Russian forces struck the nationally significant 18th-century historical site of Kamianska Sich in Kherson Oblast with three powerful hits, the Culture Ministry reported on Feb 2. Russia has already damaged or destroyed over 120 nationally significant monuments since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to UNESCO, Russia’s war has damaged at least 337 cultural sites […]
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Cossack MacGyver – Ukrainian soldier downs Russian cruise missile with just a machine gun – video
During Russia’s massive missile attack on Ukraine on Jan. 23, a Ukrainian soldier destroyed a cruise missile using a Browning machine gun, reported General Serhiy Naev on Telegram, along with a video of the incident. Mobile fire groups intercepted several enemy cruise missiles in the northern operational zone, including one that was impressively downed with […]
Russians forming a new pseudo-volunteer “Cossack’ battalion – National Resistance Center
Russian invaders are concealing mobilization under the guise of forming “volunteer battalions”and utilizing them in the war propaganda, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on Dec. 21. One of these “volunteer battalions” being formed by Russia is the Donetsk Battalion, which, according to the NRC data, is actually a unit of contracted mercenaries, recruited in the Russia’s Krasnodar Krai. This battalion is subordinated to […]