Ukraine has shared a video claiming to show a special operation on a Dnipro River island. Using speed boats and drones, Ukrainian special forces are said to have headed towards the Russian-held island, firing weapons as they drew closer. Read more:
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In a Telegram post by the Ukrainian president, the report added the protection of nuclear power plants and Ukraine's northern border were also discussed. In its latest update, it said a prominent Russian milblogger has also claimed Ukrainian forces captured a Russian stronghold north east of Robotyne, a village in Zaporizhzhia.
However, instead Russia appears to be massing forces in the Donbas in preparation for a further offensive push of its own. Why? However, mindful that Putin will have been shocked and angered by the apparent ease by which Prigozhin was able to march towards Moscow on his ill-fated rebellion, he will undoubtedly want to bolster his Russian domestic security – which would again dilute the military options in Ukraine.
"The conscripts master the skills of moving on the battlefield and tactical shooting, gaining knowledge in engineering training and tactical medicine," the ministry added onThe leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was exiled to Belarus after his aborted armed rebellion last month. His fighters were given the option to join him, retire, or merge with the Russian army as part of the deal that ended the mutiny.
The routes used to transport Western military aid are kept secret in Ukraine but equipment is often seen passing through eastern Poland. Russia has withdrawn almost all its troops from Belarus, Ukraine's state border guard service has said. "Fortunately, the number of Russian soldiers in Belarusian training areas has been steadily decreasing," the service's spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said at a news briefing, according to Kyiv Independent.
In a statement shared with Sky News, Lithuania's foreign affairs ministry confirmed NAFO had received the award. Read more on the group's work below...The West is sponsoring"nuclear terrorism", Russia has claimed after authorities reported a Ukrainian strike on a small town with a nuclear power station.
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