Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Ukraine blows up bridges to consolidate its positions in Russia
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine is blowing up bridges to consolidate its positions in Russia’s border region of Kursk as the Kremlin struggles to muster the forces needed to push them out. Ukrainian… Continue Reading
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Ukraine Says Second Bridge Hit In Russia’s Kursk Region
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukrainian forces are continuing to make progress in Russia’s Kursk region after launching a major cross-border offensive 11 days ago that caught the Kremlin’s military leadership off-guard and altered the dynamics of the 30-month war. Following an update… Continue Reading
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Drone Debris Causes Diesel Fire In Russia’s Rostov Region
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukrainian forces are continuing to make progress in Russia’s Kursk region after launching a major cross-border offensive 11 days ago that caught the Kremlin’s military leadership off-guard and altered the dynamics of the 30-month war. Following an update… Continue Reading
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Internal Rifts And U.S. Politics In Play As Ukraine Considers Banning Long Russian-Linked Church
KYIV — Things rarely heat up in Ukraine’s wartime parliament. But they did on July 23 when deputies from several parties blocked the podium armed with a banner reading “The Moscow church kills” after senior legislators declined to put a bill that would ban the long Russian-linked Ukrainian… Continue Reading
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Moscow turns to reluctant conscripts to defend Kursk
Nearly two weeks after Ukrainian troops smashed through thin border defences and stormed into Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow has still not assembled the kind of overwhelming force needed to repel Kyiv’s incursion. It has instead cobbled together units from around the country and from less… Continue Reading
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Poland urges Nord Stream patrons ‘keep quiet’ as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday reacted to reports that revived questions about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, saying the initiators of the gas pipeline project should “apologize and keep quiet.” That comment came after one of his deputies… Continue Reading
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Safety at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant deteriorating after strike, says IAEA
Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit a perimeter access road on Saturday, according to International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Mariano Grossi. The Russian management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant… Continue Reading
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Kyiv Opens Investigation Into Alleged Beheading Of Dead Soldier
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukrainian forces are “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region after launching a major cross-border offensive more than a week ago that caught the Kremlin’s military leadership off-guard and altered the dynamics of the 30-month… Continue Reading
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Will Ukraine Embrace Russian Refugees? Border Residents Are Not Excited
Skepticism prevailed in the Ukrainian border city of Sumy when locals were asked about government plans to accept refugees from Russia’s Kursk region. Officials have said that civilians displaced by Ukraine’s ongoing military incursion in Russia could be relocated and offered humanitarian aid…. Continue Reading
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During Ukraine’s Incursion, Russian Conscripts Recount Surrendering in Droves
More than 300 have been processed in a prison in Ukraine, providing the country with a much-needed “exchange fund” for future swaps of prisoners of war. Continue Reading