Articles tagged "kidnapping"

Russian MP threatens London with bombardment -- A real risk of multiple famines this year due to Russia's war in Ukraine -- Russia plans to attack residential areas in Belarus to draw it into war against Ukraine -- NATO, G7 shouldn’t pressure Ukraine into concessions to Russia -- and more

Russian troops kidnap people in Energodar en masse -- Oil refining completely stopped in Ukraine -- Russian collaborator's car blown up in Kherson Oblast -- Russia shells residential areas of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with cluster munitions -- Perception of Putin lowest in 20 years -- and more

Russia used over 210 types of ammunition banned under international treaties in Ukraine -- Russia forcibly deports 300,000 Ukrainian children -- Russian forces have stolen 15,000 tons of sunflower, 10,000 tons of grain from Luhansk Oblast -- Threat of water contamination at Russian-seized iron ore plant in Zaporizhzhia -- and more

Russia to intensify air attacks on critical infrastructure -- Russian forces struggle to establish permanent societal control in temporarily occupied territories -- Russian cruise missiles severely damaged railway infrastructure -- Russian troops set up second filtration prison near Mariupol -- and more

Russia deletes 38,000 messages calling for protests against the war in Ukraine -- US, Ukraine discuss risk of escalation amid weapons provisions -- Russia kidnaps men in Chechnya, forces them to fight -- Kremlin proxies in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts plan to join Russia -- and more

Donbas completely destroyed -- Ukraine seeks long-range rocket launchers, Biden resists -- Russia refuses to permit grain shipments from Ukraine -- Unidentified Russians attack military commissariats in Russia with Molotov cocktails -- Russians block civilians from leaving occupied areas in southern Ukraine -- and more

Russia deports Luhansk Oblast residents at gunpoint to occupied territory -- Russian soldier admits shooting Ukrainian POW in intercepted phone call -- Russia launches 10-14 cruise missiles per day on Ukraine -- Ukrainian artillery frustrates Russian offensive -- and more

Investigators find documents implying Russia planned to occupy whole of Ukraine -- First Russian soldier to be tried for war crime in Ukraine -- Russia shells almost every settlement in Donetsk Oblast -- Luhansk Oblast cut off from communication -- Russia tries to reinforce its garrison on Zmiinyi Island aka Snake Island -- and more

Prosecutors identify another Russian officer suspected of atrocities in Kyiv Oblast -- Russian missiles hit Odesa for the second time on May 9 -- Sanctions begin to ‘bite’ Russia’s industrial base capabilities -- Emergency Service neutralizes 327 explosives in a day -- and more

Over 10,000 Russian alleged war crimes under investigation in Ukraine -- Russian shelling of Azovstal plant not stopping -- Russian forces attack positions they left in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions -- Russian forces fail to capture Popasna, Rubizhne in Luhansk Oblast -- and more

Russian troops kidnap, mutilate Ukrainian lab assistant -- Russian occupiers abducted deputy in occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast -- Russian troops steal, destroy medical equipment -- Russia planned a terrorist attack to blame on Ukraine -- and more

Russia forcibly deports 308 Mariupol residents to Vladivostok, including 90 children -- Russian statements interpreted as veiled threat to attack Odesa Oblast with chemical weapons -- Without national mobilization, Donbas is the last offensive Russia can afford -- Russia places Iskander missile systems 60 kilometres from Ukraine’s border -- and more