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☆ 3 Russian soldiers on a supply run were blown up by a grenade when they had a barbecue, got drunk, and started arguing: local reports
  + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Three Russian soldiers were drinking on a supply run when a grenade killed them, per local media. The trio were having a barbecue at a private house when they quarreled and the grenade exploded. Of the five men, two soldiers went inside the house before the explosion, Notepad reported. The other three remained in the yard when the grenade detonated and killed them, the outlet added. AdvertisementAdvertisementVoronezh is a Russian region close to Ukraine, with Rossosh located around 65 miles from the border.
Persons: OPGU Organizations: Service, Central Military District, Russian Telegram, Rossosh, Russia's Defense Ministry Locations: Wall, Silicon, Rossosh, Russia's Voronezh, Voronezh, Russian, Ukraine
☆ Ukraine vows never to forget or forgive on Bucha anniversary
  + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey Gleb Garanich | Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey | Gleb Garanich | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Humanity will prevail," Zelenskiy said, leading a ceremony at which the Ukrainian flag was raised in Bucha. Zelenskiy described Bucha as a "symbol of the atrocities" of Russian occupying forces. Fighting rages on in the east and south of Ukraine, where Russian forces hold swathes of territory captured after they invaded on Feb. 24, 2022. Ukrainian forces have dug in and held out for now in the city of Bakhmut and are expected to launch a counteroffensive soon. This is part of Russia's planned strategy to destroy Ukraine as a state and Ukrainians as a nation," he said.
☆ Russia starts exercises with Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
March 29 (Reuters) - Russia has begun exercises with its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system and several thousand troops, its defence ministry said on Wednesday, in what is likely to be seen as another attempt by Moscow to show off its nuclear strength. President Vladimir Putin has aimed to make the Yars missile system, which replaced the Topol system, part of Russia's "invincible weapons" and the mainstay of the ground-based component of its nuclear arsenal. During the exercises, the Yars mobile systems will conduct manoeuvres in three Russian regions, the ministry said, without identifying the regions. There are few confirmed tactical and technical characteristics of the Yars mobile intercontinental ballistic missile systems, which reportedly have an operational range of 12,000 km (7,500 miles). Since launching an invasion of Ukraine in February last year, Russia has conducted numerous military exercises on its own or with other countries, such as China or South Africa.
☆ Russia appoints new ground forces chief despite hawks' disapproval
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Russia has appointed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin as chief of staff of the country's ground forces, state-owned news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, despite fierce criticism from leading hawks over his performance in Ukraine. Lapin, previously commander of Russia's central military district, was blasted last October by hawkish allies of President Vladimir Putin after Russian forces were driven out of the city of Lyman in eastern Ukraine, a key logistics hub. On Oct. 8, Russia named Air Force General Sergei Surovikin as the overall commander of its forces in Ukraine, shortly after the reported sacking of the commanders of the Eastern and Western military districts. Kadyrov said Lapin should be stripped of his medals and sent to the front with a gun to wash away his shame with blood. Prigozhin backed Kadyrov's comments, saying: "All these bastards should be sent barefoot to the front with automatic guns."
☆ Ukraine shipping hub cheers as Kherson win foils Russian Black Sea hopes
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
That would have cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea entirely, effectively leaving the former Soviet state of 44 million landlocked. Russia no longer has forces on the right, or western, bank of Europe's third largest river that bisects Ukraine and flows into the Black Sea, a vital conduit for Ukrainian grain exports. Rustam Minnekayev, deputy commander of Russia's central military district, said in April they planned to take full control of southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is Ukraine's second biggest port and home to several major grain terminals that have come under attack. Natalia Humeniuk, the Ukraine army's southern command spokesperson, has told residents to remain wary of strikes.
☆ Russia Pulls Commander in Ukraine Following Criticism Over Battlefield Losses
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Thomas Grove | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Russia removed a top military commander in Ukraine following criticism from some of President Vladimir Putin’s top allies over the officer’s responsibility for a recent chaotic retreat in the country’s northeast that underscored Russian weaknesses on the battlefield. Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin , responsible for the Central Military District, Russia’s largest, was the last of Russia’s regional commanders still in place amid Moscow’s faltering invasion. It was unclear whether he had been suspended or removed from his post.
☆ Heavily criticised Russian commander takes three-week holiday, agency says
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The commander of one of Russia's five military districts, heavily criticised for the performance of his troops in Ukraine, is taking a three-week holiday, according to the regional news agency Ura.ru. The Defence Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Russia has made sweeping changes to its military leadership in the last two months as Ukrainian forces have reclaimed thousands of square kilometres in the northeast, east and south from Russian occupation. On Oct. 8 it named Air Force General Sergei Surovikin as the overall commander of Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, shortly after the reported sacking of the commanders of the Eastern and Western military districts. Lapin's stand-in as commander of the Central District is Major-General Alexander Linkov, head of its organisational and mobilisation department, Kommersant said.
☆ Russian roulette: Is Putin serious about nuclear war, or bluffing?
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +14 min
On Oct. 26, President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state television overseeing a practice run of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces. The conflict has revived Cold War-era fears of nuclear war across the region. In August, a Ukrainian official said that 9,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been killed, though another source said the number could be far higher. (President Zelensky previously estimated that 30% of Ukraine's power stations have been damaged or destroyed, although the figure is now likely to be greater.) In a wide-ranging answer, Putin had offered, almost as an aside, that Russian victims of nuclear war "will go to heaven as martyrs" while Western citizens would perish without having "time to repent."
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