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Ukrainian defenders repulsed another enemy offensive near Marinka, forcing the Russian military to flee, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced in a Facebook post on Monday, July 11. Ukrainian soldier in Marinka. (Photo by AFP). Ukrainian defenders repulsed another enemy offensive near Marinka, forcing the Russian military to flee, the General […]

The accession of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would be “a step closer to the escalation of political and military tensions in Europe” and would “aggravate things for the Baltic and Arctic regions,” Alexey Zaitsev cautioned Deputy spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Zaitsev © Russian Foreign Ministry Press Office/TASS […]

Ukrainian defenders fought desperately to withstand a major Russian offensive in the Donetsk region, a senior Ukrainian official said Wednesday, with the enemy laying down heavy artillery fire to pave the way for ground forces to advance. Firefighters spray water onto a fire at the market after shelling in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, July 5, […]

A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in seizing an eastern Ukraine province essential to his wartime aims, the mayor of Slovyansk in the path of Moscow’s offensive warned residents to evacuate ahead of an expected assault Ukraine-Russia conflict in the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, July 4, 2022. (Reuters […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 4, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP) Haidai also stressed the need to get more Western arms in order to outmatch Russia’s firepower. Meanwhile, according to Ukraine Armed Forces (UAF) reports, Russia is increasingly and […]

As Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn from the bombed-out city of Lysychansk, prompting Russia to claim full control of the eastern Luhansk region, a key Kremlin war goal, Moscow now moving eastward Russian soldiers set the national flag and a replica of the victory banner a top of the administration after capturing the eastern village of Bilohorivka […]

Ukraine is preparing for a counteroffensive to liberate the Kherson region occupied by Russian forces. The operation to take back the occupied southern territory will take place from the west, near Mykolaiv, and the north, from cities such as Zelenodolsk. A Ukrainian serviceman Petro, 32, walks in a trench on a position held by the […]

Belarusian president accuses Kyiv of provoking his country, saying his forces have intercepted missiles fired from Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, attends a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, right, in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 25, 2022 [File: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via Reuters] Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his military has shot down missiles […]

The ministry added the Russian Armed Forces and the People’s Militia of the LPR have established full control over Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements, the largest of which are Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo, and Belaya Gora © Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Industry Press Office/TASS MOSCOW, July 3. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported to […]