Tag: Russia

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

Wednesday 13 April 2022 – According to a statement from the Russian Defence Ministry, 1,026 soldiers of Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, surrendered in the besieged port city of Mariupol. However, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said it had no information about the surrender. Later that day, Denys Prokopenko, the commander of the Azov… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 51

Tuesday 12 April 2022 – In a Telegram statement, the Azov battalion claimed that Russian forces dropped “a poisonous substance of unknown origin” from an unmanned aerial vehicle onto Ukrainian military and civilians in Mariupol. Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol said that city officials were awaiting additional information from military forces,… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 50

Monday 11 April 2022 – The Russian Defence Minister claimed that high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles on the southern outskirts of Dnipro destroyed equipment from a S-300 anti-aircraft missile division supplied to Ukraine by a European country, which was hidden in a hangar. Four S-300 launchers and up to 25 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were also… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 49

Sunday 10 April 2022 – Satellite images showed an eight-mile-long (about 13 km) Russian military convoy moving south through the eastern Ukraine town of Velykyi Burluk towards Kharkiv. Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of Dnipro’s military administration, claimed that Dnipro Airport, as well as the infrastructure around it, had been completely destroyed by Russian shelling. Russia’s… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 48

Saturday 9 April 2022 – Russian president Putin appointed Russian Army General Aleksandr Dvornikov, commander of Russia’s Southern Military District, commander of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Dvornikov became known for his command of the Russian forces during the Russian military intervention in Syria. Russian forces again hit a storage tank containing nitric acid in… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 47

Friday 8 April 2022 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian missile strike on a train station that killed at least 50 people in the eastern city of Kramatorsk was “another war crime of Russia, for which everyone involved will be held accountable.” Officials in towns near Kyiv, including Bucha and Makariv, have found hundreds… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 46

Wednesday 6 April 2022 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation in Borodianka, a Kyiv suburb, was “much scarier” than in Bucha after Russian forces retreated. UN member states voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council after allegations of atrocities committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister said “the… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 45

Tuesday 5 April 2022 – The “age of engagement with Russia is over,” the UK’s top diplomat told NATO foreign ministers as they meet in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine. Despite Moscow shifting its military focus to the east of the country, NATO’s chief said the war could last years as Russia still… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 44