Articles tagged "mercenaries"

Ukraine’s counteroffensive lurches forward: Key moment looms as more forces committed -- Saboteurs blow up warehouse in occupied Crimea -- Russian forces aim to maintain control over land corridor into occupied Crimea -- Russia hits front-line Orikhiv with guided bombs -- and more

Why culture matters during war -- Ukraine concerned about Americans' alleged back-channel diplomacy with Russia -- Military allege Russia prepares to export stolen grain from occupied Ukraine to China -- Russian forces prepare for possible hostilities in Crimea -- Zelensky, Dutch PM discuss F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots -- and more

What is Russia’s Wagner Group and why does Moscow use it? -- Russian security services threatened families of Wagner leaders -- Ukraine confirms murder of two teenagers in Russian-occupied Berdiansk -- Military reports advances of 1.5 km in Melitopol direction -- and more

US intelligence knew Wagner was planning insurrection -- Russia comes to the brink of civil war: How we got here and what it means -- Jets belonging to Russian elite leave Moscow -- Loyalty of Russian security forces 'key factor' to how Prigozhin's 'rebellion' plays out -- Ukrainian troops advance in several directions around Bakhmut -- and more

How Russia has attempted to erase Ukrainian language, culture throughout centuries -- Russian brigade flees Bakhmut -- Water deficit increasingly critical for Russian-occupied Donetsk -- UK preparing to give long-range missiles to Ukraine -- 37 countries hold summit on tribunal for Russian crimes -- and more

Russia moving to strategic defense after failed offensive -- Wagner mercenaries forcibly deport 4 children from Bakhmut -- Russia fighter jet accidentally fires ammunition in Russian city of Belgorod, injuring 2 -- US, Ukraine allies weigh near-total ban on exports to Russia -- and more

Foreign Minister asks ICC to investigate alleged execution of Ukrainian POW -- Russia has lost 5 times more soldiers in Bakhmut than Ukraine -- Zelensky, Zaluzhnyi have conflicting views on Bakhmut -- Ukraine has returned 307 children from occupied territories -- Investigators identify 3 Russian soldiers involved in war crimes in Irpin -- and more

Russian forces are draining Kakhovka Reservoir -- Russia likely suffering highest casualties since first week of full-scale war -- Intercepted call shows Russia recruits Iranian, Kurdish drone operators -- Iran smuggles long-range combat drones to Russia for war against Ukraine -- and more

‘They were real beasts’: A farming couple describes what occupation looked like in their village -- Western tanks are coming to Ukraine soon -- Most convicts recruited by Wagner killed, wounded or deserted -- Estonia to give Ukraine all its 155-mm howitzers in largest aid package so far -- Bradley fighting vehicles to arrive in Ukraine within few weeks -- and more

Ukrainian blood is the price of hesitation over Leopard tank supplies -- Ukraine confirms Russian offensive attempts in Zaporizhzhia Oblast -- 'Invasion from Belarus' part of Russia’s psy-ops -- Fire reported at Russian oil depot -- Baltic countries' foreign ministers call on Germany to immediately deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine -- and more

No decision yet on Leopard tanks for Ukraine -- Russian-controlled militants say they occupied Klishchiivka near Bakhmut, Ukraine doesn't confirm -- Ramstein summit: 'Hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks' -- US to designate Wagner Group international ‘criminal organization’ -- and more

West should supply all weapons that Ukraine can handle -- Russia primed to fire up to 44 Kalibr missiles from Black Sea -- International tribunal for Russian war crimes could be ready in 1 to 1.5 years -- Russian defense ministry confirms plan to expand army to 1.5 million troops -- and more