Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, about 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died so far, a Ukrainian official has confirmed this. Mikhailo Podolyak, the adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, says that 10,000 to 13,000 soldiers have lost their lives in the war so far. It rarely happens when Ukraine gives information about its killed soldiers. This statement … Read more
The rapes and sexual assaults attributed to Russian forces in Ukraine clearly constitute “a military strategy” and a “deliberate tactic to dehumanize victims”, estimates the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten. “All the signs are there,” Patten said in an interview with AFP in Paris, where he signed an agreement on … Read more
A massive fire burns on the Kirch Strait bridge connecting Russia to Crimea on Saturday morning, with footage showing several fully engulfed train carriages and two spans of the road bridge in the water. Images from the bridge showed a fiercely burning fire engulfing at least two cars of a train on the bridge, accompanied … Read more
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry into Ukraine reported this Friday to the United Nations Human Rights Council, that Russian forces have committed war crimes during the invasion of the neighbouring country. The UN has made investigating human rights violations in the war a priority, and in May its main human rights body ordered a team of … Read more
Large numbers of Russians rushed to book one-way tickets out of the country while they still could on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists for the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin speech Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a televised speech on September 21 in which he announced the … Read more
Everyone is thinking about who is winning Russia Ukraine war. As the war enters its 55th day no one can predict the results. Ukraine is bravely defending its land, with highly motivated Ukrainian troops giving befitted answers to the Russian offensive. Russia said that the war is now in 2nd phase, where Russia started targeting … Read more
The United States has announced that it is sending advanced missile systems to Ukraine, but the jury does not know whether they will change the game they hope for in Kyiv’s war with Russia. The new weapon is the Himars multiple rocket launcher or MLRS: a mobile unit that can launch several high-precision missiles simultaneously. … Read more
Russia has claimed full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Moscow’s biggest victory in the war to date. More than 20,000 civilians are believed to have died in the coastal city after a nearly three-month siege. According to the Associated Press, Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President … Read more
A Russian soldier reportedly told his mother that his commander shot himself in the leg to get out of the war in Ukraine, according to an audio recording of a phone call intercepted by Ukrainian authorities. The Main Intelligence Directory of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry published the recording on Saturday. In the call, a man who … Read more
For the past few years, Victory Day celebrated on 9 May in Russia, has acquired the status of an annual event. Monday, May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day, a date that commemorates the triumph of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany during World War II. Every year, Moscow dresses up for an impressive military parade … Read more
