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In the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine, the outcome will be decided on the battlefield, not at the negotiating table. “Now we understand that their conflict will not be resolved by sitting at the negotiating table. The conflict will be resolved on the battlefield… I see no other alternatives and we must direct all efforts to ensure that Ukraine wins this war. All other scenarios could be very dark for Ukraine, Lithuania and the whole democratic world”, Nauseda said. According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin miscalculated the scenario of this war. “Putin expected that they would take Kiev…

The Parliament of Latvia recognized Russia’s violence against the civilian population of Ukraine and other countries as terrorism, and Russia itself as a state that supports terrorism. Earlier, in an official statement, The Parliament Commission on Foreign Affairs recognized Russia’s violence against the civilian population of Ukraine and other countries as terrorism, and Russia as a state that supports terrorism. The commission’s statement emphasizes that Russia purposefully uses suffering and intimidation as a tool in its attempts to demoralize the Ukrainian people and the Armed Forces, to paralyze Ukraine’s ability to act to occupy its territory. The deputies categorically condemn…

Oleksi Zhmerenetsky, Ukrainian MP, https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles/2022/07/27/7143946/ “…I ask you to use the name “Russian Federation” instead of the name “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.” This sentence in the legally void letter signed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin was enough for the West, frightened by nuclear weapons, to let Russian impostors take a sit the USSR chair in the UN Security Council. The Kremlin sees Russia as the legal successor of the Soviet Union de jure and de facto. This is not true, and documents confirm it. The USSR was founded in 1922 as a confederation of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Transcaucasia…

Explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday. Russia unilaterally annexed the region eight years ago. Russia denied that the base was attacked. But some media reports point to involvement of Ukrainians. Russia's defense ministry says munitions exploded at the base. Meanwhile, Ukraine's defense ministry says it has not yet determined the cause of the blasts. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that a senior Ukrainian official said, "the attack involved partisan resistance forces loyal to the government in Kyiv", but he would not disclose whether those forces carried out the attack or assisted regular Ukrainian military…

Guerrilla forces loyal to Kyiv are killing pro-Moscow officials in a growing challenge to Russia’s grip on areas it occupies in southeastern Ukraine ByYURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press FILE - Russian troops guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-the-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, southern Ukraine, May 20, 2022. The Associated Press In a growing challenge to Russia's grip on occupied areas of southeastern Ukraine, guerrilla forces loyal to Kyiv are killing pro-Moscow officials, blowing up bridges and trains, and helping the Ukrainian military by identifying key targets. The spreading resistance…

Complaints of Russian citizens to the military prosecutor’s office of Russia show the real state of affairs in the Russian army, looting and atrocities of soldiers, writes The Insider with a link to the archive of complaints, which was at the disposal of the editors. The publication and Bellingcat were able to confirm the authenticity of the letters. The appeals say that conscripts are sent to war by deceit and coercion, soldiers are not provided with normal food and medical care, contract soldiers deliberately violate the rules of the charter in order to be removed from service, and parents cannot…

Ukrainian special forces struck the Russian air base in occupied Crimea. The Washington Post writes about this with reference to an unnamed Ukrainian official. The authors of the material believe that this event will lead to an escalation of the conflict. A senior Ukrainian military official with knowledge of the situation said that Ukrainian forces were behind the attack. “This was an air base from which planes regularly took off for attacks against our forces in the southern theater,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters. The official would not disclose the type of…

Among the many war crimes committed by Russia on Ukrainian soil, deportations are among those perpetrated at the largest scale. According to varying estimates Russia has deported from 900,000 to 2,000,000 people, hundreds of thousands being children who are particularly vulnerable and have no option to leave Russia once forcefully moved there. https://youtu.be/0Xef5Jr6euU In May Putin signed a decree that simplifies the procedure of giving Russian citizenship to the orphans from Ukraine, facilitating the process of kidnapping and enforced assimilation of Ukrainian children. Russian Commissioner for Children’s rights announced the creation of summer camps for children brought from Ukraine to…

People evacuated from the Azovstal plant and adjacent houses in Mariupol arrive at a temporary accommodation center in the village of Bezimenne in Donetsk, May 1, 2022. Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries say more than 100 people were evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine but differ on the exact number and other details.Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) described Russia’s use of the filtration and deportation system as a war crime Almost since the war began, Ukrainians have accused Russian forces of detaining civilians, interrogating them and in many…

The unprecedented steps of the European Union can be explained – indeed, are justified – by the urgent need to support Ukraine and the high stakes for wider European security, With war at its doorstep following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has demonstrated unity and resolve in its response. As Crisis Group laid out in its latest statement on the war, the EU, alongside Kyiv’s other Western allies, has helped Ukraine resist the invasion and raised the costs thereof to Russia, while keeping the door for dialogue open and reducing to the extent possible the risks of direct…