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The leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner has claimed that Vladimir Putin could face a 1917-like revolution and lose the war in Ukraine unless the elite get serious about fighting the war.
Ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive aimed at pushing Russian troops back to pre-2014 borders, when Russia annexed Crimea, Yevgeny Prigozhin said. Ukraine will try to encircle Bakhmut and attack Crimea, he added.
“Most likely, this scenario will not be good for Russia, so we have to prepare for an arduous war,” he said in an interview published on his Telegram channel.
The Russian elite, he said, shielded their own children from the war while the children of ordinary Russians died at the front, a situation he said could trigger unrest in Russia.
If ordinary Russians continued to return their children to zinc coffins while the children of the elite basked abroad, he said, Russia would face turmoil along the lines of the 1917 revolutions that led to to a civil war.
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According to authorities, Ukraine shoots down all Russian drones overnight
Ukraine has shot down all Russian air targets during an early morning strike in Kiev, the head of the capital’s military administration, Serhii Popko, said.
Russian forces used drones in their 12th mass attack this month against Kiev and the military offensive lasted more than three hours, Popko said, adding that “all potential attacks on Kiev have been prevented” .
Arpan RaiMay 25, 2023 05:39
Thousands of South Korean artillery shells en route to Ukraine via US, reports say
South Korea has shipped hundreds of thousands of its artillery rounds and the munitions package is headed to Ukraine via the United States, according to a new report.
Seoul had reached a “confidential agreement” with Washington to transfer artillery shells to the US for delivery to Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a source.
This comes after Washington last year asked its Asian ally for artillery support.
Jeon Ha-kyu, a spokesman for South Korea’s defense ministry, confirmed that the country had held talks with the Pentagon about munitions exports, but that there were “inaccurate parts” in the WSJ report, without giving details.
“There have been various discussions and requests, and our government will take appropriate measures as it comprehensively reviews the war and humanitarian situation in Ukraine,” Jeon told a briefing.
Until very recently, South Korea had ruled out sending military aid to Ukraine because of its trade ties with Russia, as well as Moscow’s influence over North Korea, which has directed it to the peninsular region .
The US ally and main producer of artillery ammunition had rejected the requests despite growing pressure from Washington and Europe to supply weapons.
But in April, President Yoon Suk Yeol signaled the prospect of a change, saying it might be difficult for Seoul to stick to just offering humanitarian and financial support if Ukraine faced a full-scale civilian attack or a “situation that the international community cannot tolerate”. “
Arpan Rai25 May 2023 04:47
Russia rejects fire reports at defense ministry – state media
Russian officials have dismissed reports of a heavy fire at their Defense Ministry building in central Moscow after footage showed thick smoke billowing from a balcony.
“A fire broke out on a balcony of the defense ministry building on Frunzenskaya Naberezhnaya,” the TASS news agency reported, initially citing a source in the emergency services.
Emergency services are also reported to be working at the scene.
However, local officials later said that no fire had been detected in the building, TASS reported.
“The presence of a fire has not been confirmed, as the Fire Department did not detect any fire upon arrival. There is also no information about the victims,” TASS quoted the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Moscow as saying.
Several people took to social media and shared images of smoke around the defense ministry building, adding that a “toxic smell of burning plastic” was also detected.
Arpan Rai25 May 2023 04:15
NATO chief says Ukraine should not join until Russia’s invasion ends
Ukraine won’t be able to join NATO as long as Russia’s invasion continues, alliance chief says:
Jane DaltonMay 25, 2023 04:00
The first Ukrainian F-16 will be “the strongest signal in the world”, says Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky has said that an aviation coalition working to secure modern fighter jets for Ukraine will signal that Russian forces invading the country will only lose.
He made the remarks in his evening speech after a meeting of his senior staff where defense decisions around the aviation coalition were discussed along with other possible aid from Ukraine’s allies.
“… Ukraine’s first F-16 will be one of the strongest signals in the world that Russia will only lose to its own aggression, becoming weaker and more isolated,” he said.
The move will also be a sign that “Russian terror has lost and our world, which is based on respect for independent nations and the right of peoples to choose their own path, has endured,” the president said at the time of war in his night. Address.
Zelensky added: “We are doing everything possible to reduce the time until the result is achieved, until new and powerful aircraft with Ukrainian pilots appear in the sky of Ukraine. It is clear that this global step will allow us to expand our capabilities of defense
Because only powerful aircraft can complete an air defense system.”
We will prepare the necessary foundations to ensure that our transition to aviation is as quick and efficient as possible, he said.
Arpan Rai25 May 2023 03:54
Russians who support Ukraine say they attacked Belgorod
Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Russian Freedom Legion have claimed that starting Monday they took part in cross-border raids on the territory of Russia’s Belgorod region.
Russian fighters, who are aligned with Ukraine, met with the media not far from the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kharkiv area of northeastern Ukraine.
Ukraine has described the raids by Russian volunteers as an uprising against the Kremlin and Putin’s regime.
Ukraine-aligned Russian fighters claim responsibility for cross-border attack in Russia’s Belgorod region
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Jane DaltonMay 25, 2023 02:55
According to the UK, Russian soldiers are being depleted at a record rate
At least 1,000 Russian troops fighting in Ukraine have gone awry in the past five months, more than in all of last year, British defense chiefs say:
Jane DaltonMay 25, 2023 01:50
US ‘concerned’ by UN official’s meeting with Russian wanted for war crimes
The United States is “deeply concerned” by a meeting between a top UN children’s official and Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman, who is wanted by the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal, a State Department official.
Maria Lvova-Belova, accused by the International Criminal Court prosecutor of the war crime of deporting hundreds of Ukrainian children to Russia, said on her website last week that she held a working meeting with Virginia Gamba, special representative of the secretary of the UN. -general for children and armed conflicts.
“We are deeply concerned that a senior UN diplomat is meeting with a fugitive subject to an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes against children,” the official said.
“This conduct undermines our shared commitment to protecting children in conflict zones.”
Jane DaltonMay 25, 2023 00:45
The Nobel Peace Prize “has been transferred to the brutal prison of Belarus”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been transferred to a notoriously brutal prison in Belarus and has not been heard from for a month, his wife says:
Jane DaltonMay 24, 2023 11:40 p.m
Germany to give tanks and shells to Kiev
Germany will buy 18 Leopard 2 tanks and 12 self-propelled howitzers to replenish stocks depleted by deliveries to Ukraine, a member of Parliament’s budget committee said.
The tanks and shells are due to be delivered by 2026 at the latest, documents showed.
The purchase includes an option for 105 more deposits for around 2.9 billion euros.
Germany has supplied 18 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine since the Russian invasion last year and has said it intends to plug the gap with new tanks as soon as possible.
Jane DaltonMay 24, 2023 10:35 p.m
