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☆ The Violent Homecoming of Russian Convicts Freed to Fight in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In early August, police in Russia’s rural northwest were called to the scene of a mass murder. In the charred remains of two homes set ablaze hours earlier, they found the burned, mutilated bodies of six local residents. News of the massacre shook Derevyannoye, a village of 1,200 people, where sailing boats bob in Onega Lake and the border with Finland is a three-hour drive away. What was most shocking was the identity of one of the two suspects: a repeat offender freed from a maximum-security prison to fight in Ukraine.

Locations: Onega Lake, Finland, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine’s Zelensky Orders Construction of Defenses to Hold Back Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could not allow the world to forget about war in his country as attention shifts to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/Associated PressUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the construction of an extensive network of fortifications aimed at holding back Russian forces, signaling a switch to the defensive posture after a monthslong Ukrainian counteroffensive yielded only small gains. Zelensky’s message in a video address late Thursday is the clearest official acknowledgment that Ukraine faces a hard winter defending the territory it holds, with little immediate prospect of major advances against the nearly 20% of its land occupied by Russia. Instead, as the war approaches a third year, Ukraine is digging in just as winter starts to bite, with Russia pursuing grinding military offensives in the east and northeast.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Efrem Organizations: Associated Press Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Russia

☆ American Paul Whelan Assaulted in Russian Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Paul Whelan standing inside a defendant’s cage during a hearing in Moscow three years ago. Photo: maxim shemetov/ReutersPaul Whelan, a U.S. citizen who has been held in Russia since 2018, was assaulted by a fellow inmate after a conflict at his prison east of Moscow, according to the Russian prison service and Whelan’s family. The former U.S. Marine and corporate security executive from Novi, Mich., who is serving a 16-year prison sentence on espionage charges he denies, was taken to the prison’s medical unit on Tuesday with a graze under his eye following a minor altercation with another prisoner, Russia’s state news agency RIA said.

Persons: Paul Whelan, Reuters Paul Whelan, RIA Organizations: Reuters, U.S . Marine Locations: Moscow, U.S, Russia, Novi, Mich

☆ Ukraine Seeks to Reignite Counteroffensive With Daring River Crossings
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KHERSON, Ukraine—Ukrainian marines slip across the Dnipro River at night in small groups to reinforce a growing contingent of troops engaged in a daring operation to reinvigorate Kyiv’s military efforts in the occupied south. They have established three toeholds in and around villages on the eastern bank of the river in recent weeks, cutting off a road Russia uses to supply troops in the area, according to soldiers involved in the operation. The Ukrainians are hunkered down in basements and trenches and heavily outnumbered. Their hold is precarious.

Locations: KHERSON, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russia

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych made his first public appearance since disappearing last weekend. At a press conference in Rostov on Don, Russia, Yanukovych struck a defiant tone. Photo: APThe European Union will recommend on Wednesday that the bloc begins membership talks with Ukraine soon, boosting President Volodymyr Zelensky , who has made EU accession a central goal. Even though membership talks would take years to complete, a positive EU recommendation would offer Zelensky and Ukraine rare good news at a tense time.

Persons: Viktor Yanukovych, Yanukovych, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: European Union Locations: Rostov, Don, Russia, Ukraine, Zelensky

☆ Ukraine Damages Russian Cruise Missile Carrier In Latest Strike on Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

According to one Ukrainian retired naval officer, only one Russian cruise missile carrier was docked in Kerch on Saturday—the Askold, as seen during a launching ceremony in 2021. Photo: Sergei Malgavko/TASS/Zuma PressMoscow said a Ukrainian strike had damaged a Russian ship moored in occupied Crimea, the latest sign that Ukraine’s stepped-up attacks are dealing further blows to the Russian Navy. Russia’s statement came after Ukraine’s Air Force on Saturday said it had launched cruise missiles at a shipbuilding facility in Kerch, in east Crimea, that had damaged one of Russia’s most modern cruise missile carriers. The hit to the ship came as Ukraine’s top military commanders describe the battlefield situation as a stalemate.

Persons: Sergei Malgavko, Zuma Press Moscow, Ukraine’s Organizations: Zuma Press, Russian Navy, Ukraine’s Air Force Locations: Kerch, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea

☆ Ukraine Damages Russian Cruise Missile Carrier In Latest Strike On Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

According to one Ukrainian retired naval officer, only one Russian cruise missile carrier was docked in Kerch on Saturday—the Askold, as seen during a launching ceremony in 2021. Photo: Sergei Malgavko/Zuma PressMoscow said a Ukrainian strike had damaged a Russian ship moored in occupied Crimea, the latest sign that Ukraine’s stepped-up attacks are dealing further blows to the Russian Navy. Russia’s statement came after Ukraine’s Air Force on Saturday said it had launched cruise missiles at a shipbuilding facility in Kerch, in east Crimea, that had damaged one of Russia’s most modern cruise missile carriers. The hit to the ship came as Ukraine’s top military commanders describe the battlefield situation as a stalemate.

Persons: Sergei Malgavko, Zuma Press Moscow, Ukraine’s Organizations: Zuma Press, Russian Navy, Ukraine’s Air Force Locations: Kerch, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea

☆ Ukraine Targets Russia’s Big Guns to Blast a Path Forward
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Photographs Joseph Sywenkyj For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia’s Army Learns From Its Mistakes in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ South Caucasus Conflict Reveals Signs of Russia’s Crumbling Influence in Its Own Backyard
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Thomas Grove | Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Strikes on Ukraine’s Infrastructure Signal Another Winter of Blackouts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Azerbaijan Launches Assaults in Disputed Region on Russia’s Doorstep
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Thomas Grove | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Putin Calls Trump Charges Political ‘Persecution’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia Seeks to Create Illusion of Democracy in Occupied Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian Private Military Companies Move to Take Over Wagner Fighters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Benoit Faucon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian Pilot Describes Defection to Ukraine, Urges Others to Follow
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Nikita Nikolaienko | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia Confirms Death of Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia Replaces Commander Detained After Mutiny, as Kyiv Captures Helicopter, Crew
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ As Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Grinds On, Russia Seeks to Advance in the North
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Ukraine Inches Forward in Southeastern Counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Catherine the Great Founded Odesa. Now Missiles Are Destroying Its Russian Legacy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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