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Putin replaces Kursk Oblast governor due to management ‘chaos’ after Ukraine incursion, media reports Kyiv Independent Source link

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk on 6 December to attend a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State. [The Union State, or Union State of Russia and Belarus, is a supranational union consisting of Belarus…

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin with acting governor of Kursk Oblast Alexander Khinshtein. Photo: Kremlin website Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has dismissed Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast Governor Alexei Smirnov and appointed Alexander Khinshtein, a member of the State Duma, as acting head…

Russia is acutely aware of the importance of the information aspect of modern warfare. One of the first things Russians do when they capture Ukrainian territories is to put up Russian markers and symbols. Combatting “undesirables” – a designation that…

Mobile fire group. Stock photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Air defence systems have been responding during an air-raid warning in the city of Kyiv on the night of 5-6 December. Source: Kyiv City Military Administration; Kyiv…

Stock photo: Getty Images A survey has shown a growing concern among US citizens about the risk of Russia using nuclear weapons. Source: the survey conducted by the Ronald Reagan Institute, as reported by European Pravda Details: According to the…

An ambulance. Stock photo: Getty Images Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone on an ambulance in the settlement of Antonivka in Kherson Oblast, leaving two medical workers injured. Source: Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office; Roman Mrochko, Head of Kherson City…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has had an interview with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, during which he stated that Moscow and Washington could cooperate “for the sake of the universe” and mentioned that Russia aimed to make a…

Evaculation. Photo: Donetsk Oblast Military Administration Mandatory evacuation in Donetsk Oblast is ongoing. Approximately 318,000 civilians remain there. Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Dmytro Petlin, Head of Department of Operational Duty Service, Communication, Alerting and informing population of the department…

A helmet with a Russian Z propaganda symbol. Stock photo: Getty Images Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) indicate that Russia lost about 53 soldiers per sq. km as its forces advanced through Ukrainian territory in…