Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 #Russia: The purge of top officers is the result of infighting between the FSB and the military over the failure to capture Kyiv and competition for defense funds.

The Moscow Times

FSB Launches Sweeping Purge of Military Elites With Kremlin’s Approval - The Moscow Times

The recent arrests of five top Russian military officers are likely just the first of dozens of military figures who will be jailed in a sweeping p...

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 🇨🇿 An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has prohibited Russia's Gazprom from continuing with Russian legal proceedings against CEZ, the Czech energy company said. In a statement late on Thursday, CEZ said the ICC Tribunal granted a request confirming that disputes between the companies should be resolved in ICC arbitration, not in Russian courts. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cez-icc-tribunal-bans-gazprom-placing-gas-dispute-russian-court-2024-05-24/

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Putin is ready to halt the war in #Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/ #russia

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 The number of people held in #Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in #Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-prison-population-fell-by-50000-last-year-media-report-2024-05-24/ #russia

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇺🇦🇪🇺 #Ukraine is negotiating to maximise possible imports of electricity from European Union countries to compensate for the generation capacity destroyed by the Russian attacks, Ukrainian energy minister said on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-is-talks-with-eu-maximise-electricity-imports-minister-says-2024-05-24/

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 A court in the Russian city of Vladivostok ruled on Friday to keep U.S. military serviceman Gordon Black under arrest, the Interfax news agency reported. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-court-keeps-us-soldier-black-custody-interfax-says-2024-05-24/ #russia #usa

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇺🇲 🇬🇪 Politicians and officials in #Georgia responsible for pushing through a controversial bill that would brand Western-funded NGOs and media outlets as “foreign agents” will face visa bans, the U.S. State Department confirmed Friday.

US announces travel ban for Georgian Dream politicians behind ‘foreign agent’ law – POLITICO

#usa #russia

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇭🇺 #Hungary is working to “redefine” the country’s #NATO membership status to allow for opt-outs should the military alliance undertake military actions outside of the defense alliance’s territory, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-24/hungary-working-to-redefine-its-nato-membership-orban-says

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which over 140 people were killed, the head of #Russia's Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov said 🤦‍♂️ Bortnikov did not provide evidence to underpin his assertion 🤡 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-spy-chief-says-ukraine-was-directly-involved-moscow-concert-hall-attack-2024-05-24/

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇲🇩 🇷🇴 #Russia joined Moldova's leftist opposition on Thursday in denouncing #Romania's prime minister for remarks saying ex-Soviet #Moldova's population was made up strictly of Romanians who spoke Romanian. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-moldovas-opposition-denounce-romanian-pms-remarks-2024-05-24/

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇺🇦 #Ukraine is set to receive three additional tranches totaling $4.5 billion from the IMF's Extended Fund Facility in 2024, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry. https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-receive-additional-4-5-billion-from-imfs-extended-fund-facility-in-2024/

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A missile attack on a Russian communications hub in the city of Alushta in occupied #Crimea has caused "significant damage to equipment," with numerous casualties reported, the pro-Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on May 24. https://kyivindependent.com/partisans-attack-on-occupied-crimea-damages-communications-equipment-casualties-reported/ #ukraine #russia

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

💻 #YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday.

The Moscow Times

YouTube Blocks Anti-War Videos at Russia’s Request – Agentstvo - The Moscow Times

YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities,...

#google #russia #censorship

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia is increasingly using "glide bombs" - cheap but highly destructive ordnance - to advance its offensive in #Ukraine More than 200 of them are thought to have been used in just a week to pound Ukraine’s northern town of Vovchansk during Russia’s current cross-border advance near Kharkiv.

Ukraine war: Russia's lethal glide bombs hitting Ukraine's cities

Russia is increasingly using budget "glide bombs" to advance its offensive in Ukraine.

#russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺🇨🇺 #Russia has likely been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in #Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown.

Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports

The number of Cubans recruited to fight in Ukraine is thought to be in the hundreds.

#cuba #russiaukrainewar

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇷🇺 Russian forces accidentally shot down their own Su-27 fighter jet over occupied #Crimea due to "heightened combat readiness," Ukraine's Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on air on March 29. https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-navy-jet/ #russia #russianarmy

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 1 year ago

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 War-torn #Ukraine on Thursday opened a new front in its battle against alleged Russian misinformation through video games by launching a game that replicates the salt-mining town of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-opens-new-front-minecraft-game-tackle-alleged-russian-misinformation-2024-03-21/ #russia #russiaukrainewar

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 2 years ago

🇺🇸 U.S. House of Representatives Democrats began collecting signatures on Tuesday for a potential bid to sidestep Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a $95 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ukraine-supporters-advance-effort-force-house-vote-aid-2024-03-12/ #usa

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 2 years ago

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian missile slammed into two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors. Ten children were among the injured. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/missile-hits-apartment-building-kryvyi-rih-two-dead-ukrainian-president-says-2024-03-12/ #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

Russia-Ukraine Daily News 2 years ago

🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union countries are close to a deal on a military aid fund for Ukraine that would pave the way for an injection of 5 billion euros, diplomats said on Tuesday. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-clears-path-5-bln-euro-ukraine-military-aid-boost-2024-03-12/