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Russian military accused of ‘executing’ Ukrainian surrenderers
According to a new report by an international rights organization, it appears that Ukrainian soldiers who attempted to surrender or had already surrendered since December 2023 were executed by Russian forces. According to a report released on Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an investigation into the actions should be conducted as war crimes.
Russia arrests corruption-linked deputy defence minister
Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov was apprehended by Russia on charges of organized corruption, constituting the most prominent case since the commencement of Russia's full-scale military campaign against Ukraine. Russia's Investigative Committee issued a brief statement on Wednesday, attributing the arrest to a statute that prohibits accepting gratuities "on a particularly large scale" and stating that the incident occurred overnight.
Government accepts Russian, Belarusian athletes despite previous stance
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer stated a year ago that the International Olympic Committee was not going far enough, but she now states that the United Kingdom is satisfied with the competition's administrators' proposed conditions. The United Kingdom government's acceptance of Russian and Belarusian athletes' eligibility to compete at the 2024 Olympics has prompted accusations of a U-turn.
Russia missile strike on Chernihiv kills 18
Local authorities report that 18 individuals were slain in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine as a result of a Russian missile strike. As per the statement of the city's mayor, the attack on an eight-story building in a densely populated area injured over sixty people, three of whom were minors. Officials reported that three missiles had struck in the vicinity of the city's core.
More than 50,000 Russians die in Ukrainian ‘meat grinder’
Research indicates that Russian military casualties in the conflict with Ukraine have surpassed fifty thousand. Wednesday marked the release of the death toll, which has been tallied since February 2022, when Moscow's forces invaded the neighbouring state. The BBC noted that the rate of casualties increased in the second year of the conflict.
Russia strikes damage key Kyiv power plant
Early Thursday morning, Russian strikes destroyed a key power plant near Kyiv, according to the energy company Centrenergo. Officials stated that the Trypillya power plant supplied the most electricity to three regions, including Kyiv. "The magnitude of the devastation is horrifying," stated Andriy Hota, chairman of Centrenergo.
October release of Alexey Navalny’s memoir
According to his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, the autobiography that Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny penned before his death will be published later this year. This revelation reveals the existence of a text that Navalny's inner circle had concealed for years. Navalny, who passed away in February at the age of 47 in an Arctic prison, aspired to be elected president of Russia and was the most ardent domestic critic of Vladimir Putin.
Moscow mourns concert shooting; Putin’s response awaited
New Arbat Avenue in Moscow is lined with some of the country's largest video displays. Today, each one is exhibiting an enormous candle accompanied by the Russian phrase "Skorbim" (which translates to "We mourn"). The casualties of the Crocus City Hall massacre are mourned in Russia. The ultimate death toll is unknown. An ongoing search for corpses ensues.
‘Maximally pragmatic’: Central Asia handles Russia’s Ukraine war
"I wholeheartedly support a straightforward annexation of all territories from which labor migrants arrive to instruct them in Russian precisely where they are." Zakhar Prilepin, a novelist who fought for separatists in Ukraine's Donbas region and is now co-chair of A Just Russia, a pro-Kremlin socialist party, stated at a December news conference in Moscow, "Not here, but in Uzbekistan, for instance."
Russia frees five Ukrainian children after Qatar mediates
Nearly 30,000 children, according to Ukraine, have been deported or forcibly removed from their families by Russia. Five Ukrainian children have been repatriated to Kyiv by Russia, while thousands more are believed to be in Moscow's custody. Following mediation at the Qatari embassy in Moscow, six children were reunited with their families, according to a report by the Russian news agency TASS.