Russia-Ukraine crisis

28 Apr

Sleep with me or I’ll get 20 more men: Russian soldier’s threat before raping pregnant teen

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"Either you sleep with me now, or I'll bring 20 more men," were the words of a drunken Russian soldier before allegedly raping a pregnant 16-year-old girl in the Russian-controlled village of Kherson. At the time of the alleged rape, the teen was once six months pregnant, CNN reported. She said the drunken soldiers strangled her to death and threatened to kill her if she protested. The survivor and his family were sheltering in the basement of their residence to escape the bombardment. In the evening when they take the teenagers out for a meal, they are seen with the…

15 Apr

“World War III Has Begun After Sinking Of Moskva”, Says Russian State TV

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Russian kingdom television has declared that World War III has already started out after the sinking of its naval vessel Moskva in the Ukraine war. Though Russia said this was once broken after a fire, Ukraine claimed the savings of destroying the flagship vessel of Moscow's Black Sea Fleet through its Neptune missile.But the sinking of the ship led to meltdown on the Kremlin's primary propaganda mouthpiece Russia 1. Presenter Olga Skabeyeva made the chilling statement, informing the viewers that "what it is escalated into can safely be referred to as World War III" and insisted "that's entirely for sure."…

08 Apr

39 person Killed and 100 Injured In Ukraine Train Station Rocket Attack

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At least 39 people were killed today in a rocket attack on a command station in the Jap Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which was used for civilian evacuation. Russia has denied the attack. At least 39 people, including four children, were killed in Russian rocket fire in eastern Ukraine as civilians tried to flee to safer parts of the country, the country's security services said. In addition, the country's railway company said that more than a hundred were injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Russia as "boundlessly evil" after the rocket attack. “They are brutally destroying the civilian population. It…

01 Apr

Russians fled Chernobyl nuclear plant at ‘first sign of illness’ from radiation, says Ukraine

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Ukrainians have claimed that Russian soldiers fled the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after receiving high levels of radiation. The claims, made by the Ukrainian national power corporation Energoatom, are now being investigated by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog. According to Guardian documents, Energotom said the Russians had dug trenches in a wooded area inside the power plant's exclusion quarter, adding that the soldiers "panicked at the first signs of illness that appeared very quickly and began preparing to leave." Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk also said Russians had been exposed to radiation. Some reports also…

31 Mar

Russian soldiers disobeyed orders, accidentally shot down own aircraft, says UK spy chief

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The head of Britain’s GCHQ secret agent provider said on Wednesday that new brain showed some Russian troopers in Ukraine had refused to lift out orders, sabotaged their personal tools and by accident shot down one of their own aircraft. “We’ve viewed Russian soldiers short of weapons and morale – refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their very own tools and even by accident capturing down their own aircraft,” Fleming said. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed heaps of people, displaced hundreds of thousands and raised fears of a wider disagreement between Russia and the United States. Government…

29 Mar

Seven Dead After Russian Missiles Target Government Building In Mykolaiv, Zelensky Says

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A Russian rocket hit the regional administration of the southern Ukrainian port metropolis of Mykolaiv on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 22, local authorities said. Eighteen of the injured were pulled from the wreckage by rescue workers, who continued to work at the scene, emergency services said in an online post. An image shared by local governor Vitaly Kim confirmed a large gap in the side of the building. On Tuesday, Reuters witnesses saw the wreckage in the distance and ambulances and furnace engines heading to the scene. The neighborhood was once surrounded. "They destroyed half the…

13 Mar

US says, NATO will act if Russia hits alliance members

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White House country wide security adviser Jake Sullivan says Russia will face a response from Nato should any of its attacks in Ukraine pass borders and hit contributors of the safety alliance. Russian missiles on Sunday struck a army training base shut to Ukraine's western border with Nato member Poland and killed 35 people. Sullivan tells CBS News' "Face the Nation" that President Joe Biden "has been clear many times that the United States will work with our allies to defend each inch of Nato territory and that ability each inch." Sullivan says a navy assault on Nato territory would…

11 Mar

Air India flight carrying students evacuated from Sumy lands in Delhi

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An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy landed in Delhi this Friday morning. The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday. India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 students evacuated from Sumy. According to the officials, another flight is expected to land in Delhi around 8.40 am. According to the details shared by the students, the first flight was for first, second, and third-year students. The second flight is for fourth and fifth-year students and…

10 Mar

US warns of Russian chemical weapons attack in Ukraine

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The United States on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that it helps a bioweapons application in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a signal that Moscow ought to soon use the weapons themselves. "The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and organic weapons things to do in Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price stated in a statement. "Russia is inventing false pretexts in an strive to justify its very own horrific actions in Ukraine." White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated the claims have been "preposterous" and cited that "we've also viewed Chinese…

08 Mar

Russia Ukraine Conflict: Fearing Supply Crunch, Indians Stock Up Edible Oil, Fuel

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Fearing a supply crunch in safe to eat oil amid the ongoing Russian military offensive in Ukraine, Indians are stocking up on the kitchen staple, while a consolidation in global crude prices would possibly on the spot the central government to raise fuel expenditures as the assembly elections conclude in the key states. A upward jostle of more than 20 per cent in the fit to be eaten oil costs in less than a month and the pretend viral messages on social media regarding its scarcity have induced panic buying in India, which takes care of over two-thirds of its…