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☆ Russian forces suffered an average of over 1,500 casualties a day in October for 'tiny increments of land,' UK official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-10 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

October saw Russia hit with its highest average daily casualties since the war in Ukraine began, a UK offical said. The UK's Chief of Defence Staff said Russia suffered around 1,500 killed or injured each day. Thousands of North Korean troops are now bolstering Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces. Russian forces were bolstered by the arrival of thousands of North Korean soldiers in October, Western officials have said. AdvertisementReports of Ukrainian and North Korean troops' first clashes in Russia's Kursk region emerged earlier this week.

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Officials said they hope it will speed up the maintenance and repairs of weapons systems being used by the Ukrainian military. “In order to help Ukraine repair and maintain military equipment provided by the US and its allies, DoD (Department of Defense) is soliciting bids for a small number of contractors who will help Ukraine maintain the assistance we’ve already provided,” a defense official said. Allowing experienced, US government-funded American contractors to maintain a presence in Ukraine means they will be able to help fix damaged, high-value equipment much faster, officials have told CNN. “The Department made this decision after careful risk assessment and in coordination with interagency stakeholders,” the defense official said. Instead, it would likely result in anywhere from a few dozen to a couple hundred contractors working in Ukraine at a time.

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☆ Ukraine is facing serious problems in the east, where Russia's forces are grinding forward
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ukraine is facing a grim outlook along sectors of the front, especially in the east. AdvertisementRussia's grinding offensive operations have been gaining momentum in eastern Ukraine as challenges for the defenders mount. Ukraine's shocking invasion of Russia's Kursk region briefly took the focus off the fighting in the Donbas, but now Ukraine is losing ground both inside Russia and at home. Ukraine faces severe manpower shortages as its forces are stretched line across the front lines. Despite heavy losses, Russia has continued its momentum on Ukraine's eastern front.

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American policy is at a crossroads, but that won’t necessarily translate to a turning point in peace negotiations, analysts say. That’s because nothing suggests Russia is ready to come to the table, regardless of who ends up in the White House. The scope of the war is also too large for a simple negotiation between Moscow and Kyiv, experts say. Attritional war playing into Putin’s handsUkraine is already outmanned, and Putin appears ready to accept a high number of casualties. European nations are scrambling to increase ammunition production for Ukraine to prevent backsliding, in the event that US support drops off.

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☆ Kherson: Russia is deliberately attacking civilians with drones, residents say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Lauren Kent | Kosta Gak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —In the city of Kherson, southern Ukraine, civilians have started to hope for heavy rain – the only weather conditions that prevent Russian drones from flying overhead, they say. Today, the threat of occupation still looms just across the river, where Russian military positions are literally within sight. Difficult to combatThe frequency of the attacks and the drones’ small size make them difficult for Ukrainian forces to thwart. Russia has been repeatedly accused of targeting Ukrainian civilians by Kyiv, its Western allies, the International Criminal Court and the United Nations. On Monday, an ambulance was hit in a Russian drone strike on an urban area of Kherson, injuring two paramedics.

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☆ Zelenskyy sets out 'victory plan' as Ukraine faces precarious moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled his much anticipated “victory plan” on Wednesday, calling on his allies to take urgent steps to bolster Kyiv at a precarious moment in a bid to end the war with Russia next year. His plan proposed establishing a “comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package” inside Ukraine to protect against threats from Russia and to destroy its military power. Zelenskyy said it was imperative Kyiv’s partners remained united. “If we start moving on this victory plan now, we may be able to end the war by next year at the latest,” he said. Zelenskyy said he would travel to a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Thursday to present his plan.

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☆ Australia is going to more than double the size of Ukraine's Abrams tank force
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementAustralia plans to send Ukraine a large batch of M1A1 Abrams tanks, officials confirmed on Wednesday, in a move that will more than double the size of Kyiv's existing inventory. The planned transfer will significantly expand Ukraine's arsenal of Western-provided armored vehicles and help replace the Abrams lost in combat. An Australian M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a training exercise in August 2021. Related storiesVasyl Myroshnychenko, the Ukrainian ambassador to Australia, said that the Abrams tanks will be an "essential part" of Kyiv's land defenses. Since the Abrams are American-made tanks, Australia had to get the US to sign off on the transfer.

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☆ Ukraine hit 2 Russian ammunition depots in 2 days — hammering the latest in a deep strike on a military airfield
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine said it struck a military airfield in Russia overnight, marking the latest deep strike. AdvertisementUkrainian forces struck an ammunition depot at a military airfield in Russia overnight, the latest in a string of long-range attacks targeting Moscow's war machine. In the past two days, the Ukrainian military has said it caused damage at a key Russian ammunition depot, a drone storage facility, and now another ammo depot at an airfield. It's unclear if the latest ammunition depot stored these weapons. pic.twitter.com/17z39WI2YI — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 9, 2024Ukraine has targeted several Russian ammunition depots since mid-September.

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☆ Ukraine says it struck a Russian ammo depot where North Korean weapons and devastating glide bombs were stored
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said Wednesday it carried out a drone attack on a key Russian ammunition depot overnight. AdvertisementThe Ukrainian armed forces said that it carried out a drone strike on a major Russian ammunition depot overnight. The Russian military is said to have stored missiles and artillery shells, including munitions from North Korea, and highly destructive glide bombs at the targeted arsenal. Business Insider couldn't independently verify the video details or claims about the Ukrainian attack. Hundreds of secondary explosions have been reported at the key Russian ammunition dump, reportedly housing North Korean munitions.

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☆ Russia appears to have seized a strategic Ukrainian town after almost 2 years of trying
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia appears to have finally seized Vuhledar, a key frontline town in eastern Ukraine. AdvertisementRussia appears to have gained control over a key Ukrainian frontline town, military experts said, as the town's governor described a difficult situation for Ukraine there. Citing open sources and pro-Russian military bloggers, the Institute for the Study of War said that as of Tuesday, "Russian forces likely seized Vuhledar." Russian forces have been seen moving freely about the town and planting flags there, the ISW reported. Advertisement"It is unclear if Russian forces will make rapid gains beyond Vuhledar in the immediate future," the think tank added.

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CNN —Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, including from within his own party, to loosen the restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-provided weapons to strike deep inside Russia. On Tuesday, the bipartisan congressional Ukraine caucus called on Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with the long-range weapons. A group of key House Republican also urged Biden to ease the restrictions in a letter on Monday. On Tuesday, asked if the US will lift the restrictions, Biden answered, “we’re working that out right now.”Two US officials later told CNN that the Biden administration is not anticipating any policy changes when it comes to lifting restrictions. Asked about Trump’s comments, Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister, also downplayed them.

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☆ From convict to combatant, Ukraine enlists prisoners to fight Russian forces
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Sebastian Shukla | Frederik Pleitgen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Still, morale may be Ukraine’s only hope in Pokrovsk as Russian forces zero in on the town. Russian forces are only 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, according to a map dated September 10 from DeepState, a group that monitors the progress of Russian forces in Ukraine that has links to Ukraine’s security services. Pokrovsk is coming under increasingly heavy bombardment by Russian forces as they advance as close as 8km to the town. CNNPokrovsk is a vital supply town for eastern Ukrainian forces fighting back the tides of Russian soldiers. It could result in a withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Chasiv Yar and the line of contact moving closer to the much larger cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

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☆ The plot to topple Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Paul Starobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

But it was only when Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine , in 2022, that Ammosov began to plot the overthrow of his homeland. As I found in months of wide-ranging interviews, everyone aspiring to a new Russian revolution grasps the seemingly impossible odds of their bid to topple Putin. Ponomarev — who was profiled last year in The Washington Post under the headline "Could this man bring down Putin?" Most applicants live in Russia, Sokolov tells me, but submissions have come from as far away as Uruguay. "I know a lot of good officers" in the CIA, Ponomarev told me, who "sympathize" with the anti-Putin insurgency.

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☆ Ukraine says its troops are advancing deeper into Russia's Kursk region
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said its major cross-border assault had advanced one to two kilometers (0.6-1.2 miles) in Russia’s Kursk region since the start of Wednesday and that its troops had finished clearing the Russian town of Sudzha of Moscow’s forces. Kyiv blindsided Moscow by pouring thousands of troops into the western Russian region of Kursk last week. “We continue to advance further in Kursk region. Syrskiy said the Russian border town of Sudzha was fully under Ukrainian control. The governor of Russia’s border region of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, declared a regionwide state of emergency on Wednesday, citing continued attacks by Ukrainian forces.

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☆ Ukraine wants more negotiating power as forces advance into Russia, humiliating Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Sunday that it was designed "to put pressure on the aggressor Russia" and to push "the war into the aggressor's territory." Russian official Alexei Smirnov, the acting governor of the Kursk region, told a solemn-looking Putin via videoconference Monday that Ukraine controlled 28 settlements. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War said geolocated footage suggests Ukraine controls a higher number of around 40 settlements, as of Monday. Russia caught off guardPresident Putin vowed on Monday a "worthy response" to Ukraine's border raid, just as 11,000 more civilians were evacuated in Kursk's neighboring region Belgorod, due to "enemy activity."

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☆ Russia orders more evacuations as Ukraine’s incursion into its territory enters its seventh day
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian authorities were on Monday evacuating civilians from more areas along the Ukrainian border, a week into Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion into Russian territory. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia, said people living in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district were being relocated to safer places. A photo provided by the Government of Kursk region of Russia shows people from the border districts of the region boarding evacuation buses. Russian authorities imposed a sweeping counter-terror operation in the three border regions, but stopped short of declaring the incursion an act of war. The counterterrorist regime officially gives Russian authorities wider powers, including the ability to monitor telephone conversations and restrict communications and limiting the movement of people.

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☆ Moscow and Kyiv trade barbs over nuclear plant fire as tempers flare over Ukraine's ongoing incursion
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A fire broke out Sunday in Europe's largest nuclear power plant, located in southern Ukraine, with Ukraine and Russia trading blame over the incident. "As long as Russian terrorists retain control of the nuclear power plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal. A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 15, 2023. He said he had met with Russia's President Vladimir Putin who had "clearly indicated increasing vigilance and attention to strategic infrastructure facilities, which include the nuclear power plant." International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are seen at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 15, 2023.

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☆ Zelensky says Russian forces started fire at Russian-controlled nuclear plant in southern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Russian forces started a fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post Sunday. Zelensky posted a video showing a large plume of smoke coming out of one of the towers on the plant’s territory. The Russian-installed communications director of the nuclear plant, Evgeniya Yashina, told state media TASS that there were no victims following the strike. 1 was damaged, and plastic steam traps caught fire following the Ukrainian drone strike,” citing the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Team was told by ZNPP of an alleged drone attack today on one of the cooling towers located at the site.

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☆ Russia Appears to Partly Halt Ukraine’s Cross-Border Assault, Analysts Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Kim Barker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian troops appear to have halted the northward advance of Ukrainian soldiers who launched a surprise cross-border attack five days ago, but have not stopped their eastward push, military analysts say, as Moscow tries to contain Kyiv’s largest assault into Russian territory since the start of the war. Yet despite any Russian boasting that might garner, the incursion into the southwestern region of Kursk has also prompted questions over how it was allowed to happen in the first place. Andrei Gurulyov, a retired military officer who is now a member of Parliament, on Friday condemned Russia’s response and level of preparedness. “There is no military system in place for guarding the state border, no reserves and no second lines of defense,” he said on Telegram, adding, “If the Ukrainian Armed Forces spent two months preparing for this, how did we miss it?”The assault has also left analysts wondering why Ukraine would take such a risk, with some suggesting a desire to draw Russian troops away from the front lines. On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine alluded to another possible benefit: newly captured Russian troops who could be traded for Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Persons: Andrei Gurulyov, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: Ukrainian Armed Forces Locations: Moscow, Kursk, Ukraine, Russian

CNN —Ukrainian forces are pushing further into the Kursk region of Russia, in a cross-border incursion that surprised even American officials, multiple US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. Ukrainian forces are comprised of a mix of Ukrainian regular and special operations units, unlike previous Ukrainian operations inside Russia that often involved undercover units and local sympathizers. Russia claimed on Thursday to have halted a Ukrainian incursion into its territory, but later said that some battles are ongoing in the Kursk region. Neither the Ukrainian military nor the government in Kyiv has publicly commented on the operation. A Russian military blogger Rybar reported on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military had established control over a gas transit station near the border.

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☆ Ukraine says it sank a $300 million Russian submarine in what could be another big blow to Putin's Black Sea Fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine says it sank a Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine in Crimea. The Kilo-class submarine Rostov-on-Don was hit in Sevastopol, Ukraine's military said. Ukraine has relentlessly targeted Russia's Black Sea Fleet since the war began. AdvertisementUkraine says it struck and sank a Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine and damaged a number of prized S-400 air defense systems in Crimea. "The destruction of the Rostov-on-Don proves once again that there is no safe place for the Russian fleet in the Ukrainian territorial waters of the Black Sea," it added.

Persons: Don, — Organizations: Sea Fleet, Fleet, Service, Staff, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Rostov, Sevastopol

☆ Ukraine says it sank a $300 million Russian submarine in what would be yet another hammering for Putin's Black Sea Fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Don, — Organizations: Sea Fleet, Fleet, Service, Staff, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Rostov, Sevastopol

☆ Russia launches one of war’s biggest drone attacks on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Lauren Kent | Svitlana Vlasova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Russia has launched one of the largest drone attacks on Ukraine since the war began, mainly targeting overnight the region in and around the capital Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian military, which said all 89 drones fired were shot down. Dramatic video released by the Ukrainian Air Force shows one drone on fire, falling from the sky and landing in a field — causing a large cloud of smoke but no visible damage. “Just like then, today the Ukrainian air defense has withstood and repelled a massive attack by enemy drones,” he said. Since then, Ukraine has repeatedly pleaded for allies to provide more air defense systems. We need sufficiently courageous decisions from our partners — enough air defense systems, enough range,” Zelensky added.

Persons: Ruslan Kravchenko, Mykola Oleshchuk, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, Zelensky, ” CNN’s Michael Conte Organizations: Ukraine CNN —, Ukrainian Air Force, Mobile, Ukrainian Defence Forces, Air Force, Army Aviation, Land Forces, Russian, Biden, Ukraine’s Armed Forces Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine CNN — Russia, Russia, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Donetsk, Toretsk, Russian, Kursk, Russia’s Kursk, Ukrainian

☆ With a NATO war and Ukraine's knack for shooting down planes in mind, Russia is holding back its airpower and most advanced jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Read previewRussia has kept much of its airpower and some of its most advanced aircraft out of the war in Ukraine. But Baum and other air warfare experts have warned Russia's air force should not be underestimated and cautioned that NATO should be ready. AdvertisementRussia's air force is weaker than NATO's airpower, but Russia's war in Ukraine shows it can still cause a lot of damage. Russia's air force has suffered high attrition rates from Ukraine's ground-based air defenses when operating in the country. Related storiesHe said that Russia "has a lot of trouble replacing lost advanced aircraft," only making a few a year.

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☆ Russia creeps toward key eastern Ukrainian supply city
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian forces are inching toward the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, threatening a vital Ukrainian supply line as Moscow continues its slow, grinding offensive. Russia has been stretching Ukrainian defenses across the entire eastern front line for months, trying to capture as much territory as possible before new Ukrainian recruits and fresh batches of Western weapons start arriving on the battlefield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the difficult situation in his nightly address to the nation on Sunday, saying Ukrainian troops were facing “extremely challenging” realities in that area. But it serves as a key hub for the Ukrainian military, thanks to its easy access to Kostiantynivka, another military center. The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces captured the Ukrainian villages of Lozuvatske over the weekend and Vovche on Monday.

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