Russia's Wagner Group "has deployed to eastern Ukraine" per Britain's military intelligence, says @MickSmeathUK. "They are expected to deploy more than 1,000 mercenaries, including senior leaders of the organisation, to undertake combat operations
1 year agoRussia human rights legend Oleg Orlov of Memorial, a scrupulous observer of abuses in the North Caucasus and an opponent of the assault on Ukraine, is the latest person to have his door daubed with pro-war symbol "Z" - and a sign reading "Collaborator"
Biden: We will respond if Putin uses chemical weapons in Ukraine, and I will not tell you how we will respond
"He shouldn't remain in power," says @POTUS of the president of Russia, explaining he's not advocating "taking Putin down in any way"
Biden says 'not walking back' suggestion Putin should leave power
Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Our highest ambition in talks with Russia is to reach a ceasefire
Boris Johnson:President @ZelenskyyUa updated me today on the humanitarian situation in Mariupol, as well as the current negotiations with Russia. The UK will continue to step up our efforts to help Ukraine defend itself from aggression
A Pentagon official: Mariupol is subjected to heavy Russian air and missile bombardment
Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. One of victims was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich
The Mayor of Mariupol says that almost 5,000 people died in Mariupol since Russia sieged the city
1 year agoAnother major Ukrainian leak operation: Ukrainian military intelligence GUR discloses alleged list of 620 Russian FSB employees, with lots of verifiable details
Top Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta suspends publication
Zelensky to The Economist: The Russians cut off supplies to Mariupol, Melitopol, Kherson and Kharkiv
The Russian Foreign Minister said Russia's relationship with China is better than ever
Deutsche Welle is included in the list of media-foreign agents in Russia
The Kremlin: Talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey will take place this week, but are unlikely to start today
Lavrov: Putin's meeting with Zelensky will be possible as soon as clarifications are obtained on the main issues presented by Russia
Russian forces announce their incursion into the Ukrainian defenses and reach the outskirts of the village of Novoselivka in Donetsk
1 year agoRussian warplanes target the southern outskirts of the town of Maarat al-Naasan, east of Idlib city, with several air raids
Armed Forces: heavy fighting near Izyum continues. According to Ukraine's Armed Forces, Russia continues to attack villages of Topolske, Kamyanka, and Sukha Kamyanka near the city of Izyum, southeast of Kharkiv
Armed Forces: Russia attempts to break through defenses near Kyiv. According to Ukraine's Armed Forces, Russian troops are attempting to advance on Kyiv from the northwest and east, capturing nearby roads and villages. Russian forces are currently being held back by Ukraine
Reuters quoted an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry: We do not expect substantial progress in negotiations with the Russian side
Bellingcat, partnering with the BBC and @the_ins_ru, can reveal that popular Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was closely followed by the same assassination squad that targeted Navalny and other opposition figures for 10 months prior to his murder
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine: Ukraine demands from UNSC to impose demilitarisation zone at Chornobyl NPP, deploy UN special mission there to avoid another Chornobyl nuclear disaster
Mayor of Slavutich: Russian troops as for now left the city
Turkish President Erdogan had a phone conversation with Putin. In a call, the latest situation and negotiation processes in the Russia-Ukraine war were discussed.
Turkish President Erdogan and Putin agreed to hold the next meeting of the negotiating delegations of Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul
There were several demonstrations in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin-Mitte on Sunday. From the late afternoon, many of the demonstrators followed a live stream of a benefit concert for Ukraine at the Brandenburg Gate
1 year agoChild killed in Borivske in Luhansk region, another wounded as result of Russian army shelling
Zelensky: We will not continue talks with Russia if it continues to demand our disarmament
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the @AP has independently documented at least 34 assaults in which Russian forces attacked Ukrainian medical facilities, striking at ambulances, medics and hospitals that still have patients
1 year agoRussia's media censor is warning a group of Russian journalists not to publish an interview they just did with President Zelensky
Ukraine's negotiator says next round of talks with Russia will take place between March 28 and 30 in Turkey
1 year agoMoscow Police arrested a man for holding a sign "You won't be able to arrest everyone. Freedom to all political prisoners"
Spokesman for the Turkish presidency: It is difficult to predict the next Russian position and whether they will negotiate a ceasefire
Macron warns against verbal 'escalation' with Moscow after Biden labels Putin a 'butcher' over Ukraine
1 year agoA column of Russian T-72B3 tanks operating in Mariupol
Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, blocked the websites of the German outlet Bild and journalist Alexander Nevzorov in Russia
Ukrainian Prosecutor General: 139 children have been killed since the start of the Russian war against Ukraine
Moscow: Russian cruise missiles destroyed a fuel depot near the city of Lviv
Poligon.Media, Khodorkovsky's page, The Insider and TJournal outlets were blocked in Russia
Ukraine's Interior Ministry adviser says Russia has started destroying fuel and food storage depots, so the government will have to disperse the stocks of both in the future. He adds that Russia brings forces to the border on rotation, could try to advance in its invasion
