Huge smoke cloud increases after huge surge at factory in Moscow
Ukrainian forces have actually made incremental gains in blood-stained Bakhmut, provoking a wave of vengeance attacks from Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, said the Ukrainian military handled to retake almost 2 square miles throughout the previous week around the destroyed eastern city of Bakhmut.
But Russian soldiers were continuing their attack around the eastern towns of Kupyansk and Lyman, where she said they were regrouping.
“The Russians have intensified these offensives after success of the Ukrainian army on Bakhmut axis,” she said.
She included: “The Armed Forces are facing complete mining of the territory, cement fortifications of the key heights, (and) constant mortar and artillery shelling,” she said. “Additionally the Russians are densely using aviation.”
Troops were likewise defending control of the neighbouring settlement of Urozhaine, the deputy defence minister said.
A Moscow-set up authorities in an occupied part of Ukraine‘s Zaporizhzhia area said on Sunday that Kyiv was trying to pierce Russian lines by acquiring a grip in both towns.
North Korea’s Kim swears more powerful ties to Russia in letter to Putin
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un in a letter to Vladimir Putin on Tuesday promised more powerful ties with Russia, Pyongyang’s state media KCNA said.
The letters mark the 78th anniversary of Korea’s freedom from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial guideline, which is likewise commemorated as a legal holiday in South Korea.
In his letter to Mr Putin, he said the 2 nations’ relationship was created in World War II with success over Japan and is now “fully demonstrating their invincibility and might in the struggle to smash the imperialists’ arbitrary practices and hegemony,” KCNA said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin invites North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
(AFP by means of Getty Images)
“I am firmly convinced that the friendship and solidarity … will be further developed into a long-standing strategic relationship in conformity with the demand of the new era,” Kim was priced quote as stating in the letter.
“The two countries will always emerge victorious, strongly supporting and cooperating with each other in the course of achieving their common goal and cause.”
Namita Singh15 August 2023 05:20
ICYMI: Ukraine presses back Putin’s soldiers around Bakhmut
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday checked out soldiers near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, with his military reporting gains around the town of Bakhmut.
The deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, said that Kyiv’s soldiers had actually handled to retake almost 2 square miles throughout the previous week around the destroyed Bakhmut – the scene of a few of the bloodiest combating of Russia’s near 18-month war, which has actually acquired symbolic significance for both countries.
Mr Zelensky checked out brigades associated with attacks on the area of the frontline dealing with Soledar, the Russian-held town north of Bakhmut.
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Namita Singh15 August 2023 05:00
Jailed WSJ press reporter Evan Gershkovich ‘remains strong’, says American ambassador
United States ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday made her 3rd check out to Wall Street Journal press reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has actually lagged bars in Russia given that March on charges of espionage.
Ms Tracy last gone to Gershkovich in early July.
“Ambassador Tracy said that Evan appears in good health and remains strong, despite his very challenging circumstances. Embassy officials will continue to provide all appropriate support to Evan and his family. And we expect Russian authorities to provide continued consular access,” said State Department representative Vedant Patel.
Namita Singh15 August 2023 04:40
As Russia’s rouble strikes most affordable level given that early in war, reserve bank strategies to action in
The Russian rouble on Monday reached its most affordable worth given that the early weeks of the war in Ukraine as Moscow increases military spending and Western sanctions weigh on its energy exports.
It led Russia’s reserve bank to reveal an emergency situation conference for Tuesday to evaluate its essential rate of interest, raising the possibility of a boost in loaning expenses that would support the flagging rouble.
The Russian currency had actually passed 101 roubles to the dollar, continuing a more than one-third decrease in its worth given that the start of the year and striking the most affordable level in almost 17 months. The ruble recuperated somewhat after the reserve bank’s statement.
The conference was set after president Vladimir Putin’s financial consultant, Maksim Oreshkin, blamed the weak rouble on “loose monetary policy” in an op-ed Monday for state news company Tass.
He said a strong rouble remains in the interest of the Russian economy which a weak currency “complicates economic restructuring and negatively affects people’s real incomes.”
Namita Singh15 August 2023 04:20
Blasts heard in Ukraine’s western area of Lviv – authorities
Explosions were heard previously today in the western Ukrainian area of Lviv that surrounds with Poland, regional authorities said.
“Explosions again in Lviv,” Lviv city mayor Andriy Sadovyi said on the Telegram messaging app.
It was not instantly clear whether the surges were air defence systems participated in driving away an attack or ground targets being struck.
Urging individuals to look for shelter, the Lviv area’s guv Maxim Kozitsky said on Telegram previously that Russia-introduced rockets were heading towards the area.
Namita Singh15 August 2023 04:00
Recap: RAF jets introduced to obstruct Russian bombers off coast of UK
Royal Air Force jets obstructed Russian bombers simply north of Scotland, the federal government said on Monday.
Typhoon fighters were rushed to obstruct 2 Russian long-range maritime patrol bombers that were taking a trip north of the Shetland Islands in Scotland in the early hours of Monday.
The jets, which were introduced from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, kept an eye on the Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J airplane – utilized for reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare – as they passed north of the UK.
(MoD/Crown Copyright/PA)
Sam Rkaina15 August 2023 03:45
Prague federal government opposes regional efficiency by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko
The city government in Prague has said it “unequivocally” opposes a scheduled efficiency by Russian opera vocalist Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital while Russia earnings war on Ukraine.
Deputy Mayor Jiri Pospisil, who supervises culture in the city, said that all the members of Prague’s governing union shared the very same view.
“All the parties perceive that at a time when the war (in Ukraine) has been ongoing and we read every day about the victims of the Russian attacks in the media, it is insensitive for such a singer to perform here in Prague,” Pospisil said.
The Czech Republic has actually been a strong fan of Ukraine throughout the war. The governing union in Prague is comprised of the very same political celebrations that consist of the Czech federal government.
The view from City Hall does not always suggest Netrebko’s Oct 16 efficiency at Prague’s Municipal House won’t occur as prepared. The management of the place, which is a civic building in addition to a performance place, has the last word.
Pospisil acknowledged it would be “very difficult” to discover a legal factor to cancel the soprano’s agreement. Netrebko took legal action against the Metropolitan Opera in New York City over its choice to cut ties with her in 2015 for declining to repudiate her assistance for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Her 2023-24 season consists of engagements with Berlin’s Staatsoper unter den Linden, the Vienna State Opera, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera.
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Sam Rkaina15 August 2023 02:45
Ukraine presses back Putin’s soldiers around Bakhmut – as Zelensky gos to eastern frontline
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday checked out soldiers near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, with his military reporting gains around the town of Bakhmut.
The deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, said that Kyiv’s soldiers had actually handled to retake almost 2 square miles throughout the previous week around the destroyed Bakhmut – the scene for a few of the bloodiest combating of Russia’s near 18-month war, which has actually acquired symbolic significance for both countries.
Mr Zelensky checked out brigades associated with attacks on the area of the frontline dealing with Soledar, the Russian-held town north of Bakhmut.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky awards a Ukrainian service member as he goes to a frontline near the easterm city of Soledar in Donetsk
(Ukrainian Presidential Press Service by means of Reuters)
Sam Rkaina15 August 2023 01:45
Watch: Newborn amongst those killed in ‘brutal’ strikes on Kherson area, Zelensky says
Newborn amongst those killed in ‘ruthless’ strikes on Kherson area, Zelensky says
Sam Rkaina15 August 2023 00:45
Russia’s rouble sinks to 16-month low in the middle of intrusion of Ukraine
Russia’s reserve bank is because of hold an unscheduled conference to go over the level of its essential rate of interest – in the wake of the rouble being up to its most affordable worth for more than 16 months.
Pressure on the Russian economy is growing as the Kremlin continues pumping large amounts into its intrusion of Ukraine. The nation has actually been targeted with sanctions led by Western countries given that the intrusion started.
Imports are likewise increasing faster than exports sending out the rouble past 100 per United States dollar. The rouble plunged as low as 119 per United States dollar soon after President Vladimir Putin introduced his intrusion in February 2002, however was later on stabilised through capital controls and Russia’s financially rewarding oil and gas exports. The rouble has actually lost about a quarter of its worth versus the dollar given that the start of the war.
Sam Rkaina14 August 2023 23:45
