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russia lost more than 200 elite specialists in capturing airfields in Hostomel – Ministry of Defense
18.09.2023
During the battle for Hostomel airport russia lost more than 200 elite combat specialists for capturing of airfields and airports, who had participated in military exercises of this type for decades, the commander of the special purpose unit of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said in a statement.“It seems that the russians thought that they would repeat the scenario of capturing the airfield during the Pristina attack in Kosovo on June 12, 1999. They thought that in Hostomel they ...Commander of assault battalion on liberation of Andriivka: We mercilessly destroyed russia’s 72nd brigade
15.09.2023
During the liberation of Andriivka in the Donetsk region the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely destroyed the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of the russian Federation, Dmytro Kuharchuk, commander of the 2nd assault battalion of the 3rd separate assault brigade said in a statement.“The battle in the settlement itself lasted two days, but before that there was fighting for positions in tree patches. Many such positions, which were completely destroyed, in fact, the same happened to the settlement itself, ...Ukrainian experimental drone “Malyuk” damaged russian corvette Samum – media
15.09.2023
The experimental drone of the Security Service of Ukraine hit russia’s “Samum” small missile ship near the Sevastopol Bay, censor.net reported, citing sources.“Malyuk hit the rear right part of the russian ship, causing significant damage, the ship lost speed. The occupants had to tow Samum for repairs with a large trim to the stern and a list to starboard.For the attack on the ship, the SBU used an experimental model of a marine drone that ...Brussels should ask Budapest why Hungarian Foreign Minister spreads russian disinformation about EU – MFA
15.09.2023
Brussels should request an explanation from Budapest about why Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto spreads russian disinformation“It turns out that the whole world is suffering from the consequences of the war not because russia attacked Ukraine, but because Europe globalized the conflict. This is the opinion of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, who recently visited Hong Kong,” the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleg Nikolenko said in a statement.“In our opinion, Brussels should request an ...Ukrainian forces report hitting two russian project 22160 patrol ships [video]
14.09.2023
The Ukrainian Defense Forces damaged two russian patrol ships of the Vasily Bykov type project 22160 in the south-western part of the Black Sea, the Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.“In the morning of September 14, the Defense Forces hit two patrol ships of the project 22160 of the Vasily Bykov type of the occupation fleet of the russian Federation in the south-western part of the Black Sea. There are certain damages,” the message said.Starlink stopped working during Ukraine’s attack on Sevastopol Bay
13.09.2023
A large-scale outage of Starlink internet occurred during Ukraine’s attack on the bay in the occupied Sevastopol on the night of 12-13 September.“Metrics show that service has been restored on SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform (AS14593) after an hour outage affecting multiple countries,” the internet’s observatory NetBlocks reported.The operator has not issued an explanation, according to the report.ruscists could have kidnapped up to 300,000 Ukrainian children – Commissioner for Children’s Rights
13.09.2023
Children’s Rights Commissioner Darya Gerasimchuk stated that up to 300,000 Ukrainian children may have been abducted by the russian military.She noted that it is difficult to establish the exact number of children who may be affected due to the occupation of a large part of the territory of Ukraine. Gerasimchuk also noted that the russian side does not provide access to these children for any services or organizations and does not confirm these numbers with any lists or personal data.The ...Baerbock urges those who still cannot clearly say who is a criminal to look at russian crimes and Ukrainian children
12.09.2023
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned the abduction of Ukrainian children by the russian Federation and called for their return as the first step toward peace, ukrinform.net reported.“I am still impressed by the conversations I had with the children in this center . We are talking about children – young people – and it just takes my breath away from the horror that children were simply taken from schools or orphanages, taken ...Ukraine takes back offshore rigs in Black Sea occupied by ruscists since 2015 [video]
11.09.2023
Units of the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate conducted a special raid and regained control of the gas and oil rigs located off the coast of occupied Crimea in the Black Sea.“In particular, the Petro Hodovalets and Ukraina drilling platforms, as well as the Tavrida and Syvash rigs, were brought back under control,” the statement says. During the operation, the Ukrainian units managed to seize valuable trophies: a stock of NAR-type helicopter munitions , as well as the ...In terms of russia’s aggression against Ukraine, G20 final declaration is nothing to be proud of – MFA
09.09.2023
Ukraine is grateful to the partners who tried to include strong wording in the text, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleg Nikolenko said in a statement.“At the same time, in terms of russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Group of Twenty has nothing to be proud of. It is obvious that the participation of the Ukrainian side would allow the participants to better understand the situation,” Nikolenko said.The principle of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” remains as crucial ...Mercenaries of Wagner PMC: We were told that we have to kill everyone because they are Ukrainians [video]
07.09.2023
Two former prisoners from the Irkutsk region, Aleksey Chernyavskiy and Maksim Zelenov signed a contract with the Wagner PMC and came to Ukraine. The story of the mercenaries was published in the Telegram channel Butusov Plus.According to them, of the 500 prisoners who came with them to the front, all died. They told how they killed civilians in the Donetsk region.“You kill everyone. Regardless of gender. There were grandmothers and grandfathers. We killed at least 40 people. There were people ...UA border guards raised Ukrainian flag in settlements of Stroivka and Topoli, Kharkiv region
07.09.2023
Ukrainian border guards raised the Ukrainian flag over the villages of Stroivka and Topoli in the Kharkiv region.“In the Kharkiv region, the fighters of the assault brigade “Steel Border” recently entered the settlements of Stroivka and Topoli, which are located near the state border with the aggressor in the so-called “gray zone”, – the message reads.As the border guards explained, after the de-occupation of the Kharkiv region, no one entered this territory due to significant mining, but now border guards ...





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