Wagner chief warns of revolution and says 20,000 fighters killed in Bakhmut Yevgeny Prigozhin says children of Russian elite ‘shook their arses’ in sun while sons of poor returned in coffins The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023
Russia claims 70 attackers killed in cross-border Belgorod raid Anti-Kremlin groups, the Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps, claim responsibility for the incursion. Al Jazeera · May 24, 2023
Russia says troops defeated armed assault in Ukraine border area Russia said it defeated an insurgent group that crossed the border from Ukraine in the most serious fighting on its territory since the start of the war 15 months ago. Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023
Putin’s security forces attacked inside Russia by anti-regime groups Vladimir Putin’s security forces came under attack in at least three locations within Russia by anti-regime groups, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday. Evening Standard · May 23, 2023
The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens It's becoming increasingly difficult for Russians to escape government scrutiny The Independent UK · May 23, 2023
Russia says it crushes cross-border incursion by 'Ukraine nationalists' Moscow said on Tuesday it had routed and killed scores of "Ukrainian nationalists" who crossed into Russia from Ukraine after two days of combat, in what appeared to be one of the biggest incursions of its kind of the 15-month-old war. Reuters · May 23, 2023
US calls for Evan Gershkovich’s immediate release after Moscow extends WSJ reporter’s detention – as it happened White House spokesperson says US authorities working hard to secure journalist’s release after his detention on spying charges in March The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023
Anti-Putin Russians blamed for cross-border attacks Russia says it is battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appears to be one of the biggest attacks of its kind since the war began last year. The New Daily · May 23, 2023
School board attacked — but no charges NC parent Eric Jensen had grievances to air about library books “trying to convert kids to gay” Salon · May 23, 2023
Russian ‘clean up’ operation after raid on Belgorod from Ukraine The Liberty of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps said to be involved in cross-border attacks in Belgorod. Al Jazeera · May 23, 2023
Anti-Putin militia claim to have stormed Russian villages in cross-border raid from Ukraine Attack comes as Kyiv and Moscow trade claims over fate of eastern Ukranian city of Bakhmut The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
Anti-Putin militia claims to have stormed Russian town in cross-border raid A senior aide to Ukrainian President Zelensky says Kyiv has nothing to do with the incursion – putting it down to Russia’s ‘violent resistance movement’ The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages … but only for 15 minutes Messaging app’s new feature will enable altering of messages after sending The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023
Fall of Bakhmut would signal ‘a Pyrrhic victory for Wagner’ We speak to a Ukrainian military expert, serviceman and analysts on what the possible capture of Bakhmut means. Al Jazeera · May 22, 2023
Evening Standard · May 22, 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cut off from power grid - Russian administration Ukraine’s state-owned power generating company Energoatom blamed the outage on Russian shelling
The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2023 Bakhmut at ‘epicentre’ of combat, Kyiv says; Putin aware of claim ‘saboteurs’ attempted to enter Belgorod – as it happened Kyiv says Russia carrying out airstrikes on Bakhmut; Russian state-owned media says Putin informed of claim Ukrainian forces attempted to infiltrate Belgorod region
The New Daily · May 22, 2023 Ukraine general ‘visits near Bakhmut’ amid rival claims The commander of Ukraine's ground forces says he has visited front-line positions near Bakhmut after Russian officials said the city had been captured.
Al Jazeera · May 21, 2023 Russians celebrate reports that ‘fortress Bakhmut’ has fallen Ukraine’s president is denying claims that the eastern city is under Russian control after months of heavy battle.
The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy says Bakhmut ‘is not occupied’; Russia accuses G7 of ‘undermining global stability’ — as it happened Volodymyr Zelenskiy says during Japan visit that Ukrainian troops are still in eastern city at centre of bloody battle; Moscow calls summit a ‘politicised’ event
Tribune News Service · May 21, 2023 Zelenskyy signals Bakhmut falling, Russian casualties high Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested his country was losing control of Bakhmut after months of fierce fighting but downplayed Russian claims it now fully occupied the eastern city.
Reuters · May 21, 2023 Ukraine aims to encircle Bakhmut as Russia says it captures city Ukraine said on Sunday that its forces were still advancing around the edges of Bakhmut, aiming to encircle the ruined eastern city after Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for capturing it.
The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 452 of the invasion Zelenskiy lays flowers at cenotaph in Hiroshima; conflicting claims over whether Russia has captured Bakhmut
The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023 Ukraine: Zelenskiy denies Russian claims to have taken Bakhmut ‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing ... just ruins and dead Russians,’ says Ukraine’s president
The Independent UK · May 21, 2023 Wagner chief says he will pull fighters out of Bakhmut after ‘capturing city’ Ukraine denies Russia has seized control of Bakhmut
WEKU · May 21, 2023 Zelenskyy denies Moscow's claims that Russian forces are occupying Bakhmut Russia has claimed victory in the invasion's longest battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fight for Bakhmut was not over. "We are not throwing people (away) to die," he said.