About 55 percent of the armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the separatist part of eastern Ukraine supported by Russia, have been knocked out, according to the United Kingdom. According to figures published by the DPR on June 16, 2,128 soldiers have been killed and 8,897 injured […]
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Russia Broadcasts State TV in Occupied Kherson
Pro-Russian television will be broadcast in the Ukrainian region of Kherson from Tuesday. After weeks of occupation, Russia has switched all television towers in that region to Russian television. The state channels are broadcast for free. Kherson in southern Ukraine was one of the first regions to fall into […]
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10,000 More Civilians in Severodonetsk
About 10,000 civilians remain in the encircled Severodonetsk, according to Governor Sergei Gaidai. That is a tenth of the population before the war when the eastern Ukrainian city still had more than 100,000 people. Severodonetsk and Lischansk are the only places in the Luhansk region that have not yet […]
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Governor: Chance of Ukrainian Army Withdrawing in Severodonetsk
Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk may have to withdraw to more defensible positions in the eastern city. The governor of Luhansk, Sergei Gaidai, said this on television on Wednesday. He added that Ukraine does not intend to give up Severodonetsk. The governor said Russia is already conducting 24-hour air strikes […]
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Switzerland Blocks Delivery of Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine
The Swiss government has again blocked the delivery of war equipment to Ukraine. Bern vetoed a Danish request to supply armoured vehicles produced in Switzerland to the Eastern European country. Denmark had wanted to send about twenty armoured cars of the type Piranha III, according to the Swiss public […]
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Ukraine Summit in EU Overshadowed by Division Oil Boycott
The scheduled EU summit on Ukraine starting Monday has been overshadowed by ongoing disagreements over an embargo on Russian oil. It is very doubtful whether the summit will bring agreement, senior EU diplomats say. The leaders of the 27 EU member states will meet in Brussels in the afternoon […]
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Zelensky Continues to Push for Peace Talks With Putin
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky continues to press for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He said on Friday that he had tried several times unsuccessfully to enter into talks with Putin about ending the war in Ukraine. Ukrainians are not eager to talk to Putin, according to […]
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Zelensky’s Wife Announces Mental Aid Program
Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, has announced the launch of a national program to provide mental aid to Ukrainians. Zelenska’s reason for the launch is the “mental health crisis and shock” in the country caused by the war. According to a statement, the Ukrainian government […]
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UN Secretary General Wants to Restore Grain Exports From Ukraine: Long Way to Go
The United Nations is in close contact with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union to restore grain exports from Ukraine to their old proportions to stem a global food crisis. “I’m hopeful, but we still have a long way to go,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
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HRW: Executions and Tortures by Russian Soldiers
Russian soldiers have been guilty of summary executions of civilians, torture and other possible war crimes in northeast Ukraine, the human rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. The crimes were committed in the first month of the war, which began on February 24. In April, organisation […]