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  • Russia's Putin and Defense Minister Shoigu are expected to address the nation tonight,

    09/20/2022 7:30:29 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 93 replies
    JUST IN - Russia's Putin and Defense Minister Shoigu are expected to address the nation tonight, according to Kremlin pool reporters.
  • Vladimir Putin backs foreign policy doctrine to 'protect ideals of Russian World'

    09/06/2022 4:22:32 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 34 replies
    Sky News ^ | September 5, 2022 | Sky News Staff Reporter
    Vladimir Putin has approved a 31-page "humanitarian policy" which says Russia should "protect, safeguard and advance the traditions and ideals of the Russian World". The foreign policy concept of a "Russian World" is a notion that hardliners have used to justify intervening abroad to support Russian speakers, such as in parts of Ukraine. It means that the idea is now enshrined in official policy, though it was presented as a soft power strategy. The new policy stated that Moscow should further deepen its ties with the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic - two breakaway entities in...
  • Ukraine launches counter-offensive to retake Kherson from Russia

    08/29/2022 8:33:51 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 53 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | August 29, 2022 | Joe Barnes
    Ukraine’s campaign to retake Russian-held territory in the south appeared to take a major step forward as officials on Monday announced the start of a long-awaited counter-offensive against Moscow’s forces. As explosions were reported across the southern frontline, multiple officials confirmed Ukraine’s armed forces had “breached” Russia’s first line of defences around occupied Kherson in social media posts. "The first line of Russian defences on the Kherson front has been breached,” Sergey Khlan, an aide to the ousted Ukrainian head of the Kherson region, said on the Telegram messaging app. "Today there was a powerful artillery attack on enemy positions...