Pokrovsk has emerged as a key battleground in Russia’s push to capture what remains of the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region. In an attempt to save the city, Ukraine sent in special forces.
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Situation 'Extremely Dangerous' In Pokrovsk As Ukraine Tries To Hold Key City
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Ukraine hits elite Rubicon drone base, but it’s too late to save Pokrovsk
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- The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate recently targeted Russia’s best drone group
- The Russian Rubicon group gained fame, or infamy, when it cut off the Ukrainian…
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A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines
In Ukraine, unmanned weapons hunt the wounded and medics alike. Moving injured soldiers to safety has never been more difficult.
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Russia adds jet engines to Soviet-era ‘dumb bombs’
Russia has started using jet-powered glide bombs to hit targets deep beyond the frontline, an upgrade to Moscow’s arsenal that poses further strains on Ukraine’s stretched air defences.
Retrofitted Soviet-era bombs known as KABs have hit targets in the southern Ukrainian regions of Odesa and…
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Trapped for 33 days in occupied zone, wounded Ukrainian soldier rescued by ground robot in daring op (video)
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A Ukrainian soldier severely wounded in a Russian-occupied town spent more than a month waiting for rescue, according to Ukraine’s First Separate Medical Battalion. After six…
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The way out of Myrnohrad for Ukrainian troops is 3 km across. “It is time … to abandon” the town.
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- Ukrainian troops are nearly cut off in Myrnohrad in eastern Ukraine
- The troops in neighboring Pokrovsk are in only slightly less danger of encirclement
- “It is time…
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Gunvor warns on fuel supplies as it rushes to seal $22bn Lukoil deal
Europe faces job losses and disruption to its fuel supplies if Gunvor’s bold deal for $22bn of overseas assets owned by Russia’s Lukoil is blocked, the head of the Swiss commodity trader has warned.
The move to snap up Lukoil’s Bulgarian and Romanian refineries, European and US petrol…
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Frontline report: Russia’s Lukoil abandons global expansion, exits Europe and US under sanctions pressure
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Today, the biggest news comes from the Russian Federation.
Here, Russian biggest oil companies have given up, with Lukoil announcing it will sell all of its foreign assets…
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Ukrainian Strikes Petrochemical Plant Deep Inside Russia Amid Escalating Long-Range Attacks
Ukrainian drones struck a petrochemical plant almost 1,500 km (932 miles) inside Russia early on November 4 as Kyiv continues to step up long-range air strikes aimed at key Russian infrastructure.
The head of the Bashkortostan region, Radiy Khabirov, said on Telegram that two Ukrainian drones…
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As US Ratchets Up Pressure On Venezuela, Will (Or Can) Moscow Help Maduro?
It may be happening again.
In 2019, the United States backed an opposition leader seeking to unseat Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. Russia opposed the push, providing diplomatic assistance and a modicum of military support for a government that may be Moscow’s most important partner in Latin…
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