A Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine. At least 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence. Ria Novosti news agency said another nine people were on board, including six crew. Continue Reading
Russia’s military says it has thwarted another major offensive by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk, destroying military equipment and inflicting huge personnel losses on the enemy. A defence ministry statement early hour on Tuesday said Russian forces had repelled Ukraine’s second major offensive in two days, destroying, among other military equipment, eight main Continue Reading
A week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store on another depot has been hit by a series of explosions. Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area – before later blaming “sabotage”. A separate fire broke out at a power substation […]Continue Reading
A 62-year-old unarmed civilian,Oleksandr Shelipov, was shot dead on a village street outside his Ukrainian home, during the first war crime. Three months later and the captured Russian soldier accused of killing him is in Kyiv being tried for a war crime. Standing up in court to confront the 21-year-old defendant on Thursday was Kateryna […]Continue Reading
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the killings of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, near Kyiv. The ministry tweeted: “We are devastated by the scenes of brutal atrocities. All those involved in these war crimes must bear responsibility!” President Salome Zourabichvili said the “Bucha massacre” was a “crime against Continue Reading