Russia is having to entice Asian migrant workers with big-money bonuses and fast-track citizenship in an attempt to hit its recruitment target for the war in Ukraine, according to UK intelligence. Mosques…
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Russian Shelling Wounds Eight People in Ukraine’s Kherson Region – Official
by Myint Nyanby Myint NyanKYIV, May 8 (Reuters) – Russian artillery shelling wounded eight people, including a nine-year-old boy in two villages in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson on Monday, regional officials said. Six…
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Ukraine Fears Its Long-awaited Counter-offensive Will Not Live Up to the Hype and Will Put Pressure on Them to Negotiate With Putin
Senior Ukrainian officials have raised concerns the long-anticipated offensive to reclaim occupied territories in the south and east of the country could fall flat. After a failed Russian winter offensive led to…
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Latest Ukraine Satellite Images Reveal Devastation of Russian Invasion
by Deepak Mirzaby Deepak MirzaAt the end of April, Google partially updated its map of Ukraine. Even though the latest images probably date from March 2022, the scale of destruction in the first weeks…
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Russia Hits Ukraine With Huge Barrage of Iranian-made Drones
Russia hammered Ukraine with a new barrage of missiles and drones in the early hours of Monday morning, as Moscow gears up to celebrate victory over the Nazis in World…
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Ukraine Changes Combat Bonus System, Soldiers Warn it Might Lower Morale
by Myint Nyanby Myint NyanAn overhaul of how the military determines bonus pay may cause more harm than good, six servicemen from multiple brigades told the Kyiv Independent. This change, which came into force…
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Russia in Firing Line of Top Un Rights Meet; Myanmar Human Rights Issue Another Big Topic
GENEVA, Feb 27, 2023 (AFP): Russia’s war in Ukraine looms large as the UN Human Rights Council meets Monday, with calls for unity in condemning Moscow and extending a probe…
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How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down
by Ag Kan Kyawby Ag Kan KyawAt about 1am on February 24 last year, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, received a troubling phone call. After spending months building up a more than 100,000-strong invasion force on…
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Russia at War: Bakhmut still holds
London, Brussels (14/2 – 17) Pu·to·ni·a /ˈpo͞otəˈnēə/ Pu·to·ni·an /ˈpo͞otəˈnēyən/ (Noun: A state of dictatorship under the self-illusion of recreating a status quo by force to impose an ideology on others)…