Wojna Rosja-Ukraina

They died immediately after mobilization - the BBC informs about the first five deaths confirmed by the authorities on the front of mobilized people who were sent to fight without military preparation.more

While observing the parades and counting the tanks, President Vladimir Putin believed in his own propaganda of the invincible leader. Now, however, he has understood that the situation is different, and Russia is no longer a superpower - noted British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with the Evening Standard.more

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted a resolution condemning Russia's attempt to annex Ukrainian territory. 143 countries were in favor of the resolution, while only 5 were against, including Russia itself.more

Following the mobilization announced by President Vladimir Putin, employment agencies have noted increased interest among Russians and Belarusians in working in Poland, the Gremi Personal employment agency reported. A larger influx of job seekers from areas neighboring Russia can be expected, it added.more

Latvia, Estonia and Poland lead among countries whose aid to Ukraine was measured by its ratio to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to an analysis by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW). They are followed by Lithuania, Norway, the United States and the United Kingdom.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly told billionaire Elon Musk that he could use nuclear weapons if Ukraine made an "invasion" of Crimea, Eurasia Group hub CEO Ian Bremmer reported, citing a conversation with the businessman. Musk himself denied this on Twitter.more

NATO is considering organizing a special virtual summit in connection with Russia's missile attacks, its threats to use nuclear weapons and additional mobilization of soldiers, Reuters reports, citing a European diplomat.more

In late September, eight Russians escaped from the announced mobilization by going on a yacht trip from Vladivostok to South Korea. The cruise lasted five days as the men avoided North Korean waters, reported the British daily Guardian behind the BBC's Russian-speaking section.more

British Prime Minister Liz Truss in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly condemned the Russian attacks on civilian areas and assured that they would not reduce the determination to continue providing aid to Kiev.more

The new commander of the Russian invasion force, General Sergei Surovikin, will have to compete with Russia's increasingly fragmented defense ministry, which is poorly equipped given the political goals in Ukraine, the British defense ministry said.more

About the outbreaks, among others In Odessa and Kryvyi Rih, as well as in the Kiev and Vinnytsia oblasts of Ukraine, local authorities and Ukrainian channels in the Telegram messenger reported this morning.more

Russia uses state terrorism; I appeal to the democratic world to immediately recognize it as a terrorist country - informed Ukrainian ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zwarycz. As he emphasized, Ukraine will not be intimidated, it will continue its counteroffensive and increase its efforts to achieve a full victory.more

Unable to stem the losses of his troops on the battlefield, Vladimir Putin has chosen to terrorize and kill ordinary Ukrainians as proof that Russia will not concede defeat in the seven-month war, writes The Guardian newspaper's Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth.more

At least eight people were killed and 24 wounded as a result of Russian rocket attacks on the center of Kiev this morning, according to adviser to Interior Ministry chief Rostyslav Smyrnov. The Russians fired at a children's playground and a museum, among other places, officials relayed. Explosions also occurred in Lviv, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi regions.more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden spoke on the phone yesterday and agreed that Vladimir Putin's recent nuclear threats are "irresponsible" and that the partial mobilization ordered by the Russian leader is a "serious mistake," the German government said.more

EU countries want to train approx. 15 thousand Ukrainian soldiers, the dpa agency informs, citing information from the daily "Spiegel" and "Welt am Sonntag". Appropriate decisions are already taken in this matter in the Political and Security Committee of the EU.more

A member of Putin's inner circle of associates lashed out at the president for criticizing the war in Ukraine and the mistakes being made in it, the Washington Post reported yesterday, citing intelligence service information. This is supposed to be a signal of growing tensions within the Russian government's inner circle.more

Ukraine's Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported today, citing sources, that the explosion that occurred this morning on a bridge built by Russia into annexed Crimea was a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The SBU has not commented on this opinion.more

Ukraine has started a new phase of the offensive in the Kherson Oblast, putting Russians in a dilemma of whether to defend the entire area or concentrate on the most viable parts of the region, the British defense ministry said today.more

A 23-year-old Irish man who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian international legion was killed during a counteroffensive conducted near Kharkiv, his family said. He is the first Irish citizen to die fighting in Ukraine.more

Actually, no one should be compared to Hitler, not even Putin. But the parallels in Hitler's fall to Putin's current situation are striking, notes Nikolaus Blome in the Spiegel weekly. Are these the last days not in Hitler's bunker in Berlin, but somewhere in the Kremlin? - the author wonders.more

In less than two weeks after Vladimir Putin announced mobilization, some 700,000 people left Russia, 200,000 of whom went to Kazakhstan, Forbes magazine reported in its Russian edition. It is unclear how many plan to return.more

UK has the "strategic stamina" to stand by Ukraine until it wins a war with Russia, British Foreign Minister James Cleverly asserted yesterday.more

EU member states last night reached an agreement on an eighth package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, an EU source said. Another diplomatic source said that some details still need to be clarified and this will happen today.more

AerCap, the largest aircraft leasing company in the world, filed a lawsuit in a London court for compensation for 116 aircraft that could not be recovered from Russian airlines following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Financial Times writes. The case may be $ 3.5 billion.more