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Russia takes aggressive stance as Ukraine’s counter-offensive fails

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning on Tuesday, suggesting that Ukraine’s statehood could face an “irreparable blow” if the current war pattern persisted. Putin’s comments followed Switzerland’s agreement to host a global summit at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s request. Dismissing proposed peace formulas, Putin asserted Russia’s determination not to abandon the gains it had Read More…

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Russia warns Japan over planned supply of Patriot missiles to Ukraine

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a stark warning on Wednesday, cautioning Japan about the potential “grave consequences” in Russia-Japan relations following Japan’s decision to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine. Zakharova highlighted the escalating tensions between Moscow and Tokyo, exacerbated since Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine in February 2022. Japan, in line Read More…

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Ukrainian strike damages Russian warship in Crimea, Moscow confirms

Moscow confirmed a Ukrainian attack on the Crimean port of Feodosia, revealing damage to a significant Russian landing ship and reporting a casualty, in a development escalating tensions in the region. According to the Russian defence ministry, cited by Interfax, Ukraine deployed air-launched missiles in the assault on Feodosia, resulting in damage to the ‘Novocherkassk’ Read More…

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Russian militants call on Wagner Group to defect amid revenge claims

A faction of Russian militants who are aligned with the Ukrainian forces has issued an appeal to the Wagner Group of mercenaries, urging them to defect and join their ranks in retaliation for the deaths of Wagner’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and their commander, Dmitry Utkin. Russian aviation authorities have confirmed that Prigozhin, Utkin, and eight Read More…

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ICC wants Putin arrested for Ukraine war crimes against children

In a decision that has infuriated the Kremlin, the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of the war crime of the forcible deportation of children from Ukraine. After Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and Omar al-Bashir of the Sudan, Putin is the only other sitting Read More…

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Ukraine refuses to abandon Bakhmut despite incessant Russian attacks

Ukraine’s top military commanders have vowed to continue defending the besieged city of Bakhmut, where Russia hopes to make its first major wartime gain in more than a year, and to strengthen their defences, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In the midst of some of the bloodiest fighting of the over-a-year-long invasion, Moscow says capturing Read More…

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Wagner chief: Russian posture at Bakhmut at peril without promised ammo

The leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary army warned that without ammunition, Russia’s position near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was in danger, the most recent indication of a rift between the Kremlin and the leader of the private militia. Meanwhile, according to Ukrainian military authorities and analysts, commanders of the Russian 155th Brigade operating Read More…

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Ukraine chopper accident kills Kyiv interior minister as battle rages in east Ukraine

Ukraine’s interior minister and a toddler were among at least 14 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed into and set fire to a nursery in a Kyiv suburb. Separately, Ukraine said its soldiers again thwarted Russian advances on the frontline city of Bakhmut in the east, hundreds of kilometres (miles) distant, where both Read More…

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Ukrainians celebrate the New Year as Russian drones are shot down from the sky

Ukrainians rejoiced from their balconies as their air defences shot Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the early hours of 2023, as Moscow welcomed the new year by striking civilian sites across Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Sunday evening that Ukrainian soldiers shot down 45 Iranian-made Sahed drones fired by Russia Read More…

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Russian bomber base struck by Ukrainian drone

In contrast to Ukraine’s claims that Russia has been launching significant artillery barrages on its cities over the past 24 hours, Moscow claimed on Monday that its forces shot down a Ukrainian drone near a long-range bomber base located deep inside Russia. The long-range strategic bombers that would have been deployed to attack Ukrainian cities Read More…