Category: Russia

  • Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 17 April

    Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 17 April

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. During the day, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed 1 fuel and ammunition storage facilities near Barvenkovo and Dobropolie. Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 44 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 2 command posts and 1 locator for illumination and targeting of S-300…

  • Zelensky says 2,500 – 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed; Russia disputes

    Zelensky says 2,500 – 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed; Russia disputes

    At least 2,500 – 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died in the war against Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday. The Ukrainian army has about 10,000 injured soldiers, Zelensky said, adding that “hard to say how many will survive”. The number of civilian deaths after Russians blocked some cities is currently unknown, as the towns…

  • Briefing by the Russian Defence Ministry on 16 April

    Briefing by the Russian Defence Ministry on 16 April

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine. During the day, 15 enemy targets were hit by high-precision air-launched missiles. Among them: Near Barvenkovo, Rubezhnoye, Popasnaya, Novozvanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Selidovo, Novobakhmutovka, 6 areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment and 7 strong points of Ukrainian troops were destroyed. As a…

  • Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 15 April

    Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 15 April

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. The grouping of Russian troops and units of the Donetsk people’s militia have completely liberated Illich Steelworks from Ukrainian nationalists as a result of offensive in Mariupol city. High-precision, long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles struck a military facility on the outskirts of…

  • Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 14 April

    Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 14 April

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. During the day, high-precision weapons destroyed 12 enemy assets. Among them: 2 depots of missile and artillery armament of the Ukrainian troops in Velikaya Mikhailovka and Bogatyr; 1 Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, 1 Mi-8 helicopter and 1 Bayraktar TB-2 unmanned aerial…

  • Mariupol trade port completely liberated from Neo-Nazi Azov fighters

    Mariupol trade port completely liberated from Neo-Nazi Azov fighters

    Mariupol trade port has been completely liberated from the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Azov battalion; all hostages rescued according to Russian Defence Ministry. Rest of the Ukrainian army and related units in the city are blocked down and have been left no opportunity to break out. 36 Ukrainian targets were destroyed, including 5 strongholds of 24th separate…

  • Austria, Hungary and Germany oppose embargo on Russian gas

    Austria, Hungary and Germany oppose embargo on Russian gas

    Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said that Vienna, Berlin and Budapest oppose the embargo on Russian gas supplies, as sanctions should primarily be painful for Russia, not for the European Union. “Austria is not alone in this issue against the gas embargo… On the other hand, Austria is on the side of other EU member states…

  • Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 12 April

    Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 12 April

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. During the night, high-precision air- and sea-based missiles destroyed 1 ammunition depot and 1 secure hangar with Ukrainian aircraft at Starokonstantinov military airfield, Khmelnitskiy region, as well as 1 ammunition depot near Gavrilovka in Kiev region. Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian…

  • Russia was left with no other choice, says Putin

    Russia was left with no other choice, says Putin

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia’s military action in Ukraine was not avoidable and vowed that its goals in the conflict will be achieved. Putin made the statement on Tuesday after he flew into Russia’s far east Amur region where he met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. This is the first meeting by Putin outside…

  • Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 11 April

    Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 11 April

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. On Sunday, April 10, high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles on the southern outskirts of Dnipropetrovsk destroyed equipment of S-300 anti-aircraft missile division supplied to the Kiev regime by a European country, which was hidden in a hangar. 4 S-300 launchers and up…