NICOSIA: Syrians are mobilising to aid Ukrainians, sharing hard-won skills gained through years of conflict with Russian forces, such as surviving shelling, assisting refugees, and responding to chemical assaults. Both Ukrainians and Syrians are seeking accountability for the atrocities perpetrated by Russian soldiers in their nations, and they sense the formation of an unbreakable relationship … Read more
Ukrainian troops within side the besieged town of Mariupol have warned that they’ll be going through their “final battle” towards Russia. “Today will probably be the last battle, as the ammunition is running out,” an account belonging to the 36th marine brigade said on Facebook. “It’s death for some of us and captivity for … Read more
Ukrainian forces are getting ready for a “last battle” to control the southern port of Mariupol, besieged by Russians since the invasion, marines in the city said Monday. “Today will probably be the last battle, as the ammunition is running out,” the 36th marine brigade of Ukrainian armed forces said on Facebook. “It’s death for … Read more
New penalties were issued by the United Kingdom on Thursday on Russian “propagandists,” including a well-known television presenter, as well as two Kremlin-funded media outlets accused of spreading “lies and deception” regarding the invasion of Ukraine. Following multiple earlier rounds of sanctions against over 1,000 Russian and Belarusian people and businesses in response to Moscow’s … Read more
It has been revealed that feared Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov took his 14-year-old son to battle when he led Russia’s brutal attack on Mariupol. In video footage, the youngster, named Adam, is seen wearing military gear while being shown around a hospital by his autocratic father, who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin, in … Read more
THIS is the horrifying moment when the Russian “Butcher of Mariupol” demanded to know why one of his own soldiers’ ears hadn’t been severed for wearing the wrong uniform. In a chilling intercepted phone call, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev appeared to call for the soldier’s “face to be messed up,” and urged others to beat him … Read more
Officials in Mariupol, Ukraine’s vital port city, said on Friday that they suspected 300 people died in a Russian hit on a theatre where hundreds were sheltering last week. “From eyewitnesses, information is emerging that about 300 people died in the Drama Theatre of Mariupol following strikes by a Russian aircraft,” Mariupol city hall wrote on … Read more
This is the dramatic moment a Russian ship loaded with ammunition was purportedly blown up in Ukraine, forcing Putin’s Navy to flee. The landing ship, called Orsk, is shown on fire in the footage, while black smoke can be seen billowing from the port in captured Berdyansk. The trio of Moscow’s marine ships had been … Read more
On Tuesday, two “super powerful bombs” exploded in Mariupol, as Ukrainian authorities attempted to rescue civilians from the besieged southern port city. According to Human Rights Watch, nearly 100,000 people are trapped in the city, which has been described as a “freezing hellscape riddled with dead bodies and destroyed buildings” by those who have managed … Read more
A report claims that desperate residents trapped in a destroyed Ukrainian city have resorted to drinking radiator water and eating stray DOGS. For the last three weeks, Russia has been pounding Mariupol, with Ukrainian resistance fighters fighting back against Putin’s forces. According to a new FT report, the situation for residents trapped by ongoing fighting … Read more
Residents in Kyiv’s Bucha suburb did not begin the year expecting their streets to be the site of Europe’s most violent combat in centuries. They must now excavate mass graves for the dozens of people murdered in the two-week ‘Battle of Bucha’ between Russian and Ukrainian soldiers. A heartbreaking and comprehensive video shows dozens of … Read more
KYIV: Russian forces stepped up the pressure on Kyiv on Saturday and pummelled civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities, including hospitals in Mykolaiv and a mosque in Mariupol, the port city already devastated by two weeks of siege. Russian strikes destroyed the airport in the town of Vasylkiv on Saturday morning, about 40 kilometres (25 … Read more
KYIV: A mosque in the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where 80 civilians were taking shelter, has been shelled by Russian forces, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. “The mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxolana (Hurrem Sultan) in Mariupol was shelled by Russian invaders. More than 80 adults and children are hiding … Read more
Russian soldiers are marching on territories north and west of Kyiv, raising fears that the city may be encircled shortly, according to the Ukrainian military’s general command. The top ten developments in this story are mentioned below: Russian forces moved closer to Kyiv on Friday, as authorities declared the Ukrainian capital was being converted … Read more
KYIV – Ukraine and Russia have agreed on six humanitarian routes for civilian evacuation, according to Interfax-Ukraine, quoting Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk. According to Vereshchuk, the warring parties would pause hostilities in order to evacuate residents from Energodar in southern Ukraine, Sumy in the country’s northeast, Mariupol, Izum, and Volnovakha in eastern Ukraine, … Read more
KIEV – Ukraine on Sunday started evacuating civilians from Mariupol, a port city in Donetsk, an official said. The evacuation starts at midday local time (1000 GMT), Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Facebook. Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported that buses are heading to Mariupol to evacuate civilians. Earlier, Russian … Read more
KYIV – Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol began a new attempt at evacuating civilians on Sunday, as fierce battles raged around the country and the Ukrainian president warned that Russian forces were preparing to bombard Odessa on the Black Sea coast. Ten days after Russia invaded Ukraine, more than 1.5 million people have fled … Read more
Officials in Mariupol claim that Russian soldiers are violating the truce, and they are delaying the evacuation of residents. “The evacuation of the civilian population has been postponed due to the Russian side’s failure to comply to the ceasefire and has maintained shelling both of Mariupol itself and its surrounds, as well as for security … Read more
