Category: Russia
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Ruble reaches four-year high against the US dollar
Russian Ruble reached four-year high against the US dollar and a seven-year high against the Euro on Friday. Reaching 57.67 rubles against the 1 dollar shows the ruble’s strongest position since March 2018, as more European companies seemed to be complying with Vladimir Putin’s demand that they switch to paying in Russia’s Ruble for natural…
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UN chief calls on West to lift some Russia sanctions to prevent hunger
United Nations chief António Guterres called on West to lift some Russia sanctions in order to prevent global hunger. “Russian food and fertilizers must have full and unrestricted access to world markets,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “Let’s be clear: there is no effective solution to the food crisis without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production,…
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265 Ukrainian soldiers surrender to Russia in Mariupol
About 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. The surrender led Ukrainian government to call for a prisoner exchange. On April 21, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that all of Mariupol was ‘liberated’ and that ‘remaining nationalists are hiding in the industrial area’. Hundreds…
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“The entire Russian world must be destroyed”, says Polish PM
“The Russian world is a cancer which is consuming not only the majority of Russian society, but also poses a deadly threat to the whole of Europe. Therefore it is not enough to support Ukraine in its military struggle with Russia. We must root out this monstrous new ideology entirely,” writes Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz…
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The major points from Putin’s Victory Day address
Contrary to what Western officials were expecting, Putin did not officially declare war, announce mobilization or claim partial victory in the Ukraine operation. He essentially alleged the US and NATO of working to revive Nazism and falsify history through the direct support of neo-Nazis and Banderites in Ukraine. He also went on to highlight the moral…
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Russia rescues 80 civilians detained by Ukrainian forces from Azovstal
After the initiative of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, about 80 civilians, including women and children were rescued from Azovstal in Mariupol. These individuals were forcibly detained by Ukrainian forces. Units of the Russian Armed Forces and the people’s militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic started the humanitarian corridor for the safe evacuation of…
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 26 April
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. During the day, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 32 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 20 areas of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment concentration, 4 missile and artillery weapons depots near Slavyansk and Druzhkovka in the Donetsk…
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79th Airborne Brigade of Ukraine surrenders near Yampol
Another brigade of Ukraine has surrendered en masse. This happened in the different sectors of the front. Today a group of the 79th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered near Yampol, handed over their weapons and property. At first some people assumed that it was the Yampol on the Transnistria border, but…
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 25 April
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. High-precision long-range weapons destroyed 6 traction substations near Krasnoe, Zdolbunov, Zhmerinka, Berdichiv, Kovel and Korosten, through which foreign weapons and military equipment are supplied to the Ukrainian troops in Donbass. During the day, high-precision air-based missiles hit 27 military assets of…
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 24 April
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. High-precision ground-based missiles near Pavlograd have destroyed the workshops of an explosives and gunpowder manufacturing facility for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 9 Ukrainian military facilities. Including 1 command post of AFU brigade,…