Members phkrause Posted March 9 Author Members Share Posted March 9 Ukraine’s sacked military commander named new ambassador to the UK Ukraine 's former military chief has been appointed the country's new ambassador to the United Kingdom, a month after he was sacked as head of the armed forces by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3360336204806-ukraines-sacked-military-commander-named-new-ambassador-to-the-uk? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 13 Author Members Share Posted March 13 Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened Speaking in an interview with Russian state television released early Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened. Read more. Key developments: Putin’s statement was another blunt warning to the West ahead of a presidential vote this week in which he’s all but certain to win another six-year term. Asked in the interview if he has ever considered using battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Putin responded that there has been no need for that. He also described U.S. President Joe Biden as a veteran politician who fully understands possible dangers of escalation, and said that he doesn’t think that the world is heading to a nuclear war. This isn’t the first time that Putin has warned about possible nuclear escalation. The Russian leader has repeatedly talked about his readiness to use nuclear weapons since invading Ukraine in February 2022. The most recent such threat came in his state-of-the-nation address last month, when he warned the West that deepening its involvement in the fighting in Ukraine would risk a nuclear war. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Russia says it killed 234 fighters while thwarting an incursion from Ukraine How key issues in Russia will be affected by the election set to give Putin 6 more years in power The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania’s capital Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 16 Author Members Share Posted March 16 Russian missiles kill at least 16 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine’s Odesa KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ballistic missile attack blasted homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday, followed by a second missile that targeted first responders who arrived at the scene, officials said. At least 16 people were killed. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-odesa-strike-f7f8db9afd8fcaf08c41b0fac3ef885f? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 25 Author Members Share Posted March 25 Putin, with a dent in his tough image, is trying to use the concert hall attack to rally support for Ukraine war The attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed hundreds has dealt a blow to President Vladimir Putin's image as a tough guy who is able to defend Russia from all threats. It came less than a week after a Kremlin-orchestrated election victory gave him six more years in power. Read more. Key points: Putin quickly sought to use the attack to serve his political goals. Appearing on TV on Saturday, hours after the attack, Putin alleged a link between the gunmen and Ukraine, saying the assailants planned to flee there. He made no mention of the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility, or of Kyiv’s denial of involvement. Putin’s statement signaled an apparent intention to escalate the war and tighten a political crackdown at home. Kremlin critics assailed Putin for focusing Russia’s massive police and security services on stifling political opponents, human rights groups and LGBTQ+ activists, while leaving the country unprotected from threats by armed extremists. If Putin follows up by directly blaming Ukraine for the attack, he will likely use it as justification for even fiercer strikes. Hours before Friday’s bloodshed, the Russian military unleashed a barrage on Ukraine’s energy system, crippling its largest hydroelectric plant and leaving over 1 million people without power. More strikes followed over the weekend. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ 4 men charged in Moscow attack, showing signs of beatings at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt Poland demands explanation from Russia after a missile enters its airspace during attack on Ukraine France raises its security readiness to highest level after attack in Russia, worried about IS Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 25 Author Members Share Posted March 25 Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of Ukrainian cities KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days and also targeted other regions Monday as Moscow escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities while the front line in the war remains largely stationary. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-attack-11b9bbbdf56b51baaf3fdae5cce7c7ba? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 26 Author Members Share Posted March 26 Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes that a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition can help turn the tide. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-weapons-russia-drones-90b03d92f72f878c8c2ac04b0d12f804? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 28 Author Members Share Posted March 28 Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs Wednesday for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others, local officials said. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-danilov-reshuffle-95ce468c67a40aa5ec022e6c6c5b2bd0? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 30 Author Members Share Posted March 30 📸 1,000 words Photo: Sputnik via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of a helicopter simulator Wednesday while visiting a military base in Torzhok in the Tver Oblast region, 150 miles northwest of Moscow. Meeting with military pilots, he said Western-supplied F-16 fighters would be shot down if deployed in Ukraine. Go deeper. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 4 Author Members Share Posted April 4 Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to replenish its beleaguered troops KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine lowered its draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25 on Wednesday, reflecting the strain that more than two years of war with Russia has put on its military and the need to infuse its depleted ranks with new conscripts. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-conscription-mobilization-251058a942a253f3eaec2c53373adf03? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 4 Author Members Share Posted April 4 The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time DOVHENKE, Ukraine (AP) — The smell in the car is sick and sweet, the overpowering scent of corpses that have lain too long in muck and ruin, the ones the dogs didn’t devour. Oleksii Yukov, a 38-year-old martial arts instructor who leads a team of volunteer body collectors in Ukraine, doesn’t notice. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-yukov-attrition-body-collector-43bfc0848fdaa9b36d63abfa8c24f885? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 8 Author Members Share Posted April 8 Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident.” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-drone-a28710a691f3259b5dd6586787838b60? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 11 Author Members Share Posted April 11 U.S. announces $138 million in emergency military sales of Hawk missile systems support for Ukraine WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has greenlighted an emergency $138 million in foreign military sales for Ukraine to provide critical repairs and spare parts for Kyiv’s Hawk missile systems. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-weapons-russia-war-funding-95cd3466442ddd609077e9f0d11d3beb? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 11 Author Members Share Posted April 11 Ukraine’s parliament passes a controversial law to boost conscripts and fill army ranks The law, passed on Thursday, will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft. Read more. Why this matters: Exhausted soldiers, on the frontlines since the start of the invasion, have had no means to rotate out for rest, while many thousands of Ukrainian men continue to evade the draft. Ukraine’s growing shortages of infantry and ammunition have helped give Russia the battlefield upper hand, while Russia’s own problems with manpower and planning have so far prevented it from taking full advantage of its edge. The law is expected to be unpopular. Lawmakers dragged their feet for months over the law, which was spurred by a request from the military command. Former army Commander Valerii Zaluzhny had said Ukraine needed up to 500,000 new recruits to boost army ranks. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to replenish its beleaguered troops Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 19 Author Members Share Posted April 19 Russia's meat grinder soldiers - 50,000 confirmed dead In the second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy - we found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68819853? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 19 Author Members Share Posted April 19 Russian missiles slam into a Ukraine city and kill 17 people as the war approaches a critical stage KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 17 people, authorities said. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-chernihiv-missile-strike-drones-2eaf2f93ad447bce3ea2d8f9631c554b? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 21 Author Members Share Posted April 21 🇺🇦 Ukraine's exhausted army Data: Institute for the Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project. Map: Axios Visuals The Pentagon is preparing to rush critical ammunition and air defenses to Ukraine in the coming days, delivering a lifeline to frontline forces battered by Russian bombs and demoralized by Congress' failure to act. Why it matters: Eight months after President Biden first requested billions of dollars in new funding for Ukraine, the House finally is on the verge of passing a foreign aid package today, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. The delay has dealt a massive setback to Kyiv's war effort. But experts say it's not too late to turn the tide. "It will give the Ukrainians time and resources to refit, retrain, rearm and refresh army units in preparation for a counteroffensive later this year or early next," former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told Axios. With Congress set to pass $61 billion in funding for Ukraine today, the Pentagon says it plans to mobilize "within days" to transfer weapon stockpiles that have been sitting in Europe for months. Air defenses, in particular, can't arrive soon enough: Russia has ramped up assaults on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and continues to terrorize Ukrainian cities with missile strikes. Go deeper. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 26 Author Members Share Posted April 26 The US quietly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its battle to fight off Russian invaders, and Ukraine has now used them twice, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-quietly-shipped-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-2024-04-24/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 27 Author Members Share Posted April 27 Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, according to two U.S. military officials who spoke to The Associated Press. Read more. Why this matters: The U.S. agreed to send 31 Abrams to Ukraine in January 2023 after an aggressive monthslong campaign by Kyiv arguing that the tanks, which cost about $10 million apiece, were vital to its ability to breach Russian lines. But the battlefield has changed substantially since then: Ukraine has only employed them in a limited fashion and has not made combined arms warfare part of its operations. While drones are a significant threat, the Ukrainians have not adopted tactics that could have made the tanks more effective, one U.S. defense official said. The U.S. is expected to announce Friday that it will also provide about $6 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said, adding that it will include much sought-after munitions for Patriot air defense systems. The U.S. also confirmed for the first time that it is providing long-range ballistic missiles known as ATACMs, which allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian-occupied areas. For now, the tanks have been moved from the front lines, and the U.S. will work with the Ukrainians to reset tactics, said Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Adm. Christopher Grady and a defense official who confirmed the move on the condition of anonymity. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ The US is now allowed to seize Russian state assets. How would that work? To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump How Russia’s grab of Crimea 10 years ago led to war with Ukraine and rising tensions with the West Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 29 Author Members Share Posted April 29 Ukraine’s army chief reports tactical retreat in the east, and warns of front-line pressure KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s troops have been forced to make a tactical retreat from three villages in the embattled east, the country’s army chief said Sunday, warning of a worsening battlefield situation as Ukrainian forces wait for much-needed arms from a huge U.S. aid package to reach combat zones. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mykolaiv-da3c0d9f26580eefeeb5752636442330? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 3 Author Members Share Posted May 3 A 98-year-old in Ukraine walked miles to safety from Russians, with slippers and a cane KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-nonagenarian-ocheretyne-walk-shelling-slippers-a9e8cc4576433f90b175bb56d6c9fe2a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 4 Author Members Share Posted May 4 No safety in retreat: Ukrainian soldiers say rear defensive lines barely exist amid Russian advance KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — During pitched battles with far better-armed Russian forces, Ukrainian soldier Batyar’s unit has few options. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-fortifications-8a72981dfdb755de6f8011b13f4d062e? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 8 Author Members Share Posted May 8 Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-assassination-zelenskyy-4b301e9c9a1f067a45105303dff03198? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 10 Author Members Share Posted May 10 Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with a ‘massive’ attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a “massive” attack on the day the country celebrates the defeat of Nazism in World War II. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-5-8-2024-e4b4507e3f17965a8ad69fdfb8dfa48d? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 13 Author Members Share Posted May 13 Apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling. At least 13 killed An apartment building partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, causing at least 13 deaths and injuring 20 other people, officials said. They blamed Ukrainian shelling for the building’s destruction. https://apnews.com/article/russia-belgorod-shelling-building-collapse-259b543bb479bea475051850e0b8fd2a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 14 Author Members Share Posted May 14 Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s defense minister Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. The announcement of Shoigu’s new role came as 13 people were reported dead and 20 more wounded in Russia’s border city of Belgorod. Read more. Why this matters: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that Putin had decided to give the defense minister role to a civilian because the ministry should be “open to innovation and cutting-edge ideas.” Shoigu’s deputy, Timur Ivanov, was arrested last month on bribery charges. The arrest of Ivanov was widely interpreted as an attack on Shoigu and a possible precursor of his dismissal, despite his close personal ties with Putin. Shoigu has been widely seen as a key figure in Putin’s decision to send Russian troops into Ukraine. Russia had expected the operation to quickly overwhelm Ukraine’s much smaller and less-equipped army and for Ukrainians to broadly welcome Russian troops. Instead, the conflict galvanized Ukraine to mount an intense defense, dealing the Russian army humiliating blows, including the retreat from an attempt to take the capital, Kyiv. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling. At least 13 killed Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee US special operations leaders are having to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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