Tag: Russia -Ukraine war

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s Defence Minister as he starts his fifth term

May 13, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned on Tuesday following Mr. Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to…

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Apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling; at least 13 killed

May 13, 2024 admin

In this photo released by Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov’s Telegram channel on May 12, 2024, a view of a partially collapsed block of flats after a missile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Russian city of Belgorod. | Photo Credit: AP An apartment building partially collapsed in the Russian border city of…

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Renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces 1,700 civilians to flee

May 11, 2024 admin

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing more than 1,700 civilians to evacuate from the Kharkiv region, officials said…

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Ukraine says Russia launches cross-border offensive in northeast

May 10, 2024 admin

Ukraine pushed back Russian forces from most of Kharkiv region in late 2022, but Moscow is now back on the offensive there as Kyiv’s troops struggle with ammunition and manpower shortages. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia launched a cross-border ground offensive into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region and civilians were being evacuated amid the fighting,…

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Ukraien President Volodymyr Zelensky Fires Bodyguard Chief After Assassination Plot Foiled: Report

May 9, 2024 admin

Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Zelensky published a decree to “dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud…

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Ukrainian Drone Hits Russian Oil Facility From 1,500 km Away: Report

May 9, 2024 admin

Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire and damaged several oil tanks. (Representational) London: A Ukrainian drone struck a major oil processing plant in Russia’s Bashkiria region on Thursday from some 1,500 km (932 miles) away, a Kyiv intelligence source said, its longest-range such attack since the start of the war. Ukraine also…

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Russia targets Ukraine on a day marking World War II defeat of Nazis

May 8, 2024 admin

Children lay flowers at a monument to the Eternal Flame, in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 8, 2024, on the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. | Photo Credit: AP Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid on Wednesday,…

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Russian Air Attack Hits School Stadium In Ukraine, 4 Children Injured

May 8, 2024 admin

Russia denies targeting civilians but many have been killed and injured in its strikes. A Russian air attack hit a school stadium in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv on Wednesday, injuring at least four children and three adults, officials said. Two teenagers were hospitalised in serious condition, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said on the Telegram messenger. The…

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Russia says it advances in Ukraine, has struck energy, military industry

May 8, 2024 admin

A damaged refrigerator containing remnants of products is seen at the site of a private house destroyed by a missile attack in the village of Krasylivka, Kyiv region, on May 08, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Russia said on May 8 that its forces had advanced in eastern Ukraine, taking villages in two regions, and…

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Claims of chemical weapon use in Ukraine ‘insufficiently substantiated’: watchdog

May 8, 2024 admin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. File | Photo Credit: AP The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on May 7 that information it had received until now on alleged chemical weapons use in Ukraine was “insufficiently substantiated.” Also read:Explained | Chemical and biological weapons: what international regulations bind Russia? The OPCW also said…

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