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Ukraine Crisis 2022-24

Oil tanker hit in suspected Black Sea drone strike – media

The ship was off the coast of Crimea when its engine room flooded, sea rescue services said. Russian maritime rescue units were deployed early on...

Biden may start ‘World War III’ – Oliver Stone

The famed director said that voting for the aging Democrat was “a mistake”. US President Joe Biden is following a “suicidal” course in Ukraine and...

Zelensky uses martial law to avoid election

The October vote will not happen if Ukraine’s parliament renews emergency measures. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday proposed to extend the state of emergency,...

Megarich ex-Ukrainian conscription boss arrested

The former Odessa military official allegedly used illicit gains to fund his family’s multimillion dollar purchases in Spain. A senior Ukrainian military officer formerly responsible...

Kiev’s ‘incompetence’ to blame for damage to Odessa cathedral – Moscow

The largest Orthodox church in the city was likely hit by a Ukrainian missile, the Russian military has said. Ukrainian claims that the largest Orthodox...

15 Leopards, 20 Bradleys destroyed in one day – Putin

The Russian president discussed the record amount of Western hardware hit in Ukraine during his meeting with Alexander Lukashenko. The Russian military has destroyed a...

Foreign mercs in Ukraine suffering significant losses due to stupidity – Putin

Kiev kicked off its counteroffensive on June 4 after being pumped up with heavy weapons by NATO. A month-and-a-half on, Ukrainian forces have little to...

Nicaraguan president rejects ‘Nazi’ Zelensky

Daniel Ortega also praised Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and lamented NATO’s destruction of Libya. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has accused the EU of “hurting” the...

White House admits Kiev forces take serious losses amid ‘hard going counteroffensive’

About one and a half months after the launch of the much-hyped Ukrainian “counteroffensive,” Kiev’s Western sponsors have begun to grudgingly admit that Ukrainian...

Erdogan appeals to West over Black Sea grain deal

The Turkish leader claims Moscow would prolong the agreement if its demands were met. The West should start fulfilling Russia’s expectations from the Black Sea...

Putin warns of Poland’s intentions in Ukraine and Belarus

Warsaw is looking to take control over western parts of Ukraine, the Russian president claims. Polish leaders are planning to form a NATO-backed coalition to...

Türkiye opposed to Ukrainian call for Black Sea escorts – Bloomberg

Ankara will not jeopardize its warships to help Kiev export grain, a source has told the agency. Ankara would most likely reject any request from...

US volunteer faked Ukraine battlefield heroics – report

An American celebrated online and in the media has reportedly been outed as a hoaxer who aimed to get rich off his false image. A...

Traffic stopped on Crimean Bridge due to ‘emergency’ – governor

Sergey Aksyonov said that the bridge has been closed to traffic as unverified reports claimed there was “an explosion”. Traffic has been suspended on the...

Crimea invasion would kill 200,000 Ukrainian soldiers – ex-Zelensky aide

Kiev is “totally dependent” on the West and cannot take back territory through military means, Aleksey Arestovich has said. The cost of invading Crimea would...

20% of Ukrainian weapons destroyed in just two weeks – New York Times

Kiev’s Western-supplied tanks and armored vehicles “all burned,” one soldier told the newspaper. The Ukrainian military lost 20% of the equipment it sent to the...

Kennedy accuses Biden of preparing for ‘war with Russia’

The US leader should acknowledge his “failure” in Ukraine and focus on domestic issues, the presidential candidate has said. By ordering the deployment of 3,000...

Watch: Graphic video of Ukrainian soldiers attacking civilian car in Donetsk

Russia has repeatedly drawn international attention to the fact that Ukrainian forces are using civilians as human shields (a move considered a war crime)...

UK defense minister walks back ‘ungrateful’ Ukraine comments

Ben Wallace has declared that it’s the “international community” and not him that wants to see more “gratitude” from Kiev. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace...

NATO Summit serves up cringe nothing-burger

Back in 1984, Wendy’s (an American fast-food chain) released an advertisement starring an elderly actress named Clara Peller. The premise of the ad had Peller...

New Zealand gets ready to embrace NATO

Is New Zealand about to join ‘NATO+’? That seems to be the effective endgame, if reports ahead of New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ attendance...

Biden to supply banned cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine

US media reported earlier this week that cluster bombs would be part of a new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine being prepared...

Russian nuclear giant claims Ukrainian attack on power plant imminent

Kiev is expected to strike the Zaporozhye facility with a 'dirty' nuclear device, a senior Russian official says. Ukraine is expected to launch a large-scale...

Multiple victims in ‘fierce’ Ukrainian strike on Donbass – officials

Residential and healthcare facilities came under fire in Makeevka and Donetsk, according to local officials. The town of Makeevka in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic came...

Donated Australian military equipment to Ukraine ‘worse than useless’

Australia announced an AUD $110 million (USD $74 million) military aid package to Ukraine this week including 28 M113 armored vehicles, 28 MAN 40M...

Putin seals Wagner’s fate

Most members of the mutinous private military company are patriots, who were misled, the Russian leader said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a choice...

Ukrainian Counteroffensive Turning Into ‘Suicide Mission’

The long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive that kicked off on June 4 has bogged down, with Moscow projecting Ukrainian losses at over 13,000 troops and hundreds...

Wagner boss confirms cancellation of advance on Moscow

The mutinous PMC is returning to its field camps, its leader Evgeny Prigozhin has announced. The Wagner Group private military company (PMC) is returning to...

We will defend our country from internal treason – Putin

Evgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is a “stab in the back” amid the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president has said. The attempted insurrection by the chief...

Wagner boss investigated after calling for ‘armed rebellion’

Russia has announced an investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner Group private military company, is under investigation for allegedly advocating a mutiny...

Ukraine expands general mobilisation

Ivano-Frankovsk and Kiev have stopped sending out individual draft notices. Residents of the Obolonsky district in the Ukrainian capital who are eligible for mobilization must...

Scott Ritter: Ukrainian counteroffensive’s second week ends in failure

Operation enters the second week of Ukraine’s long-awaited and highly touted counteroffensive, some basic conclusions can be drawn even though the fighting continues, and...

Zelensky ‘a disgrace to the Jewish people’ – Putin

The Ukrainian leader is providing cover for neo-Nazi ‘scum’ in Kiev, the Russian President has claimed. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is bringing shame on the...

Zelensky boycotted in Swiss parliament

The largest party in the country’s legislature has walked out on an address by Vladimir Zelensky. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky addressed the Swiss parliament via...

Ukraine has lost hundreds of pieces of Western-supplied hardware – Putin

Up to 30% of the heavy equipment sent to Kiev has been destroyed by Russian troops, the president has said. Ukrainian forces have already lost...

Ukrainian combat vehicle crews surrender to Russia – TASS

The soldiers reportedly laid down their arms after commanders refused to evacuate them. The crews of two Ukrainian BMP-1 infantry combat vehicles have surrendered to...

Burisma executive secretly recorded Biden – senator

The audio is said to be tied to an alleged bribery scheme involving the US president and a Ukrainian energy firm. A Ukrainian gas executive...

‘Waging Peace’: How a tour of Russia showed me that propaganda perverts reality in the minds of Americans

My month-long tour of the country was an eye-opening experience, and so was the hostility that met me back home. At the end of April,...

Four more Ukrainian Leopard 2 tanks destroyed – Moscow

All attempts to advance by Kiev forces have been fruitless, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said. The Russian military has destroyed nine Ukrainian tanks, including four...

Watch: US, German tanks and armour destroyed in Ukraine battle

Moscow accompanied the footage with a quote from a legendary WWII radio announcer. The Russian Ministry of Defense published a video on Friday showing the...

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