Russian official Says peace deal must exclude Ukraine from Nato.

Updated by Faith Barbara.N.Ruhinda at 7:53 EAT Monday 17th March 2025 Russia will seek guarantees that Nato will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said. “We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Alexander Grushko told Russian media…

Ukrainian drones hit oil depots in Russia’s Rostov, Kirov oblasts.

Ukrainian drones operated by military intelligence (HUR) targeted oil depots overnight in Russia’s Rostov and Kirov oblasts on August 28, as confirmed by a HUR source to the Kyiv Independent. The first attack occurred in Kirov Oblast, approximately 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) from the Ukrainian border, igniting a fire at two oil tanks. Kirov Oblast…

Analysis; Russia falls back on urban siege warfare in Ukraine.

Sequential urban sieges are brutally effective, but ensure lasting hatred from the population and make long-term political success unlikely. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1019 EAT on Thursday 24/03/2022. One month after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has failed to execute a swift takeover of its neighbour and install…