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  • Ukraine claims strike in Russia's Kursk amid reports of fresh incursion

    05/05/2025 12:06:28 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 18 replies
    BBC News ^ | 5/5/2025 | Hafsa Khalil
    Ukraine said it hit a drone command unit in the Kursk region, amid reports of fresh attempts to cross into Russia. Sunday's attack on the unit was located near the Russian village of Tyotkino, according to the Ukrainian general staff. Multiple Russian military bloggers also reported that Ukrainian forces had attempted to cross into the village, posting images - as yet unverified by the BBC - of vehicles breaking through tank traps on the border. The reports come after Moscow claimed in April to have regained control of the entire region, nine months after a Ukrainian forces launched a surprise...
  • Zelensky and Trump meet inside St Peter's Basilica

    04/26/2025 3:27:28 AM PDT · by RandFan · 74 replies
    BBC ^ | Apr 26 | BBC
    Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump have met inside St Peter's Basilica ahead of Pope Francis' funeral. The White House described the 15-minute meeting as "very productive" and a Ukrainian spokesman said the pair will meet for a second time later on Saturday. Trump and Zelensky are attending the service in Vatican City alongside other heads of state and royals including Prince William, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron. Their meeting comes one day after Trump said Russia and Ukraine were "very close to a deal", following talks between his envoy Steve...
  • Russia has attacked eight Ukrainian energy facilities since announcing halt, Kyiv says

    03/26/2025 5:20:35 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 92 replies
    Reuters MSN News ^ | 3/26/2025 | Yuliia Dysa
    Russia has attacked at least eight Ukrainian energy facilities since March 18 when Moscow says it halted such attacks, a senior Ukrainian presidential official said on Wednesday. Ihor Zhovkva, speaking on national television, also said that, contrary to Russian statements, no preconditions were discussed with U.S. officials as they agreed a Black Sea truce with Russia during talks in Saudi Arabia this week. The Kremlin said earlier that a number of conditions must be met before the Black Sea maritime security deal negotiated with the United States can be activated.
  • In Kursk, the Ukrainian invasion is back

    01/09/2025 10:15:37 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 143 replies
    The Hill ^ | 1/9/2025 | JONATHAN SWEET AND MARK TOTH
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals have an artful knack for keeping the Russian military bear off-balance. On Sunday, they renewed their offensive in the Russian Kursk Oblast, once again catching the Russian high command, Kremlin, and many pundits by surprise. Reports of a demoralized Ukrainian army fighting to retain terrain captured during the August Kursk offensive — of which at least 40 percent has been lost — have circulated among western media and Russian milbloggers since November. So too reports that Ukraine’s 155th Mechanized Brigade — trained and equipped by France — was under-resourced in “first person view...
  • Outrage in Russia as vodka prices skyrocket by more than 20%

    01/08/2025 7:43:39 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 42 replies
    Express US ^ | 1/3/2025 | JOHN VARGA, HANNAH BROUGHTON
    Russian vodka enthusiasts are seething after the Finance Ministry implemented a 17 percent price hike for a half-litre bottle on New Year's Day. Russia holds the title as the world's largest vodka producer, accounting for over 30 percent of global production. Domestic consumption makes up more than 90 percent of Russia-made vodka, making it one of the country's most beloved beverages. As of January 1st, a bottle will now set consumers back 349 rubles (£2.53), up from 299 (£2.16) - a jump of 50 rubles. This follows a 6.4 percent increase in June 2024, meaning that within the last six...
  • Russian economy on red alert as shoppers vent fury at 'nightmare' price hikes

    01/08/2025 7:20:30 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 24 replies
    Express UK ^ | 1/8/2025 | CIARAN MCGRATH
    Furious Russians have been shown bitterly complaining about the soaring cost of groceries in a revealing clip which underlines the parlous state of the nation’s economy almost three years in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. And the clip, uploaded to X by a Russian blogger and shared by among others former Ukrainian Interior Ministerial adviser Anton Geraschenko, demonstrated that ordinary Russians are feeling the pinch. In it, the narrator says: “Oh my God! Shaving foam costs 570 rubles [£4.39] already. What a horror. A couple of months ago I bought it for only 250 rubles [£1.77].” He then asks one...
  • Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk region

    01/05/2025 5:32:13 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 66 replies
    BBC ^ | 1/5/2025 | Will Vernon, Amy Walker
    Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry says. In a statement, the military said efforts to destroy the Ukrainian attack groups are ongoing. Officials in Ukraine have also suggested an operation is under way.
  • Wagner Group Leader Accuses Russian 'Decision-Makers' Of Treason For Lack Of Ammunition In Ukraine

    04/29/2023 8:02:24 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 17 replies
    Radio Free Europe ^ | 4/26/2023 | Radio Free Europe
    Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin-connected businessman who controls the notorious Wagner mercenary group, has accused “decision-makers” in Russia of treason for not providing his troops and military units of Russia's regular armed forces with ammunition needed to fight in Ukraine. "A criminal group did not give us ammunition,” Prigozhin said in a five-minute audio statement posted on Telegram on April 26 in which he reiterated his claim that ammunition is being stockpiled in depots but not delivered to the battlefield. Prigozhin claimed his troops have no ammunition to fight against Ukrainian artillery because of "treason" by unspecified top Russian officials, pledging...