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Ukraine and a coalition of other countries have submitted a request to hold an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council regarding the massive strike by the Russians on December 29th, according to Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba.He did not disclose other details."Ukraine, along with three dozen UN Member States, requested that the Ecuadorian Presidency convene an urgent UNSC meeting to address Russia’s missile and drone attack against Ukraine, which resulted in multiple civilian casualties and heavy destruction of civilian infrastructure.," said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.From the evening of December 28, Russia massively attacked...

The recently appointed Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said Russia is considering taking control of Chisinau Airport to open a new front in Ukraine, confirming a claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On February 20, 2022, Zelenskyy told the German media Die Welt that the Ukrainian special services have intelligence about Moscow’s plans to seize Chisinau Airport (KIV), in Moldova’s capital city, to use as a bridgehead before opening a new front in western Ukraine. “Ukraine will always be ready to help Moldova,” Zelenskyy said. Such a plan is reminiscent of Russia’s initial offensive on Ukraine. On February 24, 2022,...

The heavy casualties suffered by Russian paratroopers in Ukraine has one Russian expert calling for a rethink of Russia's airborne units. Many of the recent criticisms about the performance of Russia's elite parachute force, known as the VDV, have been voiced about lightly armed airborne units since World War II. The problems range from poorly designed vehicles to parachute drops conducted without first suppressing enemy air defenses. -snip- Russia's huge airborne force, composed of 45,000 paratroopers in four divisions, is actually a separate military branch that serves as shock troops and a rapid-intervention force. Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February...

Six weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine it can be argued that the full array of issues affecting the Russian military and its operational planning have been laid bare. Setting out to first seize Kyiv within days in order to have a strong position in negotiations with the West about the future status of Ukraine in exchange for a reduction of sanctions, it suddenly finds itself a month past that deadline with meagre territorial gains, an army in tatters and severe reputational damage, not to mention an economy buckling under some of the heaviest sanctions ever instated on a nation....

Ramzen Kadyrov said on his telegram channel that one of his missions was to capture the Chechens fighting for Ukraine and called them "Shaitans". ?Satans) He also said that they are on a jihad mission. The source is his own channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1327 so the knowledge is verified.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya, said Monday that he was in Ukraine alongside Russian forces who are leading an offensive in the country. Kadyrov...posted a video on Telegram of himself in military uniform studying plans around a table with soldiers in a room. He said in a message that the video had been shot at Hostomel, an airfield near Kyiv....

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya and bloodthirsty stalwart of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has surfaced in Ukraine fighting alongside invading Russian forces.Kadyrov announced his presence in a Telegram video of himself in uniform and reviewing plans with soldiers. He said the video was from Hostomel, an airfield near Kyiv captured by Russia early in the invasion, which is now into its third week."The other day we were about 20 km from you Kyiv Nazis and now we are even closer," Kadyrov wrote. "We will show you that Russian practice teaches warfare better than foreign theory and the recommendations...

Desperate to secure the Hostomel airport less than 20 miles northwest of Kyiv's center, Russian forces are launching attacks into Hostomel and surrounding settlements. The Russians need the airport to serve as a logistics hub for follow-on operations against Kyiv. The attacks aren't going well. Video posted online on Friday, supported by Ukrainian reporting, indicates that Russian mechanized infantry formations are being destroyed as they move against Hostomel objectives. Graphic video shows a Hostomel road littered with Russian armored troop transport and infantry fighting vehicles. Dead soldiers lie around them. The damage to the vehicles and the injuries to the...

@TomRtweets Video suggests Russian advance forces at Hostomel were annihilated last night. Half of them don't appear to even have been able to dismount from their vehicles. When entire platoons get wiped out it's going to be hard for Russians to spin to families that the war is going well.