Russian authorities arrested two soldiers who had been on a drunken killing spree in the Moscow-occupied part of Kherson, according to reports. "They killed residents and burned their houses if they were refused alcohol," Telegram channel VChK-OGPU reported. Alexander Kaygorodtsev, 36, and Alexander Osipov, 34, were detained on April 24 on suspicion of murder. The
Move puts forces in close proximity at a time when military and diplomatic
Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, says the only possible strategy for exiting the war is the withdrawal of Russian troops from the sovereign territory of Ukraine. — Ukrinform.
More than 450,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded. On top of this, tens of thousands have deserted their positions. More than 10,000 armoured vehicles have been destroyed as well
Evil Dmitry Malyshev, 36, had been jailed for frying the heart of one of the three men he killed. Rapist and killer Alexander Maslennikov, 38, was also released early by Putin to fight in Ukraine.
Russian forces have attacked the command headquarters of the Ukrainian army’s southern grouping in Odesa, the Kremlin has said.]]>
Russian military personnel are operating out of an air base in Niger that is still hosting a small number of American troops, two U.S. officials tell ABC News. The officials said the presence of Russians at Niger's "Airport 101" near the capital of Niamey did not present an immediate security concern to U.S. troops. The Russian troops were operating out of a hangar at a location far away from U.S. forces and not on any property owned or being used by the United States, the officials said...
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The Russians are said to be sharing a wing of Niger's main airport, but not
Russian and US troops have been operating out of the same military base in Niger for at least several weeks, a US defense official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN, putting the two militaries in close proximity to each other at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine and as the country’s ruling junta has made clear it wants US forces to leave. The Russians have been using a separate hangar on the base, known as Air Base 101, the sources said, and are not...