New evidence — including three videos obtained by The New York Times — shows how Russian paratroopers rounded up and executed at least eight Ukrainian men in Bucha on March 4, a likely war crime.
The American Institute for the Study of War announced a change in the tactics of the occupiers: referring to US officials.
The arrival of units of Russia's so-called "Orenburg Cossack Army" in the occupied territories of the Luhansk region has been documented. According to Prava Sprava's local sources, the Cossacks will be involved in maintaining public order and protecting infrastructure in the occupied territories of the Luhansk region.
The historian Ian Kershaw said that to define fascism is like trying to nail jelly to the wall. As it is difficult to describe fascism, it is often easier to visualise it as a swastika, Hitler and his moustache, black shirts, or brown uniforms. After WWII, the colour of fascism was red.
"I fired at him, he fell. We went further, Russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin told the Security Service of Ukraine.
Russia plans to mobilize nearly 60,000 men in the occupied territories of the Luhansk region, and the age limit has been raised from 55 to 65 years. The mobilized are used as cannon fodder.
Kremlin propagandists, like their leader, continue to threaten the West with nuclear weapons: what missile systems does Russia actually have, and how does the civilized world respond to Russian threats? Russia's new threats: Putin has "warned" of retaliatory strikes against Ukraine's allies, and Kremlin propagandists are debating the implications of using ballistic missiles against the United Kingdom and the United States. Is this a bluff, or does Russia's leader truly believe in the parallel reality he has created? And what else can one expect from a sick "neighbor"?
In the Luhansk region and Mariupol, the occupiers are using indiscriminate weapons, destroying entire neighborhoods, and shelling humanitarian corridors. A humanitarian corridor for Azovstal residents is currently under consideration. Will Ukraine be able to save the residents of Mariupol, which has been suffering for a long time? Ways to solve this extremely difficult problem, in my opinion, exist and are available through international diplomacy. We have enough time to do it.
I first came to Turkey in 2014 to work. Russia's war against Ukraine had only recently begun, and the invasion of Crimea was on everyone's mind. At the time, many of my Turkish friends asked me a question that both moved and perplexed me: "What kind of nation are you?" They take your country's lands away from you, and you hand over Crimea to the Russians without a fight? There were, in fact, explanations for this.
After Russian aggression towards Ukraine, Turkey closed off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to all warships from any country. Turkey acquired its authority on the straits from the Montreux Convention which is the latest of the eight treaties governing the straits . Here is the brief history of how the agreements that govern the Straits evolved through conflicts and how it influences war in Ukraine.
Military defeats and massive losses faced by the occupiers in the Lugansk region demotivate soldiers of the Russian Federation's armed forces. The occupiers refuse to return to the war in Ukraine, considering massive losses in the Russian army. To compensate for a lack of personnel, the Kremlin is forcibly mobilizing residents of the temporarily occupied territories.
Men aged 18 to 60 are being forced to fight en masse on the side of the Russians in the occupied territories of the Luhansk regions. Putin is short on cannon fodder. Some experts believe Russia will declare a general mobilization. Otherwise, the occupying forces simply lack personnel.