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ruscists shot a family of civilians and captured a minor girl in Donetsk region
25.09.2025
russian occupiers in the Donetsk region shot civilians and captured a minor girl. This was reported by the Third Army Corps.Thus, in the area of the settlement of Shandryholove, russian military personnel shot a family of civilians and captured a minor girl.“The enemy is using it to cover his groups and further advance in the Lyman direction. From radio intercepts it became known: even before the start of the assault, the commander of the russian military unit with the call ...russia has been engaged in the deportation, militarization, and coerced fostering of Ukrainian children since at least 2014 – Yale
17.09.2025
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) has concluded that children from Ukraine have been taken to at least 210 facilities inside russia and temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the russian Federation in 2022.Children at these facilities routinely undergo “reeducation” and, in many cases, are placed in programs of forced militarization that include, though are not limited to, combat and paratrooper training. Children at some facilities have been engaged in ...Video from a Chinese factory was discovered in a russian drone shot down by Ukraine’s Defense Forces
31.08.2025
A video capturing a camera test conducted at a Chinese factory was discovered in a russian “Geran 2” drone shot down by Ukraine’s Defense Forces. The footage was published by Serhii Flesh on his Telegram channel, militarnyi.com reported.The drone was equipped with an A40 camera manufactured by the Chinese company Viewpro. According to official information from the manufacturer, the production facility is located in Shenzhen, within the Aotexing Science Park in the Nanshan District.The geolocation of the footage, conducted by ...Portuguese president calls Trump “objectively” Soviet or russian asset
30.08.2025
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that his US counterpart, Donald Trump, is currently acting as a “Soviet asset” by favoring the russian Federation in the war against Ukraine, CNN reported.“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet or russian asset. He functions as an asset,” de Sousa said. “I’m saying that, objectively, the new American leadership has strategically favored the russian Federation,” he added.“In other words, they’ve gone from being allies on one side ...A city without houses, people, or trees: footage of Toretsk destroyed by russians
28.08.2025
Aerial reconnaissance clip shows what remains of the city Toretsk in the Donetsk region that had a population of 35,000 before the russian invasion.Not a single surviving house, only a street with burnt trees. “This is the “freedom” that the russian Reich carries,” the post under the video says.Azerbaijani president accused russia of occupying Azerbaijan in 1920
27.08.2025
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev said that in 1920 the russian army invaded and occupied Azerbaijan, azertag.az reported.“When the russian Empire collapsed in 1917, Azerbaijan established the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. It was the first democratic republic in the Muslim world, established in May 1918. It existed until April 1920, when the russian army invaded Azerbaijan and occupied it.The Bolsheviks, who made a revolution in 1917, lied to the people. Their slogans were “factories to workers, land to farmers, freedom to ...Polish state-owned WZL-1 transferred more than USD 1.4m to ‘russian helicopters’ just before full-scale invasion – InformNapalm
26.08.2025
A Polish state-linked aviation factory Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze was dealing with russia’s defense sector for helicopter maintenance and upgrades, a joint investigation by InformNapalm and Militant Intelligence shows.Documents obtained in a joint cyber operation show that Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 1 (WZL-1) in Łódź transferred more than USD 1.4 million to ‘russian Helicopter’ through sanctioned Sberbank in January 2022. The payments were made less than a month before russian troops launched their assault on Ukraine.Why is this important:The Polish defense plant recognized “russian Helicopters” as a strategic partner and confirmed the execution of contracts;Millions were transferred ...Less than 1% of Ukrainian territory has been occupied by russians in the last 1010 days
23.08.2025
Less than 1% of Ukrainian territory has been occupied by the enemy in the last 1010 days of the full-scale war between russia and Ukraine, Deep State reported.The enemy occupied 5842 sq. km of Ukrainian territory in the period of November 12th, 2022 (114,489 sq. km was under occupation on that date) to the present day (114,493 sq. km is currently occupied).This territory accounts for 0.96781% of the entire Ukrainian territory, within its internationally recognized borders. While russians had ...Orban’s Hungary betrays EU and NATO – InformNapalm
15.08.2025
Hungary under Viktor Orban betrays the European Union , InformNapalm, a volunteer intelligence community, reported.Official docs prove: after the start of russia’s war on Ukraine, Hungary’s Ministry of Defense initiated direct military-technical contact with the sanctioned “russian Helicopters” company for Mi-17 and Mi-24 repairs.On January 30, 2017, the Hungarian military attaché at the embassy in moscow, Colonel Sandor Juhasz, sent an official request to russian Helicopters with a request to prepare a commercial ...11,000 North Korean troops remain in russia, with another 6,000 planned for deployment – Defense Intelligence
13.08.2025
North Korea continues to provide military assistance to the russian Federation, keeping about 11,000 of its servicemen on its territory and planning to send new units, Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said in an interview with zn.ua.The North Korean units are located mainly in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, remaining at the training grounds, where four brigades were formed. “This is approximately 11,000 soldiers, and their main area of responsibility ...Poroshenko on Trump-putin meeting: Ukrainians are a nation that does not trade its territories
09.08.2025
Even the very fact of the meeting between Trump and putin, if it takes place, will be a great success for putin. Because it will break the international isolation that has been established over the years, the fifth President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said in a statement.“The deadline for the ultimatum that Trump gave putin is approaching. When time runs out, we and our allies must act effectively. Ukraine is paying the highest price for every day of a delay in the ...russia reverts to Muscovy or why we should drop “russia” from the discourse
06.08.2025
The book “russia Reverts to Muscovy” by Stefan Hedlund, a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies/russian studies, explores the implications of removing the notion of “russia” from political and scholarly discourse.The book posits the following questions: Should the state ruled from moscow be termed “russia”? Might not “Muscovy” be more appropriate? It reflects on how academia has conceptualized developments among the Eastern Slavs over the centuries from the early days of Muscovy up until the present-day russian ...
