March 2024
-
French authorities have shut down a website falsely claiming to be recruiting French volunteers to fight in Ukraine. The website purported to be organising a recruitment drive to enlist 200,000 French citizens, AFP reported “The site is a fake government site and has been reposted by malicious accounts as part of a disinformation campaign,” the…
-
Three thermal power plants of Ukraine’s largest private power firm DTEK were attacked by Russia overnight, according to the company. DTEK said some of their equipment was “severely damaged” in the attack. “After the attack ended, the power engineers promptly started to repair the damage,” the company said on the Telegram messaging app. Ukrainian power…
-
Russia has reportedly introduced a new weapon to its inventory – and it might still have a good reason to be cautious Some reports have suggested the Russian miliary has lost more than 10% of its frontline fighter jets since the start of the conflict. Over the past few weeks, Russian fighter jets have reportedly…
-
Two children have been questioned by police over online posts that have been viewed as “justifying terrorism”, local authorities and Russian media have said. The children – aged nine and 16 – were among six people to be taken in by officers since the deadly Moscow concert attack last week. Police in Siberia brought in…
-
Poland’s security agency has searched a number of properties as part of an investigation into alleged Russian spying. The ABW said it carried out the searches along with other European security services, including the Czech Republic. A hub for Western military supplies to Ukraine, Poland has said it’s become a major target of Russian spies.…
-
Elon Musk has announced further changes to social media platform X that will see certain accounts get premium features for free. The tech billionaire, writing on the platform formerly known as Twitter, said all accounts with more than 2,500 verified subscriber followers would be able to access features that usually cost $8 (£6.30) a month.…
-
A spokesperson for the Islamic State has praised the group’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack in a recorded message posted online. Published on the group’s Telegram account, the message also calls for supporters to target “crusaders everywhere”. Assailants burst into the Crocus City Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow last week, killing 143 people…
-
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the US house speaker that Ukraine needs Congress to pass a new military aid package – and it needs it quickly. “Quick passage of US aid to Ukraine by Congress is vital,” the Ukrainian president wrote on X. “We recognise that there are differing views in the House of Representatives on…
-
The White House has described Russia’s allegation that Ukraine was involved in the attack on the Crocus City concert hall as “nonsense”. National security spokesman John Kirby said it was clear that Islamic State was “solely responsible.” He added the US passed a written warning of an extremist attack to Russian security services, one of…
-
Russia claims it has evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last week were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”. In a statement, the Russian Investigative Committee said the attackers had received significant amounts of cash and cryptocurrency from Ukraine. The committee has not provided the…
-
Poland’s prime minister says his country is “close to a solution” with Ukraine over agricultural imports. While Poland has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its defence against Russia, the issue has been a major sticking point in relations between the two countries. Polish farmers have been in uproar over what they say is…
-
Vladimir Putin has spoken with Cyril Ramaphosa, according to the Kremlin. The leaders are said to have discussed the situation in Ukraine, as well as cooperation in energy and trade. The countries are part of the BRICS economic group – involving Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. South Africa has held a mixed position…
-
Estonia’s top military chief says the country must double its defence spending over the next two years so it can not only defend against a possible Russian invasion, but instead inflict a “decisive” defeat. During in an interview in Japan, where he was meeting defence officials, General Martin Herem said neither the threat of a…
-
Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik has been speaking to Sky News this lunchtime about the war in Russia. She has urged the British government to free up billions of pounds in Russian assets, which were frozen by the UK in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have to stay united because it’s our only…
-
Actor Steven Seagal – who once hailed Vladimir Putin as “one of the great living world leaders” – has been pictured in Russia, visiting the victims of the Moscow terror attack. The health ministry revealed the former Hollywood star, 71, visited the National Medical and Surgical Centre, where he met three victims and “thanked them…
-
Russia’s foreign intelligence chief paid a visit to North Korea this week, the country’s spy service has said. Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), visited Pyongyang on 25-27 March. The aim of the visit was to deepen cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang and discuss broader regional security, SVR was quoted as…
You must be logged in to post a comment.