Sunday, March 15, 2026
Ukraine successful strike on 2 Russian ships ferrying weapons, equipment through Kerch Strait -- Trump's latest move hands Putin 'jackpot' as US eases Russian oil sanctions -- Absurd: Kyiv responds to Iranian politician who called Ukraine legitimate target -- Russia confiscating homes in Mariupol, continuing forced passportization, restriction of reproductive rights ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/sunday-march-15-2026/
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Fire engulfs iconic Odesa market amid Russian attack — China covertly supplying drone engines to Russia despite sanctions, Reuters reports — Over half of MPs suspected by NABU backed law curbing anti-corruption agency’s independence — Ukrainian soldiers slam Zelensky’s anti-corruption crackdown … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/thursday-july-24-2025/
"Most importantly, they have finally breached the last remaining section of the ‘old’ front line (dating back to 2014) with its formidable concrete fortifications, which was still under Ukrainian control."
https://www.rt.com/russia/604285-russian-forces-key-fronts/
#RussiaUkraine, #UkraineRussia, #RussiaUkraineConflict, #UkraineRussiaConflict, #Maryinka, #Ugledar, #Kursk, #KurskIncursion, #KurskAttack, #NATO, #EU.
#Ukrainian forces never intended to seize the #Kursk #nuclear power plant in Russia’s Kursk Oblast following Ukraine’s #incursion into the region in early August, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during an interview with Nordic media on Oct. 30.
#Moscow has repeatedly accused Kyiv of attacking or planning to attack the plant since the start of the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast, which Ukraine has flatly denied.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-never-wanted-to-seize-kursk-nuclear-power-plant-zelensky-says/
#KYIV - #Ukraine's military intelligence service said on Oct 24 that the first North Korean units trained in #Russia had been deployed in the #Kursk region, a Russian border area where Ukrainian forces staged a major incursion in August. #NorthKorea #kurskincursion
Ukraine intelligence agency says North Korean units already in Russia’s Kursk region
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraine-intelligence-agency-says-north-korean-units-already-in-russias-kursk-region
#Russia’s military command had anticipated #Ukraine’s incursion into its #Kursk region and had been making plans to prevent it for several months.
The disclosure makes the disarray among Russian forces after Ukraine’s attack in early August all the more embarrassing. #KurskIncursion
Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/revealed-russia-anticipated-kursk-incursion-months-in-advance-seized-papers-show
Restricting Kyiv’s military actions, including the #KurskIncursion, only serves to prolong the #war & bolster Russia:
Full support for Ukraine’s is crucial for advancing peace.
Over the past few years, #Ukrainians have learned that externally-imposed restrictions, aimed at keeping the war contained within Ukraine’s borders, have only enabled Russia and, tragically, led #Ukraine into a lethal war of attrition.
Now is not the time to micro-manage Kyiv’s actions or to withhold supplies and impose strict caveats on equipment use, especially against military targets in Russian territory, out of fear of escalating the war, possibly to a nuclear level. Over the past few years, Ukrainians have learned that externally-imposed restrictions, aimed at keeping the war contained within Ukraine’s borders, have only enabled Russia and, tragically, led Ukraine into a lethal war of attrition. It’s too early to judge
Russian troops reportedly leave Burkina Faso [West Africa] due to Kursk incursion
A #Russian private military company with links to Russia’s Defense Ministry is #withdrawing from #BurkinaFaso due to Ukraine’s incursion into #Kursk Oblast, French newspaper Le Monde reported
The 100-strong unit known as Bears Brigade arrived in West #African nation Burkina Faso in May to support the junta of Captain Ibrahim Traore
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-troops-reportedly-leave-burkina-faso/
#UkrainianForces are trying to expand their bridgehead in the #Kursk region, after a surprise incursion two weeks ago. An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 #RussianConscripts are now stuck in a pocket south of the river in the #Glushkovsky district. Some civilians have escaped the area on small boats.
Fierce fighting in #Russia as Ukrainian forces attempt to seize more territory
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/20/fierce-fighting-russia-ukrainian-forces-attempt-seize-more-territory
Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter.
The smell of death, in buildings torn open.
It is a scene achingly familiar to #Ukraine, yet until now alien to #Russia.
'We don’t know what’s happening’: Fear and confusion in #Kursk as Russian residents take shelter and Ukraine advances
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/16/europe/sudzha-russia-ukraine-streets-intl-latam/index.html
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