Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

The Russian foreign minister on Friday refused to comment on the death sentences handed to three foreigners in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic earlier this week. British citizens Aiden Aslin (L) and Shaun Pinner (R), and Moroccan Saaudun Brahim (C) attend a sentencing hearing at the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) […]

-Fierce fighting in east Ukraine as Zelensky says world must not look away – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s forces were “doing everything” to stop the Russian offensive, with fierce battles in the east and the south. This photograph taken on June 10, 2022, shows the regional government building destroyed by a Russian […]

Relatives of Russian soldier Amir Shaikenov came across a photo of a dead man in Ukraine on social media that caused his family immediate alarm. The soldier in the picture taken in the Ukrainian city of Bucha bore a striking resemblance to Shaikenov, whose elite military unit, the 76th Air Assault Division, was deployed to […]

The Battle of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine’s Donbas is an emotional see-saw, in which doom and gloom change to joy and hope constantly. As Russia continues its massive offensive, there has been a seemingly inevitable possibility of the local Ukrainian grouping of nearly 10,000 troops being surrounded and defeate Ukrainian troops move through the city of […]

Friday’s key points Ukraine is losing up to 200 troops a day, according to a Zelenskyy aide. This is more than double previous estimates. Two Britons and a Moroccan national captured fighting Russian forces in Ukraine were sentenced to death Thursday. Their sentencing has been denounced in Ukraine and the West. They will face firing squard, reports the Russian state […]

Stepashyn, 28, is a reservist from Kirovohrad Region who was recalled into service in early March. In civilian life, he’s one of those welder/mountain-climbers who work on structures high up, like office building skeletons and power windmills. He describes himself as a “fast car nut” and a “definite bachelor.” 1A1A4921.jpg – A UAF infantryman, a […]

Russia and Turkey on Wednesday voiced support for the creation of a safe maritime corridor in the Black Sea so Ukraine can export grain to global markets amid an escalating world food crisis. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu attend a news conference as they meet in Ankara, Turkey, June […]

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the war in Ukraine threatens to unleash “an unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution” as talks on unblocking Ukrainian farm exports trapped by the war remain deadlocked. A local resident in front of a destroyed school after Russian missile strikes on the city of Bakhmut in Donbas region, eastern Ukraine, […]

You may not have caught it amidst other international developments, but the United States bombed Somalia last Friday. No, that isn’t a misprint. On June 3, the Somali government announced that the US had conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants west of the southern port city of Kismayo, killing approximately five fighters. Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2021. […]

Dozens of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks have been returned to Ukraine by the Russian occupiers of the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol, where their last-ditch stand became a symbol of resistance against Moscow’s invasion. Russian forces work on demining the territory of the Azovstal steel plant during the Ukraine-Russia […]