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Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance
8 months ago

Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance

The Hindu  

Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armoured vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. If the Russians stick to their multiple pushes across the front, he said, “Eventually they may find more …

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Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance
8 months ago

Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance

Associated Press  

Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armored vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. Now everything is exposed, making it very dangerous.” In a recent podcast, Kofman also said that Kyiv is …

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Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow, widow worried about possible arrests
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow, widow worried about possible arrests

Live Mint  

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's funeral will be held in Moscow on Friday, his wife Yulia announced, but she said she was unsure if it would pass off peacefully and that plans for a civil memorial service had been blocked Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's funeral will be held in Moscow on Friday, his wife Yulia announced, but she said …

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Alexei Navalny’s funeral to be held on March 1, says spokesperson
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny’s funeral to be held on March 1, says spokesperson

The Hindu  

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on March 1 in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on March 1 afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said February 27. …

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Russia: Alexei Navalny's funeral will be held on Friday
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia: Alexei Navalny's funeral will be held on Friday

Associated Press  

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. Yarmysh described the difficulties his team encountered in trying to find a site for a funeral, saying that most venues claimed they were fully …

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Ally of late Kremlin critic Navalny says authorities threaten to bury him on prison grounds
10 months ago

Ally of late Kremlin critic Navalny says authorities threaten to bury him on prison grounds

New Indian Express  

An ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday that Russian authorities have given his mother a deadline to agree to forgo a public funeral or else they’ll bury him on prison grounds. Investigators gave Lyudmila Navalnaya three hours to accept a proposal for a private funeral outside the public eye, Navalny’s close associate Ivan Zhdanov said on …

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Ally of late Kremlin critic Navalny says authorities threaten to bury him on prison grounds
10 months ago

Ally of late Kremlin critic Navalny says authorities threaten to bury him on prison grounds

Associated Press  

An ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday that Russian authorities have given his mother a deadline to agree to forgo a public funeral or else they’ll bury him on prison grounds. Investigators gave Lyudmila Navalnaya three hours to accept a proposal for a private funeral outside the public eye, Navalny’s close associate Ivan Zhdanov said on …

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Allies of Russian opposition leader Navalny post billboards asking citizens to vote against Putin
1 year ago

Allies of Russian opposition leader Navalny post billboards asking citizens to vote against Putin

Associated Press  

LONDON — Opposition activists in Russia came up with a way to get around Kremlin censorship while urging citizens to vote against President Vladimir Putin in an election next year: billboards disguised as a New Year’s greeting. The Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny paid for billboards in Moscow, St Petersburg and other Russian cities which said …

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Russia’s improved weaponry and tactics pose challenges to Ukraine’s counteroffensive
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia’s improved weaponry and tactics pose challenges to Ukraine’s counteroffensive

Associated Press  

Ukrainian troops are probing Russian defenses as spring gives way to a second summer of fighting, and Kyiv’s forces are facing an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war. Sir Richard Barrons, a retired general who led the U.K. Joint Forces Command, said the Russian military has built “textbook” defensive lines and adjusted its tactics …

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Who’s behind the attack on a Russian region bordering Ukraine?
1 year, 7 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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Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence
1 year, 7 months ago

Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars for life, as authorities set the stage for a new trial against the Kremlin’s leading critic. Navalny said by video link from prison during the hearing that the extremism charges which he rejected as “absurd” …

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Ukraine says its forces may pull out of key strategic city of Bakhmut
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine says its forces may pull out of key strategic city of Bakhmut

ABC  

The Ukrainian military might pull its forces back from the key stronghold of Bakhmut, an adviser to Ukraine's president has said in remarks that suggest Russia may capture the city that has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Key points: Bakhmut is strategically important to Russia's goal of taking control of Donetsk province Holding it would also give Russia an …

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Ukraine official: Forces may pull out of key city of Bakhmut
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine official: Forces may pull out of key city of Bakhmut

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military might pull troops back from the key stronghold of Bakhmut, an adviser to Ukraine’s president said Wednesday in remarks that suggested Russia could capture the city that has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. “Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are offering fierce resistance, and the fighting is getting increasingly bloody by day.” Ukraine’s …

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In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead
1 year, 10 months ago

In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead

Associated Press  

For Russia, it’s been a year of bold charges and bombardments, humiliating retreats and grinding sieges. Major Ukrainian battlefield successes this summer could fuel “significant political turmoil in Russia, because at that point, Putin’s own position within the leadership becomes very, very difficult to see as tenable,” he said. At the same time, if Ukraine fails to reclaim more territory …

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Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine

NPR  

Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine Enlarge this image toggle caption Future Publishing via Getty Images Future Publishing via Getty Images KYIV — A human rights group says it has documented "numerous cases" of Ukrainian forces firing land mines into territory that was controlled at the time by Russia. In a new report, …

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Russia plays down West’s move on tanks, attacks Ukraine anew
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia plays down West’s move on tanks, attacks Ukraine anew

Associated Press  

From Washington to Berlin to Kyiv, a Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine was hailed enthusiastically. After weeks of hesitation, Germany said Wednesday it will provide Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2 tanks and allow other allies willing to follow suit to deliver 88 Leopards to form two tank battalions. “It likely means that the Ukrainian military will probably …

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Russia: NATO war involvement ‘growing’ with arms to Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia: NATO war involvement ‘growing’ with arms to Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin says NATO’s weapons deliveries could result in military retaliation against nations supplying them. Russia says the delivery of NATO battle tanks to Ukraine is evidence of “direct and growing” US and European involvement in the war, with one analyst suggesting supplying nations could become potential targets. Sergey Karaganov, a former adviser to Russian …

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Russian soldiers are reported to be taking over Ukrainians’ homes in Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian soldiers are reported to be taking over Ukrainians’ homes in Kherson

LA Times  

Kateryna, 36, a kitchen worker at the Puscha Vodytsia maternity hospital, looks for clothes at a distribution space in the village of Moshun, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Russian soldiers are forcing Ukrainian civilians from their apartments in the occupied capital of the Kherson region and moving in themselves, a resident said Friday as the southern city became a growing …

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What would a Russian retreat from Kherson in southern Ukraine mean?
2 years, 2 months ago

What would a Russian retreat from Kherson in southern Ukraine mean?

LA Times  

Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. A retreat from Kherson and other areas on the Dnieper’s west bank would shatter Russian hopes to press an offensive west to Mykolaiv and Odesa to cut off Ukraine’s access to …

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EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia?
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia?

Associated Press  

Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. A retreat from Kherson and other areas on the Dnieper’s west bank would shatter Russian hopes to press an offensive west to Mykolaiv and Odesa to cut off Ukraine’s access to …

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What would retreat from Ukraine’s Kherson mean for Russia?
2 years, 2 months ago

What would retreat from Ukraine’s Kherson mean for Russia?

Al Jazeera  

A look at the military and political importance of the city Ukraine is fighting to recapture from Russia. Ukraine has used US-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers to repeatedly hit a key bridge on the Dnieper in Kherson and a large dam upstream, also used as a crossing point. A retreat from Kherson and other areas on the Dnieper’s west bank would …

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Residents urged to leave annexed region as Ukraine advances
2 years, 2 months ago

Residents urged to leave annexed region as Ukraine advances

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Moscow-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied southern region of Kherson urged local residents to evacuate to Russia on Friday, as Kyiv’s forces pushed their counteroffensive deeper into the region. Ukrainian military expert Oleh Zhdanov attributed the announced evacuation to “uncertainty as to whether the Russians will be able to hold the city” and lessons from when Kyiv’s troops …

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Belarus army would likely have little impact in Ukraine war
2 years, 2 months ago

Belarus army would likely have little impact in Ukraine war

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko this week has reignited fears that his army could join Russian forces in Moscow’s war against Ukraine, but the authoritarian leader appears reluctant to lend his troops to the effort, despite perceived pressure from Moscow. Analysts say if Belarus’ small and inexperienced military gets involved, the additional troops could help Moscow cut off …

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Ukraine pushes big counteroffensive as war marks 200 days
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine pushes big counteroffensive as war marks 200 days

Associated Press  

As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days on Sunday, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive that has dealt a heavy blow to Russia. He also taunted Moscow over its withdrawal, saying the Russian army was “demonstrating the best it can do — showing its back” and “they made a good …

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