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Who is Ilya Ponomarev, the anti-war Russian renegade exiled in Ukraine?
1 year ago

Who is Ilya Ponomarev, the anti-war Russian renegade exiled in Ukraine?

Al Jazeera  

Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, has likened himself to Charles de Gaulle. Exiled in Ukraine since 2016, Ponomarev is the political head of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a volunteer militia thought to include about 1,600 Russian dissidents and defectors using pinprick tactics to aggravate Russian troops with the aim of one day marching on Moscow. “Average Russians don’t know …

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Ukraine responds to Wagner mutiny in Russia with caution, hope
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine responds to Wagner mutiny in Russia with caution, hope

Al Jazeera  

While the leadership in Kyiv is weighing how best to seize the moment, average Ukrainians are far less optimistic. Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top military expert has said that Kyiv has to make a “strategic, principal decision” on how to benefit from the unfolding turmoil in Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “Russia’s weakness is obvious” and that the longer …

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As Russians fight for Ukraine, Kyiv is faced with a new dilemma
1 year, 6 months ago

As Russians fight for Ukraine, Kyiv is faced with a new dilemma

Al Jazeera  

As a Russian Volunteer Corps fighter is remembered as a ‘brave warrior’, analysts explain why Ukraine is distancing itself from armed groups. “He was a brave warrior, a pious Christian, a trustworthy comrade,” Denis Kapustin, Maznik’s commanding officer, said through tears during a farewell ceremony last weekend at the historic Baikove cemetery in Kyiv. “This is a fight of the …

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Russia thwarts more Belgorod attacks, blames Ukraine
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia thwarts more Belgorod attacks, blames Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Defence ministry says it repelled three attacks in the border area, which has come under intensified fire since last month. Russia’s defence ministry has said it thwarted three cross-border attacks near the town of Shebekino, as it accused Ukraine of using what it said were “terrorist formations”. “Overall, the attack involved up to 70 militants, five tanks, four armoured vehicles, …

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Meet the Russian separatists fighting against Putin in Russia
1 year, 6 months ago

Meet the Russian separatists fighting against Putin in Russia

India Today  

On Thursday, fighting in Russia's western Belgorod region entered its fourth day after a military incursion from Ukraine. Two groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion, claimed responsibility. Russian nationalist paramilitary units based in Ukraine, whereas the Liberty of Russia Legion - a Ukraine-based Russian militia which says it is working inside Russia to overthrow President …

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Who’s behind the attack on a Russian region bordering Ukraine?
1 year, 6 months ago

Who’s behind the attack on a Russian region bordering Ukraine?

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of its border towns in its Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before over 70 of the attackers were killed or pushed back by what the authorities termed a counterterrorism operation. The website of the Freedom of Russia Legion says it was formed last spring …

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