This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024, shows Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister, in Moscow. Ivanov, a top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Ivanov, one of Russia’s 12 deputy defense ministers, was […]
Ukraine has brought back another 100 Ukrainians from Russian captivity in the most recent prisoner swap with Russia. Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media; Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Telegram Quote from Zelenskyy: “Another 100 Ukrainians are back home, in Ukraine. National guardsmen, border guards and soldiers from […]
A report published by Human Rights Watch, Ukrainian human rights organization Truth Hounds, and SITU Research on Feb. 8 identifies 17 military units that took part in Russia’s assault on Mariupol at the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The city came under siege by Russian forces between February and May […]
Lieutenant Colonel Denys ‘Redis’ Prokopenko, Commander of the Azov 12th Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, has said that over 900 Azov fighters who defended Mariupol in spring 2022 remain in Russian captivity. He has urged relevant officials and agencies to make every effort to free them. Source: Denys Prokopenko on Facebook […]
Laying out the horrors of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, documentary “20 days in Mariupol” was on Tuesday nominated for an Oscar. Almost two years on from the start of Russia’s attack, the film recounts the dying days of a major city. “Wars start with silence”, filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov says on day […]
The municipality of Modena revoked the permission for an event on the “rebirth” of Mariupol after Russia’s brutal siege, which was to be held in a civic hall on Jan. 20, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko reported on Jan. 9. The Russian Cultural Association of Emilia Romagna announced on Jan. 3 that an event […]
Russian propagandists plan to hold an event in the Italian city of Modena on Jan. 20 about the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, with the aim of normalizing the Russian occupation there, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on Jan. 9. The Russian propagandists are reportedly planning to spread disinformation about citizens in […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned an event on the “rebirth” of Mariupol after Russia’s brutal siege, planned by an Italian pro-Russian association, as propaganda and a provocation, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Jan. 4, citing Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko. The Russian Cultural Association of Emilia Romagna announced on Jan. 3 that an event would be held […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has described a propagandistic event due to be held in the Italian city of Modena as a provocation. The event claims that the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is “being rapidly rebuilt” after being occupied by Russia. Source: European Pravda with reference to a statement by Oleh Nikolenko, spokesperson […]
An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian’s army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo Russia’s months-long siege and bombardment of Mariupol saw the city reduced to rubble. Interviews with two Ukrainians — a soldier and the mother of two soldiers — revealed scenes of intense combat. The […]
Ukraine’s anti-aircraft missile system downed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber jet near the occupied Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported on Dec. 24. The Sukhoi Su-34 is a twin-seat jet. The Air Force didn’t specify whether there were two pilots or one. Oleshchuk also said the Air Force launched a missile at […]
An ophthalmologist from Mariupol has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia for treason, Ukraine’s SBU security service reported on Telegram on Dec. 15. Amid fierce battles for the city in March 2022, she betrayed to Russian forces seven wounded Ukrainian soldiers who were admitted to the local hospital where she was employed. Following […]