Russia Accuses Ukraine of Using Biden-Supplied Cluster Bombs on Civilian Targets in Donetsk
Russian officials have claimed that Ukraine has shelled civilian areas of the contested Donetsk region with cluster bombs supplied by Biden.
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Russia Claims Advances in Donbas, ‘Liberation’ of Several Settlements
Russia claims its forces are advancing in the Donetsk region of the Donbas, and that it has “liberated” a number of settlements.
Putin Plans Concert Bash to Celebrate Annexation of 15% of Ukraine
The Russian government under strongman Vladimir Putin is planning a concert in Moscow’s Red Square on Friday evening to welcome the annexation of four regions of Ukraine – Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” – that represent about 15 percent of Ukrainian territory.
Moscow Launches Strikes as Occupied Regions Hold Referendums on Joining Russia
Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow.
Russian Media: North Korea May Send ‘Volunteers’ to Ukraine War
A Russian government network claimed this weekend that unspecified “reports” indicated that North Korea was willing to send as many as 100,000 soldiers into the Ukrainian war theater to support Moscow.
Russians Commence Assault on Two Eastern Ukrainian Cities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces began an assault Saturday on two key cities in the eastern Donetsk region and kept up rocket and shelling attacks on other Ukrainian cities, including one close to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukraine’s military and local officials said.
Ukrainians Dig In as Russians Prepare to Assault Key Eastern City
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian military personnel are fortifying their positions around the eastern city of Sloviansk in expectation of a fresh Russian attempt to seize the strategic point in the fiercely fought-over Donetsk region.
Russia and Ukraine Blame Each Other After Dozens of Azov POWs Killed in Prison Explosion
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the
North Korea Recognizes ‘Sovereignty’ of Pro-Russia Ukraine Separatists
The communist regime in North Korea announced through its state news agency on Thursday that it would recognize two separatist entities in Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics,” as sovereign states, following in allies Russia and Syria’s footsteps.
Kyiv Promises Major Southern Counter-Offensive, Urges Residents to Flee ‘Massive Fight’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces are managing to “raise true hell” in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland despite reports of them taking an operational pause, a regional governor said Saturday, while the government in Kyiv urged people in Russian-occupied southern areas to evacuate “by all possible means” ahead of a Ukrainian offensive.
North Korea Inches Closer to Pro-Russia Separatists in Ukraine
Envoys for North Korea have apparently increased contact with Russia and its proxy separatist organizations in Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics,” in the months following the escalation of Moscow’s eight-year invasion of the eastern European country, the Pyongyang news site NK News observed Thursday.
Russia Says Kyiv’s Last Stronghold in Luhansk Province Has Fallen
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia’s defence minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Ukraine, UK Condemn ‘Sham Trial’ of Britons Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The Ukrainian foreign minister says he and Britain’s defense secretary have discussed the plight of the three foreign fighters sentenced to death by pro-Russian separatists.
British ‘Mercenaries’ in Ukraine Sentenced to Death by Pro-Russia Separatists
Two Britons and a Moroccan captured fighting alongside Ukrainian forces having been sentenced to death by the Russia-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
Assad’s Syria Says It Wants to ‘Enhance Cooperation’ with Russian Separatists in Ukraine
The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria is “willing to enhance” an established relationship with the pro-Russian separatist groups in Eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region known as the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riad Haddad told Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency on Wednesday.
Pro-Russian Separatists in Ukraine Court Kurds Away from America
Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Russia-backed Ukrainian separatist “Donetsk People’s Republic,” warned supporters of Kurdish independence not to rely on support from America or the West because “they won’t respect their promises,” unlike, he claimed, Russia.
Russia-Backed Separatists Expecting ‘Many Thousands’ of Middle Eastern ‘Volunteers’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The Russia-backed head of a separatist region in eastern Ukraine says he expects thousands of fighters from the Middle East to come to fight the Ukrainian forces.
Pro-Russia Separatists Mobilise, Alleging ‘Immediate Threat of Aggression’ from Ukraine Govt
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization Saturday amid a spike of violence in the war-torn region and fears in the West that Russia might use the strife as a pretext for an invasion.
Ukraine Accuses Russia-Backed Fighters of Bombing Kindergarten
Militants allegedly backed by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk and Luhansk bombed a kindergarten in the Ukrainian settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska on Thursday, the National News Agency of Ukraine (Ukrinform) reported.
Russian-Backed Rebel Leader Alexander Zakharchenko Killed in Ukraine
The leader of the Russian-backed separatists fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region was reportedly killed Friday by an explosion at a cafe.
