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Putin signs decree offering citizenship to foreign fighters

Russia is increasingly reliant on foreign supplies of both manpower and material to continue its war in Ukraine after two years of heavy losses.

04/01/2024

Russia

Russia could see 500,000 war casualties by 2025 - UK

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has called Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as "Putin's pointless war".

31/12/2023

Ukraine

Rats the size of AK-47s and grimy mud: Winter comes to Ukraine war

"Nobody wants to be on the frontline," one expert told Euronews, highlighting the grizzly impact of bitter weather on soldiers and civilians.

01/12/2023

Russia

Putin releases and pardons Satanist killer

Nikolai Ogolobyak was given the reprieve after fighting for the notorious Storm Z unit of the Russian army in their war against Ukraine.

22/11/2023

Russia

Russians' confidence in military dips as Ukraine war drags on - poll

Moscow promised a quick victory in Ukraine. Nearly two years later, no end to the fighting is in sight.

21/11/2023

Ukraine

Intense Russian shelling in Eastern Ukraine

Intense Russian shelling carried out through the night accross Eastern and Southern Ukraine, as the town of Izioum near the frontline prepares for the winter.

03/11/2023

Ukraine

Russian military units generally undermanned, says ISW

Ukraine’s defence minister Rustem Umerov told the US defence secretary Lloyd Austin that Russian losses in Avdiivka amount to approximately 4,000 soldiers.

30/10/2023

Russia

Russia executing soldiers not following orders, says US

Moscow has reportedly struggled to enforce military discipline in Ukraine.

27/10/2023

Ukraine

At least 50 people killed in Russian strike on village in east Ukraine

President Zelenskyy denounced the attack on the store and cafe in the village of Hroza as a “demonstrably brutal Russian crime” and “a completely deliberate act of terrorism.”

05/10/2023

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: Russia may have shot down its own combat jets

Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports on the latest situation in Ukraine, including Moscow allegedly shooting down one of its fighter jets.

04/10/2023

Russia

Putin condemns mutiny attempt as Prigozhin explains Wagner rebellion

President Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have both made public statements about a suspected mutiny with Putin issuing ultimatum to mercenaries

27/06/2023

Belarus

Prigozhin breaks his silence: March on Moscow was protest, not coup

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian mercenary Wagner Group has broken his silence, releasing an 11-minute audio message, where he claims that he initiated Saturday's ''march of justice" to Moscow as a protest and "not to overthrow the country's government."

26/06/2023

Syria

Airstrike in northwest Syria kills at least nine people

Russia launched the strike on a market on a strategic rebel-held town, targeting militants and a weapons depot.

26/06/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine says battle for Bakhmut continues in the outskirts of the city

Bakhmut may have fallen into Russian hands but Ukrainian forces are still holding the line and striking back, as fighting moves to the city flanks.

02/06/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine special forces footage appears to show Bakhmut battle

Ukraine has released what it says is helmet-camera footage from its special forces clearing a Russian position in Bakhmut. Kyiv says it has stopped the enemy and pushed it back, with President Zelenskyy telling his people the Russians are mentally prepared for defeat.

13/05/2023

Russia

Russian 'ghost ships' near Nord Stream before blast - reports

The pipeline carrying gas from Russia to Europe was blown up last September.

03/05/2023

Ukraine

Russia lost 20,000 troops in five months, claims US

Both sides of the Ukraine war are tight-lipped about how many casualties they have suffered since the fighting began.

02/05/2023

Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia's Russian occupiers dig in for Ukraine counter-offensive

The latest analysis of satellite imagery from Ukraine by British intelligence suggests Russian occupiers are setting up defensive positions inside Europe's biggest nuclear power plant at Zaphorizhzhia.

28/04/2023

Ukraine

The anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive: When, where and how?

Defence experts discuss the options available to Ukraine's generals and politicians for its counter-offensive against Russia's full scale invasion.

22/04/2023

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WATCH: Ukraine army general visits troops for Easter

Many Ukrainian soldiers will spend Easter Sunday away from their families for the second year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country began.

15/04/2023