MOSCOW >> Russia’s President Vladimir Putin today mocked a scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its interests.
The controversial law will govern how Ukraine recruits new soldiers to replenish depleted forces who are increasingly struggling to fend off Russian troops.
Ukraine Passes Divisive Conscription Law Which Aims To Bolster Forces by 500,000 Ukraine's parliament on Thursday passed an ultra-controversial military mobilization law aimed at drastically boosting the number of its troops at a moment forces are facing severe manpower shortages amid the unrelenting Russian onslaught. It passed with a clear majority supporting, with 283 votes in favor in the 450-member parliament. The NY Times writes in the wake of the much-anticipated vote, "The...
The conscription bill is approved as the military faces Russian advances in the east.
Igor Strelkov (Girkin), a former FSB officer and leader of militants of the DPR (the Donetsk People’s Republic, a self-proclaimed and non-recognised state formation in Donetsk Oblas), convicted in Russia for calling for extremism, is asking to be sent to fight in Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials claimed Friday they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s Rostov region. Russian defense officials, however, claimed they intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones and that only a power substation was damaged in the attack. The Associated Press could not […]
Ukrainian media reported on Tuesday that Kyiv destroyed a sophisticated Russian radar complex using seven exploding drones, in another apparent sign of how the cheap, unmanned devices are changing the face of modern combat.Citing an unnamed source from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Kyiv Independent and Ukrainska Pravda reported that the Russian system was a Nebo-U radar complex stationed in Bryansk, a Russian region bordering northern Ukraine.It was monitoring Ukrainian airspace as...
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that former president Donald Trump has privately said he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to give up some territory, citing people familiar with the plan. The revelation prompted some criticisms.According to the Post, experts say that Trump's "idea would reward Russian President Vladimir Putin and condone the violation of internationally recognized borders by force."That seemed to be a popular assumption on social media, as well.ALSO...
Two injured in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod Oblast
THIS is the dramatic moment a column of Russian tanks and 50 soldiers are wiped out by Ukraine in Vladimir Putin’s latest battlefield blow. Footage shared by soldiers of the Azov Brigade show
The exact cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains opaque and hard to assess. Still, claims continue to vary wildly, from as little as 31,000 Ukrainian dead according to Kyiv, to as many as half a million Russian “casualties”. There
PARANOID Putin and his Russian spies have invented a wild theory accusing the US of plotting to recruit Colombian cartel killers to fight for Ukraine. The US is supposedly planning on building up U