December 2, 2023
The Kremlin is worried about the political impact of war disaffection leading up to the 2024 presidential election, according to a US think tank. ADVERTISEMENT Support for the Ukraine war in Russia has hit rock bottom, according to a recent poll. The independent pollster Chronicle found that the number of Russians who fully support the invasion
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Key Points: Russian President, Vladimir Putin plans to increase the number of troops in Ukraine by fifteen percent. Improving weather conditions have enabled Russian forces to intensify their assault. Ukrainian troop are continuing to fend of Russia troops. Russia said on 1 December its troops were advancing in every section of the Ukrainian front, despite
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In two weeks, the EU Council in Brussels will decide whether accession talks should begin with Ukraine and Moldova. ADVERTISEMENT Speaking with Euronews Serbia, Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday that the European Union’s accession process should be much quicker than it’s been for other candidate countries in the Western Balkans. Accession talks
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will back Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia for “as long as it takes.” The military alliance pledged this week to continue offering its continuous support to the Eastern European nation following a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on the second day of the organization’s Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting.
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But a Ukrainian commander insisted the country’s military was “firmly holding the lines”. ADVERTISEMENT Russia’s army is advancing “in all directions” in Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed on Friday. His comments come as Russian forces ramp up pressure on the eastern front, following Kyiv’s largely unsuccessful summer counteroffensive. “Our military is acting with
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“Nobody wants to be on the frontline,” one expert told Euronews, highlighting the grizzly impact of bitter weather on soldiers and civilians. ADVERTISEMENT Winter has only just arrived, but it has already brought an array of difficulties to the Ukraine war. Armies on both sides are being affected and Ukrainian civilians too. “Spare a thought
READ MORERussian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said Thursday, killing at least two people and burying families under rubble as the Kremlin’s forces continued to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons. Russian military units simultaneously launched six S-300 missiles toward the Donetsk region during the night, according
READ MORERussian forces were ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, as they vie to secure elusive territorial gains before the end of the year. Despite the frontlines having barely shifted in 2023, fighting has remained intense, with the nearly encircled industrial town of Avdiivka the latest major flashpoint. Russia launched
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BRUSSELS — Washington’s battle over aid to Israel and Ukraine — should it be one, both or neither? — moved to the largest of global stages this week when senior U.S. and European diplomats attempted to make the case for waging two wars at once. The foreign ministers of the NATO transatlantic alliance, the cornerstone of
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Marianna Budanova is now recovering in hospital, where blood tests have reportedly revealed heavy metal poisoning. ADVERTISEMENT The wife of Ukraine’s intelligence chief is reportedly in hospital receiving treatment for heavy metal poisoning. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence (GUR) said on Tuesday that several people had been poisoned at its headquarters in Kyiv, including Marianna Budanova, the wife
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