Russian aggression and the barbaric destruction of Mariupol by invaders, bombardment, and attacks from land, sky, and sea threaten the city with an environmental disaster that may extend far beyond the region and even beyond the country, writes Olena Kolhusheva for ukrinform.net. Mariupol today is the ruins of residential buildings, Continue Reading
‘Deputinizing the world.’ 6th round of sanctions will bring end to putin’s regime – Poroshenko
The former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko gave credit to the efforts of the US administration to support Ukraine in the war and called for more military assistance, stressing that Ukrainians need ‘three things’ to continue the fight, and those are ‘weapons, weapons, and weapons.’ He told this in an interview Continue Reading
Bucha massacre. NYT spent weeks interviewing survivors and witnesses
The New York Times published new evidence of atrocities committed by the russians during the occupation of Bucha, and analyzed videos, showing occupiers executing at least eight Ukrainian men. The first video from surveillance cameras on March 4 shows the russian paratroopers leading nine Ukrainian prisoners [among them a man Continue Reading
Scholz refuses to impose sanctions against Schroeder over russian ties
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected a request by the European Parliament to impose sanctions on Gerhard Schroeder for his refusal to step down from management positions in russian energy companies, writes politico.com. Scholz said that the decision of the German parliament this week to deprive Schroeder of his office Continue Reading
‘Everyone they can catch.’ russians resort to conscripting men with disabilities [video]
russian commanders have resorted to conscripting men with various disabilities in the occupied parts of Donbas to replenish their army ranks, the Security Service of Ukraine reported. Speaking of his own case, on of the POW said he had lost his sight in one eye back in his childhood years, Continue Reading
russian death toll in Ukraine reaches 28,700
From February 24 to May 20, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 28,700 Russian servicemen, including nearly 200 in the past day alone. Also, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 1,263 (+9) enemy tanks, 3,090 (+27) armored combat vehicles, 596 (+1) artillery systems, 200 (+1) MLR systems, 93 (+0) air defense systems, Continue Reading
Azov Regiment didn’t surrender and stays in Azovstal – Palamar [video]
Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar denied in a video that he left the territory of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and surrendered to russian invaders. “The command and I are in the territory of Azovstal steelworks. An operation is underway, the details of which I will Continue Reading