Tag: Russian President Vladimir Putin

Ukraine’s Kyiv area hit by Iranian-made kamikaze drones!

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Ukrainian officials said, on Thursday, that Russian forces used Iranian-made kamikaze drones to attack the Ukrainian capital and regions of Odessa and bombed other regions with missiles, while Moscow punished the country for the fourth day after a truck bomb attack on a bridge to the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia. A raid was conducted near Makarev, a small town 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Kyiv, and destroyed vital infrastructure. Across the metropolitan area, residents whose lives had returned to normal when the war moved east months ago were…

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Russian attack on Ukraine news: Missiles strike hits Zaporizhzhia school, homes; war death toll rises from latest attack by Russia!

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Kyiv, Ukraine – A new round of missile attacks hit the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia on Tuesday, as the death toll in a large-scale Russian missile attack the previous day across Ukraine rose to 19. City Council Secretary Anatoly Kortev said that rockets hit a school, a medical facility and apartment buildings in Zaporozhye. The State Emergency Service said 12 S-300 missiles landed on public facilities, sparking a major fire in the area. One person was killed. The S-300 was originally designed as a long-range surface-to-air missile. Russia has…

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Russia-Ukraine: 3 killed in Crimea bridge blast, official says!

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An explosion partially collapsed the bridge linking Crimea to Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb killed three people. The head of the Kremlin-backed regional parliament in Crimea immediately accused Ukraine of being behind the blast, although Moscow did not assign blame. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge and some have praised the destruction, but Kyiv has not claimed responsibility. The bombing came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin turned…

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Biden says Russia-Ukraine war puts threat of nuclear ‘Armageddon’ at highest level since Cuban Missile Crisis!

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New York — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the dangers of nuclear “Armageddon” have reached the highest level since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, as Russian officials talk about the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at a Democratic Senate campaign committee fundraiser, Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “a man I know fairly well” and that the Russian leader “wasn’t joking when he talked about using tactical nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.” “We haven’t faced…

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Putin wouldn’t survive nuclear attack!

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that it was “difficult to say” whether the risk of nuclear war had increased with his army’s gains on the ground, but he was still confident that his Russian counterpart would not survive such an escalation of hostilities. Zelensky was addressing the Lowy Institute, an international research institute in Sydney, via a video link, after the Ukrainian military reclaimed land illegally annexed by Russia last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to fend off…

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President Vladimir Putin signed laws that claimed four regions of Ukraine as Russia’s territory!

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws declaring four regions of Ukraine to be Russian territory as his country’s military struggled on Wednesday to control the illegally annexed regions. The documents for ending the annexation, which were carried out in violation of international laws, were published on a website of the Russian government. In a bold move, the Kremlin has kept the door open for further land grabs in Ukraine. “Certain areas will be retaken and we will continue to consult residents who will be eager to embrace Russia,” Kremlin spokesman…

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Pope warns of nuclear war risk; appeals to Putin on Ukraine!

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Vatican City – Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire, pleading with him to “stop the spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, and denouncing the “ridiculous” risks of the “uncontrollable” consequences of a nuclear attack as tensions rise sharply. during the war. Francis made his strongest plea yet over the seventh-month conflict, which he denounced as “a mistake and a horror.” It was the first time he publicly referred to Putin’s role in the war. The Pope also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

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Ukraine says Russians shell evacuation convoy, killing 20!

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Kyiv, Ukraine – On Saturday, a senior Ukrainian official said, Russian forces bombed a civilian evacuation convoy in the country’s northeast, killing 20 people. The bombing escalated after Moscow illegally annexed a swathe of Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of the war. The governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Senehubov, said the convoy was bombed in the Kobyani region, describing the attack on people who were trying to flee the area to avoid being bombarded as “unjustifiable cruelty”. Russian forces have not acknowledged or commented on the attack, apparently…

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Putin declares Ukrainian regions part of Russia, defies West!

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Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties on Friday to annex parts of Ukraine in defiance of international law, pledging to protect the newly merged regions “by all available means” in another escalation of the country’s seven-month invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded by saying that his country was submitting a “rapid” application to join NATO’s military alliance. Putin urged Ukraine to sit down for peace talks, but immediately insisted he would not discuss returning the occupied territories – keeping him on a collision course with the Ukrainian…

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Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship by Putin; former NSA contractor has been living in Russia to escape US prosecution!

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Snowden, a former NSA contractor, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former US security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday. Snowden is one of 75 foreigners listed in the decree as being granted Russian citizenship. The decree was published on an official government website. In this photo provided by The Guardian, Edward Snowden speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. The Guardian via Getty…

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