Tag: Kiev

28 April 2022 – Ukrainian officials say several people were injured in Russia’s missile attack on Kyiv Thursday night, which occurred as the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres was finishing a visit to the Ukrainian capital. The UN secretary-general met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Tuesday. The UN… Continue reading The Madness of Putin – 28 April

27 April 2022 – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any country interfering in Ukraine would be met with a “lightning-fast” response from Moscow. American Trevor Reed, a US citizen and former Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2019, has been released in a prisoner swap. Poland and Bulgaria are receiving gas from… Continue reading The Madness of Putin – 27 April

Thursday 21 April 2022 – Ukrainian officials and satellite images point to evidence of mass graves outside the besieged city of Mariupol. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky likened the siege to a “terrorist operation.” Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the effort by Russian forces to capture Mariupol a “success” but ordered troops to stop short of trying to storm the Azovstal… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 59 – Day 57

Wednesday 20 April 2022 – The Ukrainian Air Force has added about 20 operational aircraft to its fleet because of an influx of spare parts, a senior US defense official said, adding they have more aircraft now than they did three weeks ago. Ukrainian forces are continuing to resist Russian attacks in the southeastern port… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 58 – Day 56

Tuesday 19 April 2022 – Russian forces have started the battle for Donbas in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday as he underscored that the country will continue to fight against a Russian incursion. Ukrainian forces have repelled “numerous attempted advances” by Russian forces on the Donbas line of control as Moscow’s shelling… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 57 – Day 55

Monday 18 April 2022, Day 54 –  Putin bestowed an honorary title on a brigade accused by Ukraine of committing war crimes in the town of Bucha. He signed a decree giving the 64th Motor Rifle Brigade the title of Guards for their defense of the “motherland and state interests” and praised the “mass heroism… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 56 – Day 54

Sunday 17 April, Day 53 – Russia claimed that it had destroyed an ammunitions factory near the settlement of Brovary in Kyiv region using high-precision, air-launched missiles. https://vk.com/video720515176_456239032 https://www.facebook.com/113792594627373/videos/515564273596384

Saturday 16 April 2022, Day 52 – Russia claimed to have destroyed production buildings of an armoured vehicle plant in Kyiv and a military repair facility in Mykolaiv using high-precision air-launched long-range weapons. Russia also claimed to have downed one Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near the city of Izium. Russian officials said that Major General Vladimir… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 54 – Day 52

Friday 15 April 2022 – The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that its S-400 defense systems had shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, which was allegedly used to attack the Klimovo village in the Bryansk region of Russia. The Russian Defence Ministry also claimed that the Ilyich Steel and Iron Plant in Mariupol had been “liberated” from… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 53

Thursday 14 April 2022. –  Russia claimed that two heavily-armed Ukrainian combat helicopters entered Russian airspace and conducted at least six airstrikes on residential buildings in Bryansk Oblast. The governor of the Belgorod region claimed that a village there was also attacked, but that no one was injured. Russian authorities accused Ukraine of shelling the… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 52