War in Ukraine

22/03/2025

22/03/2025

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22/03/2025

🇬🇧 In a tank near the Russian border—Prince William visits British troops in Estonia

The Prince of Wales traveled to Tapa military base, located about 140 km from the Russian border, where British soldiers train and reinforce NATO’s eastern flank.

Photos show Prince William in military uniform, peering out of a Challenger 2 tank.

“If royal visits are meant to send a message, then a photo of the Prince of Wales in a tank near the Russian border is one of the clearest ones yet,” BBC notes.

22/03/2025

🇩🇪 Germany seizes Russian shadow fleet tanker carrying €40 million worth of oil

The confiscated vessel is the oil tanker Eventin, which sailed under the Panamanian flag and was transporting Russian oil from Ust-Luga to Egypt via the Baltic Sea.

After a mechanical failure, the ship began drifting near the German island of Rügen. It was later towed and closely monitored by the coast guard and federal police.

At the end of February, the EU added the tanker to its sanctions list.

German authorities decided to seize the vessel as a clear message to Russia that Germany is serious about enforcing sanctions and will not passively allow the transit of Russian oil through the Baltic Sea.

21/03/2025

In Odessa, Russia Ukraine War

21/03/2025

In Odessa, Russians bombed a cemetery. 50 graves damaged, 30 completely destroyed

They even fight with the dead.

21/03/2025

On Friday night, March 21, the enemy attacked the suburbs of .
As a result of the night attack, civilian infrastructure and commercial facilities were damaged.

20/03/2025

💥 Saratov and Engels were allegedly subjected to the most massive UAV attack of all time tonight, - Governor of Saratov Region

Also, in addition to the airfield, in Engels there is a preliminary hit on warehouses where aviation fuel is stored.

‼️ Preliminary Reports: X-101 Missile Stockpile Destined for Strikes on Ukraine Destroyed – Monitors

💥 As a result of the strike on Engels, Russia has lost missiles, including X-101, according to the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Kovalenko.

This airbase houses the largest stockpile of missiles used by Russia’s strategic aviation for strikes on Ukraine.

20/03/2025

Ukrainian forces have launched an offensive into the region of Russia. This was first reported on Tuesday, but now that more information has come in and fighting is ongoing, an update is probably due.

Ukrainian forces, following the partial withdrawal from Kursk to more parallel lines and concerns that Russia would use its forces to launch an attack into Ukraine's Sumy region, launched an adjacent offensive into Belgorod, near the towns of Demidovka and Grafovka, moving heavy equipment and troops across the border. The russian district announced an evacuation order the same day.

Foreign correspondent Oliver Carroll for The Economist reported that, through his sources, that the operation was "3 weeks in the making" and conducted to create a buffer zone along the border similar to Russia's plans for Ukraine. He also reported they were several kilometers deep into Russia on Tuesday.

Russian sources have posted corroborating video of Ukrainian columns in the area as well as combat footage.

President Zelensky's office confirmed the ongoing operation as well, stating Ukraine is taking proactive steps to counter Russian troop buildups.

As of this morning, Ukrainian forces had pushed beyond the 'dragons teeth' fortifications, fighting for the town of Demidovka, and an air strike "completely destroyed" the main command post of Russia's 3rd Motorized Rifle Division in the town.

The Air Force destroyed a key supply bridge at Grafovka, isolating the town logistically (corroborated by russian sources). Russians in an eastern town reported a bombardment of drones and artillery.

All in all, this appears to be an operation to bring the fight to Russia instead of waiting for an invasion of Sumy, and spread out Russia's defenses that are concentrated in Kursk to the north and Kharkiv to the south. The international border in the area is very jagged (pictured) and would be exposed to land grabs in any potential ceasefire.

20/03/2025

Early this morning Ukraine launched one of the largest drone attacks on Russia's Engels airbase, ~600km from Ukraine, reportedly hitting its munitions storage and igniting cruise missiles on location, triggering huge explosions. Many of Russia's strategic bombers are stationed at the base as well.

20/03/2025

Russian guided bombs have claimed the lives of many Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, playing a key role in the Kremlin’s territorial gains. However, their effectiveness now appears to be diminishing. Russian bloggers close to the air force report that Ukraine has managed to disrupt the bombs’ control systems, Der Spiegel writes.

It seems the Ukrainians have found an antidote to this deadly weapon. The exact method remains unclear, but military expert Thomas Whittington of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) suggests that satellite jamming could be a factor:

“When a satellite signal reaches Earth, it is very weak. If you create a stronger signal on the same frequency near the receiver, it will mask the signal from space.”

19/03/2025

"Ukrainian forces retreat in chaos amid drone fire at Kursk"

The British daily Telegraph reported that the Ukrainian military is retreating from Kursk due to a large-scale offensive by Russian and North Korean forces using drones.

In an article titled “Ukrainian soldiers being hunted on the road of death” on the 17th (local time), the Telegraph reported that Ukrainian soldiers are fleeing Kursk like a “scene from a horror movie” while being attacked by drones that appear from time to time.

The Ukrainian military is withdrawing troops from Kursk back to their home country after seven months of being caught off guard by Russia, but the Telegraph reported that the withdrawal is being disorderly and sometimes chaotic due to the constant attacks by Russian drones on the R200 road, the only route connecting Kursk and Ukraine.

The Russian military began to surround the R200 road in order to isolate the remaining Ukrainian troops remaining in Kursk, and as a result, the possibility of an orderly retreat of the remaining Ukrainian troops has become even slimmer, the Telegraph reported.

The Ukrainian military once controlled about 1,300 square kilometers of land in Kursk Oblast, but the area it occupied has now been reduced to about 80 square kilometers.

The Telegraph analyzed that U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision to stop sharing military intelligence with Ukraine is also a factor in Ukraine's difficulty in retreating from Kursk.

Since the breakdown of the meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky last month, the U.S. has cut off weapons and intelligence support to Ukraine and blocked access to commercial satellite images, which has led to a weakening of Ukraine's military power.

The Telegraph also pointed out that the thousands of North Korean troops who retreated from Kursk in January and then returned are also putting great pressure on the Ukrainian defense line.

In relation to this, the British newspaper Independent reported, citing an anonymous Ukrainian military general, that the Ukrainian military is outnumbered by the Russian and North Korean forces by at least 3 to 1, and in some areas, the ratio is as high as 6 to 1.

19/03/2025

Trump says conversation with Zelenskyy went ‘very well’

‘I just finished a very good phone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. It lasted about an hour. Much of the discussion was based on yesterday's conversation with President Putin to align the positions of Russia and Ukraine on their requests and needs.
We are on the right track, and I will ask Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Volz to provide an accurate description of the items discussed. That statement will be released shortly,’
the US president wrote.

19/03/2025

Britain ready to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction projectsphotos

British investment funds and corporations have shown significant interest in participating in Ukraine's reconstruction projects, according to the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.

19/03/2025

UK and EU in Talks to Speed Up Weapons Deliveries to Ukraine Amid Ceasefire Discussions

The United Kingdom and the European Union are holding negotiations to accelerate arms deliveries to Ukraine amid discussions of a potential ceasefire in the war initiated by Russia, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated.

19/03/2025

The Trump-Putin talks today resulted in Russia rejecting the unilateral ceasefire being pushed by Trump. Instead, Putin agreed to Zelensky's earlier proposal, of a 30-day halt on energy infrastructure air strikes (ie, power plants, oil refineries); while the White House version of events, and Trump's own statement, was that the ceasefire would include 'all energy AND infrastructure' - immediately.

Russia responded to Trump's caving by immediately launching an all our air raid on Ukraine, with missiles and drones inbound and air defenses active in Kyiv.

Zelensky has so far not issued a public statement on the US-Russia talks.

In the same high stakes meeting today, Trump agreed to form a US-Russia hockey tournament. (Russia is currently banned by the International hockey federation from participating in international events).
- Mat

18/03/2025

Rustem Umerov denied the claims spread by Russian propaganda of the alleged encirclement of a large number of Ukrainian troops in Kursk region.

Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov stated this in a comment to Fox News.

“Our Defense Forces continue to conduct defensive operations, and we are keeping a significant number of kilometers of enemy territory under control,” he said. “To preserve some availability of the forces and troops, we have conducted some planned redeployment to more favorable defense lines, but at this stage, no unit of our Defense Forces is encircled.”

Umerov stressed that the claims about “thousands of Ukrainian servicemen” being allegedly encircled are not correct. He recalled that a similar statement – ​​regarding the “encirclement” of Ukrainian troops in Kursk region – was made by Russian dictator Putin in October 2024 at the BRICS summit. At that time, this propaganda claim did not correspond to reality either.