Tag: Russia Ukraine war
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Ukrainian military equipment losses as of 1 April
The Russian Ministry of Defence has released the details of military equipment lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The following details provided by the minister as of 1 April. 124 aircrafts, 82 helicopters, 357 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,854 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 202 multiple launch rocket systems, 777 field artillery and mortars, and…
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 1 April
On April 1, at around 5 am Moscow time, 2 Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters entered Russian airspace at an extremely low altitude. Maneuvering to the advantage of terrain folds, Ukrainian helicopters launched a missile attack on a civilian oil storage facility on the outskirts of Belgorod. As a result of the hits, some of the tanks…
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Ramzan Kadyrov won’t negotiate with Ukraine
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov doubles down on his anti-negotiations rhetoric in regard to Ukraine. In a newly recorded video, Kadyrov said that Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky made a wording mistake in Istanbul talks. Kadyrov added that President Putin will not simply stop what he has started in Ukraine. “We will not make any concessions,…
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Did not foresee Russia’s operation; French head of intelligence fired
General Eric Video is being deprived of his post because of erroneous estimates of the likelihood of a Russian special operation in Ukraine, writes Figaro, citing an army source. Eric Video was the head of the French military intelligence agency (DRM). The scandal surrounding General Video arose at the end of February, when the French…
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 31 March
As part of a tour through Western parliaments to collect weapons for ‘defending Europe and democracy’, Zelensky, speaking to Norwegian Storting MPs on March 30, accused Russia of allegedly ‘mining the sea’ and blocking foreign ships in Ukrainian ports. Given Zelensky’s ignorance of the real situation outside Kiev and the activities of his own subordinates,…
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Putin’s approval rating in Russia increases to 83 percent
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings have increased to 83% after the country’s military operation started in Ukraine on 24 February this year. The poll was carried out by Levada Center, Russia’s independent pollster. 44% of Russians surveyed trust Putin, a rise of 10%. Here is the graph:
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 30 March
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, developing an offensive, have broken through the heavily fortified defences of the enemy, crossed the Shaitanka River and are fighting with units of the 53rd Mechanised Brigade on the approaches to Velikaya Novoselka. A mop-up of nationalist formations is underway in Zolotaya Niva. The advance was 8 kilometers.…
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“Ukraine won’t give us anything,” says Ukrainian mayor Stolbovoy
Ivan Stolbovoy, the Mayor of Balakleya (Kharkiv region), informed the residents that there was no help from Kiev, and therefore the local authorities decided to accept Russian assistance. A telegram user noted that “Ukraine itself is pushing the population of cities into the arms of Russia, now all the processes will only accelerate.” Oleg Sinegubov,…
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Significant Russian Rabbi supports Putin’s ‘Denazification’ of Ukraine
One of Russia’s most influential Rabbi, Alexander Boroda, who serves as Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) said he supports the President’s ‘Denazification’ Ukraine: Boroda said: “in recent years there has been a systematic glorification of Nazi criminals, torchlight marches and the like” in an interview with Russian…
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Briefing by the Russian Defence Ministry on 29 March
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine. On the evening of March 28, high-precision air-launched cruise missiles destroyed a large fuel base near Klevan, Rovno region. Fuel supplies for Ukrainian military equipment were carried out from this base to the suburbs of Kiev. Air defence means…