Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country’s troops to completely seize Ukraine’s already-partially occupied Donetsk and Luhansk provinces by March, a representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) claimed. There are already signs that Russia is preparing for a new offensive in the Donbas, a Ukrainian region that includes … Read more
The Russian army has been accused of forcibly mobilizing Ukrainian citizens living in temporarily occupied regions to fight alongside Moscow’s troops, according to a report. Speaking at a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform, Olha Skrypnyk, Chairperson of the Board at the Crimean Human Rights Group, said men in the regions of Donetsk and … Read more
Iran has confirmed that it does not support Russia’s war in Ukraine despite its close ties with Moscow. Speaking in an interview with TRT World published Thursday, Iran’s foreign affairs minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said they do not recognize Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions, namely the Crimean Peninsula, Luhansk and Donetsk. “We oppose the war … Read more
Russia is mobilizing residents of occupied parts of Ukraine to replenish losses in its invasion, the Ukrainian military claimed. A new wave of mobilization was reported since Monday in the city of Alchevsk in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Thursday situation report. “To replenish … Read more
In a move that will block people from Russian-occupied or recognized territories in Ukraine and Georgia from obtaining a visa or crossing the borders of the Schengen Area, the European Union (EU) has announced that it will not recognize Russian passports issued in these regions . “This decision is a response to Russia’s unprovoked and … Read more
Escalating the threat of nuclear confrontation, the Kremlin has said the four regions it annexed from Ukraine fall under Russia’s nuclear protection. “All those territories are an inseparable part of Russia, and therefore all of them are under [our] protection,” the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday when asked whether the regions fall under the … Read more
Zurich [Switzerland], August 11 (ANI): The economy, public health, and food production are just a few of the effects of simultaneous extreme heat and drought events. Additionally, as a result of the intricate socioeconomic connections, such extreme events may have a domino effect, according to research from the University of Zurich. To increase the resilience … Read more
Washington [US]July 4 (ANI): A new study of ancient mass extinction suggests that ancient high latitudes, to which early dinosaurs were largely relegated, regularly froze over, and that the creatures adapted an apparent key to their later dominance. We know that the world was generally hot and steamy during the Triassic Period, which preceded the … Read more
SYDNEY, May 9 (Xinhua) — Residents in eastern parts of Australia are being warned to prepare for heavy rain and potential flooding this week, as the states of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) are facing renewed flood warnings. The Queensland Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said on Monday that showers and thunderstorms with possible heavy … Read more