Russian troops could soon wrest the remainder of the Donbass region from Ukraine’s forces, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has warned, according to a report by Der Spiegel magazine. The Berlin-based outlet cited recent classified BND briefings as saying Read more…
Russian anti-aircraft forces have shot down dozens of Ukrainian weapons and are “cracking them like nuts,” President Vladimir Putin said in a brief excerpt of an interview aired on Saturday. RIA news agency, which first cited the comments, quoted Putin Read more…
The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday said Ukrainian nationalists set fire to a wooden monastery as they retreated from Svyatogorsk. “Ukrainian nationalists on June 4 set fire to a wooden monastery of the Svyatogorsk Dormition Laura as Ukraine’s 79th air Read more…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reasons to fear his own military, his counterpart in Belarus said on Friday. Alexander Lukashenko also repeated his earlier assertion that Poland was looking to seize parts of Ukraine, saying the Ukrainian military would “decapitate” anyone to Read more…
A top Russian defense official has claimed that Ukraine is using foreign volunteers as cannon-fodder in its conflict with Moscow. The fighters concerned typically lack training and combat experience, according to Major General Igor Konashenkov. He claimed that Ukrainian commanders “do not Read more…
Russia’s National Guard has confirmed that a Chechen commander was killed in a bloody firefight with foreign volunteers in Ukraine—and they singled out the son of a British lawmaker as one of those responsible. Ben Grant, a 30-year-old former Royal Read more…
Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine could come to an end if Kiev agrees to negotiate, the head of Russia’s State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov claimed on Wednesday. The operation “will develop in accordance with the plan, and, I think, will Read more…
Pope Francis recognized the “heroic virtue” of a Filipino Archbishop who some claim had the ability to bilocate, or be in two places at the same time. The late Cebuano Archbishop named Teofilo Camomot was bestowed the title of “Venerable” Read more…
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that Poland is moving to seize territories in western Ukraine. He said this on Tuesday at a meeting on national security in the Volga region.”European Pravda” with reference to the Russian Read more…
The United States will not send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach into Russia, President Joe Biden said on Monday, as Ukraine pushes for longer-range weapons system to help in its fight. Ukrainian officials have been asking allies for longer-range Read more…
Turkey is ready to host a new round of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow in Istanbul, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. He made the offer to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a phone call. The Read more…
A French journalist working for the BFMTV news channel was killed in the Lugansk People’s Republic, on Monday, after his vehicle reportedly came under fire in eastern city of Severodonetsk. Western countries recognise the area as part of Ukraine. The death Read more…