Russia
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The Kremlin and Vladimir Putin’s top military brass have created a “complicated” and “ineffective” structure for Russia’s response to the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk, military analysts have said. Russian defence minister Andrei Belousov yesterday announced the creation of a “coordination council” for military and security issues in affected regions bordering Ukraine. He said the council…
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Russian state media has aired footage of the ongoing evacuations in the Kursk region as Ukraine’s incursion continues. According to the video report, dozens of people from the Glushkovsky district were evacuated to facilities in safe areas. The report also mentioned a family from Sudzha who claimed to have escaped from an attack by a…
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A British citizen freed in the biggest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War has met with Joe Biden at the White House after returning to the US. Vladimir Kara-Murza was serving a 25-year sentence for treason and had spent over two years imprisoned in Russia when he was freed along with 23 others…
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The Ukrainian military forces are creating a “buffer zone” in Russia’s western Kursk region, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said on Wednesday. “Our military formed a ‘buffer (sanitary) zone’ on the territory of the Kursk region for self-defense purposes,” Lubinets said on Telegram after taking part in a meeting on the situation…
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Some Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are likely experiencing drinking water shortages, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence. “Damage inflicted during ongoing Russian strikes against utilities infrastructure is now almost certainly curtailing water supply,” it said in a statement. Russia has continually targeted Ukrainian infrastructure throughout the two-and-a-half year long war. The MoD also…
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Ukraine’s general staff has imposed restrictions on the movement of civilians in the Sumy region due to an “increase in the intensity of hostilities”. The military command is imposing restrictions on all citizens within 20km of the Russian border. A statement by the general staff said only those with Ukrainian passports showing they reside in…
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Belarus has sent troops to Russia in order to take part in training exercises. “Crews of missile troops and artillery units of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus are leaving for the Russian Federation training ground to practice combat use issues,” a statement from the Belarusian ministry of defence read. “During the field…
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Russia has said it is carrying out a “counterterrorism operation” in its border regions with Ukraine. In a clip shared by columnist for The Daily Beast, Julia Davis, a news presenter of Russia’s state news channel says the Kremlin is ensuring the safety of its citizens from the “threat of sabotage and terrorist acts”. “Counterterrorism…
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Russia has to be “forced to make peace”, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Speaking in his nightly address, the Ukrainian leader said that Kyiv’s major cross-border assault into the western region of Kursk was a matter of security for Ukraine and that Kyiv had captured areas from where Russia had launched strikes. “Russia must be forced…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of homes, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The North, in turn, said Sunday that Putin had also offered “immediate humanitarian support” to aid its recovery efforts, to which Kim responded that he “could…
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The Kremlin has suggested that Russian assassins could be sent to hunt down the political detainees freed by Vladimir Putin in the biggest prisoner swap with Moscow since the Cold War. Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president, warned that the prisoners would have to go into hiding after their release, despite having been pardoned by Putin. “I…
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The Kremlin has said it is open to negotiations with Ukraine on ending the conflict while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains in power – despite publicly questioning his legitimacy to rule. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said yesterday during a visit to China that Kyiv was prepared for talks with Russia provided Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial…
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Russia’s foreign minister has welcomed Donald Trump’s choice of running mate, JD Vance. Sergei Lavrov said Kyiv’s allies “need to stop pumping Ukraine full of weapons and then the war will end”. Mr Vance fiercely opposes aid to Ukraine and has expressed doubt that the war is a major national security concern for the US. “I…
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NATO allies are in final negotiations over language that says Ukraine’s eventual admission into the military alliance is “irreversible” − so long as it makes a series of reforms required for membership. The U.S. and other member nations agreed at last year’s summit in Lithuania that Ukraine would become a member “when Allies agree and conditions are met.”…
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Moscow next week for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, a sign of the growing relationship between the two countries even as New Delhi maintains strong ties with the United States. Modi will be in Moscow on July 8 and 9 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, India’s Ministry of External Affairs…
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end the Ukraine-Russia war, but Putin’s spokesman said Erdogan could not play the role of an intermediary in the 28-month-old conflict. Erdogan, speaking to Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan, said he believed a fair peace…
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