MILITARY CONFLICTS

Defense minister: Ukraine has ‘extremely difficult weeks’ of combat ahead

Defense minister: Ukraine has ‘extremely difficult weeks’ of combat ahead

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Wednesday the country is set to face “extremely difficult weeks” of heavy fighting ahead due to the large-scale offensive Russia is preparing to launch on the eastern Donbas region. “We have several extremely difficult weeks ahead of us. The implementation of agreements [with Ukraine’s international partners], training [of […]

Putin warns of ‘lightning response’ to intervention in Ukraine

Putin warns of ‘lightning response’ to intervention in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that if any other country intervenes in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, Russia will launch a quick-fire military response. Speaking to lawmakers, Putin said that “if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for us that are strategic in nature, they […]

Marine in besieged Mariupol says ‘maybe facing our last days, if not hours’

Marine in besieged Mariupol says ‘maybe facing our last days, if not hours’

A commander for the Ukrainian marines fighting in the last stronghold of Mariupol said his forces were “maybe facing our last days, if not hours” and appealed for extraction in a Facebook post published early Wednesday. “The enemy is outnumbering us ten to one,” Serhiy Volyna from the 36th Separate Marine Brigade said, sheltering at […]

Ukraine: Zelenskiy says Russia has begun ‘battle of Donbas’

Ukraine: Zelenskiy says Russia has begun ‘battle of Donbas’

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that Russia has launched its large-scale offensive in the eastern Donbas region. “We can now say that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for a long time. A very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on […]

Ukrainian Governor: Russian Strikes Kill at Least 6 in Lviv

Ukrainian Governor: Russian Strikes Kill at Least 6 in Lviv

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Monday, killing at least six people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s troops stepped up strikes on infrastructure in preparation for an all-out assault on the east. Plumes of thick, black smoke rose over the city after a series of explosions shattered […]