Russian soldiers using rape as ‘military strategy’, UN says

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Foreign Ministry Press Service / RIA Novosti / flickr.

The Russian army is using sexual violence against women as a “tactic of war” in Ukraine, according to Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative on Sexual [Read More…]

UK warns of possible Putin military target that could be GPS and communications satellites

CNES Space agency Bourget 2011
CNES Space agency at Bourget salon 2011. Photo: Thomas Bonnecarrere.

The war in Ukraine is actually the scene of a global conflict involving NATO blocs and Russia on different scales. The United Kingdom has warned [Read More…]

Ukrainian forces encircle thousands of Russian troops in Liman

Armored column of pro-Russian troops destroyed
Armored column of pro-Russian troops destroyed. Photo: Ukrainian soldiers, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. CC BY 4.0.

The annexation signed this Friday by Putin and not recognized by the international community of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporiyia to Russia has not diminished [Read More…]

30 killed, 88 wounded in Russian 16-missile attack on humanitarian convoy in Zaporiyia

Movement of heavy weaponry in eastern Ukraine
Movement of heavy weaponry in eastern Ukraine. Photo: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. CC BY 2.0.

The death toll in Friday’s Russian missile attack on a humanitarian convoy in Zaporiyia, southern Ukraine, has risen to 30, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office [Read More…]

Putin plans to announce on Friday the annexation of Ukrainian territories that have held referendums

Ukrainian soldier during the crisis in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldier during the crisis in Ukraine Photo: Bem photography / flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

The UK intelligence services consider that there is “a realistic possibility” that the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, will announce on Friday the formal annexation [Read More…]

Several Russian recruitment centers attacked with Molotov cocktails

Russian police forces in Moscow suppress the demonstrations of peaceful protesters
Russian police forces in Moscow suppress the demonstrations of peaceful protesters. Photo: Ilya Varlamov / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

The Russian citizens continue to protest in the streets of some localities of the country to show their rejection to the partial mobilization announced a [Read More…]

More than 1,400 arrested in Russia protests against Putin’s call for mobilization

Russian Police car in Moscow
Car of Russian Police is in a rainy day in Moscow. Photo: Pavel Medzyun.

Seven months after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the streets of several Russian cities have been chanting “no to war”. Russian citizens [Read More…]

Putin announces ‘partial mobilization’ of Russian citizens for Ukraine war

Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller
Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. Photo: The Presidential Press and Information Office / kremlin.ru. CC BY 4.0.

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, announced on Wednesday a “partial mobilization” of the civilian population in the middle of the war in Ukraine, where [Read More…]