UKRAINE – Overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Sumy regions left at least 5 people dead, according to Zelesnkyy on Wednesday. “The day before, the Russians hit a private house with a drone in Kharkiv. They killed three small children. Their father also died. My sincere condolences to the family and friends. The mother […]
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Poland Denies Involvement in Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev’s Assassination Attempt
POLAND – Poland on Tuesday denied claims of involvement in first deputy chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev’s assassination attempt. Brig. Gen. Jarosław Strożyk, head of Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service, said claims by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, were “typical disinformation” intended for domestic audiences, according to local media […]
West Planning a Coup in Belarus; Russian Foreign Intelligence
RUSSIA – The Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR) on Monday warned that there’s a planned, western-backed coup in Belarus, set to coincide with the 2030 presidential election. “NGOs in Western nations, including ‘democratizing’ structures, agencies and foundations in the US as well as Britain, Germany, Poland and other European nations are building up assets to again […]
Ukraine Reports Overnight Russian Aerial Assault
UKRAINE – Ukraine late Saturday reported a large-scale overnight Russian aerial assault on critical infrastructure using 447 missiles and drones. In a statement on Telegram, the air force said the attack began at 7 pm local time (1700GMT) and involved air, ground and sea-launched missiles alongside strike unmanned aerial vehicles. Air defenses, the statement said, […]
Russian Airstrikes Targeting Ukrainian Energy Facilities Reported
UKRAINE – The Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Saturday that Russian airstrikes targeted energy facilities and infrastructure. Shmyhal said in a statement on Telegram that power substations and 750 kV and 330 kV overhead lines, which he described as the basis of the country’s power grid, were under attack. Stating the strikes also […]
Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, Top General in Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Shot
RUSSIA – Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, first deputy chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) was on Friday shot several times in the back in an attempted assassination. According to Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko, Alekseev, 64, was shot by an as-yet-unidentified individual outside a residential building in Moscow, and the assailant fled the scene, […]
Russia Launches Military Satellites
RUSSIA – Russia on Thursday successfully launched military satellites using Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket, according to the Defense Ministry. “On Feb. 5 at 21:59, a combat team of the Space Forces successfully carried out a launch of the medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Ministry of Defense (the Plesetsk […]
Russia & Ukraine Agree to Exchange 314 Prisoners of War
RUSSIA – Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 314 prisoners of war during their trilateral negotiations in UAE on Thursday, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff, making it the first in 5 months. “Today, delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia agreed to exchange 314 prisoners—the first such exchange in five months,” Witkoff wrote […]
Fuel Train Derailment in Russia Causes Explosion
RUSSIA – A fuel train derailment in Russia’s Tambov region on Wednesday resulted to fire, after an explosion. “According to updated information at the moment, as a result of the incident at the Kochetovka station in Michurinsk, 11 tank cars with gasoline and 5 with gas caught fire. Two firefighting trains and 25 units of […]
France Seeking Dialogue with Russia
FRANCE – France wants to restart dialogue with Russia, according to the French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. “It is being prepared, and so discussions are taking place at a technical level,” Macron told reporters during a visit to northeastern France, the French daily Le Monde reported. “I think it would be useful, but I […]
Diamond DA Training Aircraft Crash in Russia Kills 3
RUSSIA – Three people were killed on Monday when a Diamond DA training aircraft crashed in Russia’s Orenburg region. The Diamond DA aircraft, operated by the St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation, was conducting a training flight near the city of Orsk when it went down with an instructor and two cadets on board, […]
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha Says Zelenskyy’s Ready to Meet Putin
UKRAINE – The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Zelenskyy is ready to meet with the Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss the most sensitive issues in the 20-point peace plan. In remarks to the Ukrainian online newspaper European Pravda published Tuesday, Sybiha said his country is looking to sign the peace plan under […]
Russian Forces Capture New Settlements in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia Regions
RUSSIA – The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday that its forces had captured 2 new settlements in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions on Monday. According to a ministry statement, the key logistics hub of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region came under Russian control following operations by the Zapad (West) group of forces, while the […]
EU Phase Out of Russian Pipeline Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Begins
RUSSIA – The European Union’s 27 members approved new rules on Monday for phasing out the Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The regulation includes provisions on strict monitoring, diversification of supply and penalties for violations, the Council of the EU said in a statement. Under the regulation, imports of Russian gas will […]
Iran Asserts Readiness for War Amid Possibility of US Attack
IRAN – Iran on Monday said that it’s more prepared than ever to respond to any attack, as US military build-up in Middle East following recent protests in Iran display an escalating precedent to a possible military confrontation. In his weekly press conference in Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei described the situation as […]