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Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin visits occupied Kherson region; US journalist appears in Moscow court | Russia
Putin attends military meeting in Kherson Russian president Vladimir Putin has attended a military command meeting in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region which is partly held by Russia, the Kremlin has said. Putin heard reports from commanders of the airborne forces and the “Dnieper” army group as well as other senior officers who briefed him on the situation in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, both of which Moscow has proclaimed part of Russia, Reuters reported. Russian troops retreated from Kherson, the regional capital, last November, and have been reinforcing their positions on the opposite bank of the Dnipro river in anticipation of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Kremlin did not say when…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Bakhmut counteroffensive starts soon, says Ukrainian ground forces commander | Ukraine
Counteroffensive starts soon, says Ukrainian ground forces commander Ukraine’s top ground forces commander, Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, said his forces would soon begin a counter offensive after withstanding Russia’s brutal winter campaign. He said Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, who have been at the frontline of Moscow’s assault on eastern and southern Ukraine, “are losing considerable strength and are running out of steam”. “Very soon, we will take advantage of this opportunity, as we did in the past near Kyiv, Kharkiv, Balakliia and Kupiansk,” he said, listing Ukrainian counteroffensives last year that recaptured swathes of land. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s top ground forces commander. Photograph: Donetsk Regional Military-Civil Administration/Reuters Updated at 03.20 EDT Key…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: war crimes dominate agenda at UN in Geneva; US warns China against arming Russia | Ukraine
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Summary of the day so far … Air raid alerts sounded across Ukraine’s Kyiv region late on Sunday night as Kyiv’s regional military administration confirmed the country’s air defences were at work. The nearby northern city of Chernihiv also reported shooting down Iranian-made Shahed drones, according to its regional governor, Vyacheslav Chaus. Ukraine’s ministry of defence claimed in total to have shot down 11 of 14 drones deployed, including nine over Kyiv. Two emergency service workers were killed and three other people injured during a drone attack on Khmelnytskyi, according to city’s mayor. Belarus’s exiled opposition…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: UK warns conflict could last another year; Russian general ‘under intense pressure in Donetsk’ | Russia
Russian general probably under intense pressure to take Vuhledar, says UK The town of Vuhledar, in southern Donetsk oblast, has experienced heavy shelling again, according to the MoD’s latest defence intelligence update. “There is a realistic possibility that Russia is preparing for another offensive effort in this area despite costly failed attacks in early February and late 2022,” the update on Thursday morning said. Colonel General Rustam Muradov, commander of Russia’s Eastern Group of forces, is likely to be under intense pressure to improve results in Vuhledar after harsh criticism from the Russian nationalist community, according to the MoD. “However, it is unlikely that Muradov has a striking force capable…
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February 17, 2023 – Russia-Ukraine news
Secretary of Point out Antony Blinken attends a bilateral conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu all through the Munich Protection Conference on February 17. (Petr David Josek/AFP/Getty Images) Secretary of Condition Antony Blinken said Friday that the US has “deep concern” about Russia’s initiatives to destabilize the govt of Moldova. This comes as Moldova President Maia Sandu stated before this week that Russia was plotting a coup in Moldova. “We have deep issue about some of the plotting that we have noticed coming from Russia to try to destabilize the federal government,” Blinken said at a meeting with Sandu in Germany on the sidelines of the Munich Protection Convention. “We stand…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: world leaders meet in Munich; grain deal negotiations will start next week | Russia
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Summary of the day so far … The Ukrainian president, Volodymr Zelenskiy, will be the opening speaker on Friday at the three-day Munich security conference as the west faces urgent calls to speed up ammunition production and supplies to Kyiv in the face of mounting fears that Russia is planning a new offensive. The conference is expected to be attended by more than 100 world leaders, and diplomats, including the US vice-president Kamala Harris, and the event will be seen as a key test of the west’s resolve to fight out a grinding, prolonged, expensive war.…
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