Ukrainian officials insisted they still control parts of Bakhmut after Russian forces claimed victory in the bloody, months-long siege of the eastern city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said Russia “destroyed everything” in the flashpoint city of Bakhmut. “You have to understand that there is nothing,” Zelenskyy told reporters at the G7 summit in…
Category: Russia-Ukraine War
Russia ‘massively’ attacks Ukraine in latest round of raids
Russia launches 76 missiles on least four cities in new attack on Ukraine’s infrastructure with casualties reported. Russia launched at least 76 missiles at Ukrainian energy facilities and other infrastructure in its latest wave of deadly attacks that have caused widespread power outages across the country. The bombardment on Friday hit at least four cities, killing at…
Ukraine war: Eighth wave of Russian missile attacks
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Russia has fired a barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine for the eighth time in eight weeks. Significant disruption to the power grid was reported, mainly in the east. In the south, Odesa was without power. Ukraine says four people were killed. But the…
Putin signs decree to increase size of Russian Armed Forces
President orders Russian military to increase its number of soldiers by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase its number of soldiers by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million servicemen amid Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. Putin’s decree, which takes effect on January…
Russia’s Missing Defense Minister Resurfaces.
Updated at 2255 EAT on 02nd June 2022. For 12 days , Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared to vanish from public life. His troops were fighting and dying in Ukraine, but Shoigu, a senior aide and friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s, was nowhere to be seen. Some suggested, without evidence, that he had…
Russia Makes ‘Plodding’ Advances In East; U.S. Sends More Than 12 Flights Of Arms, Equipment
Updated at 0955 EAT on 30th April 2022 Russian military advances in Donbas are “slow and uneven,” the Pentagon said Friday, even as the Kremlin concentrates on eastern Ukraine. The “plodding progress” partially reflects Russia’s decision to avoid stretching its supply lines in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance, according to Washington, and might be…
Ukraine Retakes Whole Kyiv Region As Russian Troops Pull Back
Updated at 0828 EAT on 03 April 2022. Ukraine’s defence ministry says its forces have seized control of the Kyiv region from Russian troops as officials warned that the departing soldiers were creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving behind mines. The announcement on Saturday marks the first time Ukraine has claimed control of…
Some Prominent Russians Quit Jobs, Refuse To Support War
Updated at 1111 EAT on 25th March 2022. A number of public figures have condemned the invasion of Ukraine and left their posts at state-run institutions and companies, which could signal divisions in Russia’s official ranks over the war. So far there have been no indications that the resignations have reached into Putin’s inner circle….
Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy Calls For Global Protests
By Updated at 1121 EAT on 24th March 2022. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second month, The president of Ukraine Zelenskyy calls for global solidarity and urges NATO to provide Kyiv with ‘effective and unrestricted’ aid. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for global protests to demand an end to the Russian invasion. He also…
Boris Plans Face-To-Face Meeting With Biden To Plot Ukraine Endgame
Updated at 1316 EAT on 18th March 2022. Boris Johnson is planning a face-to-face meeting with Joe Biden to plot the endgame’ in Ukraine after crisis rejuvenated the Special Relationship. The PM is expected to hold talks with the US president at a Nato summit in Brussels next week, amid speculation that Britain could end up acting…
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