the Kremlin, Putin also inked the Treaty of …

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2 years, 10 months ago

George W. Bush Carries Some Blame for the Current Conflict With Putin

Slate

Russia filed a report to the United Nations on Thursday, accusing Ukraine of committing acts of “genocide” against the “Russian-speaking population” in the country’s war-torn Donbass region. The document repeats Putin’s denial that he has any intent to invade Ukraine, arguing that Russia’s recent troop movements have been in response to threatening actions taken by the U.S. and NATO inside …

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2 years, 10 months ago

U.S. challenges Russia to make unequivocal statement against invading Ukraine

The Hindu

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken challenged Russia on Thursday to make an unequivocal statement that it would not invade Ukraine and to back it up by pulling back troops. If it seeks peace, "the Russian government can announce today with no qualification of equivocation or deflection, that Russia will not invade Ukraine, stated plainly to the world," Mr. Blinken …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Wondering what is the Ukraine-Russia conflict? These movies will EXPLAIN the ongoing situation

India Today

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine since 2014 has taken an even more violent form now. Movies like Cyborgs and No Obvious Signs have perfectly tried to show the people's pain, helplessness, the hope of the end of the war, etc. CYBORGS Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die is a 2017 Ukrainian war drama film showcasing the Second Battle of Donetsk …

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3 years ago

Russia says Ukraine has deployed half its army – 125,000 troops – to conflict zone

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Review: War in Ukraine reflects deceit, division and corruption in black comedy ‘Donbass’

LA Times

There’s no other antiwar film quite like “Donbass,” Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s brutally matter-of-fact, cynically comic string of vignettes depicting social destabilization in the titular war-ravaged region of eastern Ukraine. Amidst the bombs and bullets, Loznitsa’s tour of occupied areas — inside government offices, across battle zones, through a cramped bomb shelter and on tension-filled streets, with no central protagonist …

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The English traitors fighting in Ukraine... for PUTIN: One's a jobless mercenary disowned by his father, another a National Front-backing drug addict who calls himself a 'Z Patriot' - and British Army

Third year of Russia-Ukraine war: Can NATO prevent tides turning in Moscow’s favour?

Top secret Nato war plan: Leak or hack, fact or disinfo?

Russian forces launch ‘human wave’ attacks in Ukraine’s Bakhmut: The World War II style of fighting explained

Ground Zero | Ukraine’s citizens long for peace and stability

Putin evokes World War II triumph to urge victory in Ukraine

Donbass: The Ukrainian satire that's too real

Russians secretly denounce Putin's 'Billy Graham meets Kim Jong-Un' pro-war rally

Piercing the fog of war: What’s happening in Ukraine and how Vladimir Putin’s campaign is shaping up

Sydney biker club 'Putin's Angels' among Russian patriots in Australia backing invasion of Ukraine

'Wonderful' sanctions on Russia won't change a thing, military operation in Ukraine to go on: Medvedev

Boris Johnson condemns Ukraine invasion as he chairs Cobra meeting

Security Council reacts to Putin announcement of ‘Special Operation’ in Eastern Ukraine

Putin's gives chilling warning to the West in early morning TV broadcast

Putin's tanks roll into Ukraine over Belarus border as he launches full-scale invasion

Really, really hope there's no war: Residents at Russia-Ukraine border await Putin's next move

Ukraine Crisis |

The crisis in the Donbass region

Putin signs decree recognizing two 'independent republics' in east Ukraine's Donbass

George W. Bush Carries Some Blame for the Current Conflict With Putin

U.S. challenges Russia to make unequivocal statement against invading Ukraine

Wondering what is the Ukraine-Russia conflict? These movies will EXPLAIN the ongoing situation

Russia says Ukraine has deployed half its army – 125,000 troops – to conflict zone

Review: War in Ukraine reflects deceit, division and corruption in black comedy ‘Donbass’