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Russian general branded as 'Butcher of Mariupol' had also devised siege of Aleppo
The Russian general dubbed as the 'Butcher of Mariupol' has been heard berating a junior officer for not cutting off the ears of a private who had been caught not wearing his uniform properly, according to a chilling intercepted phone call, Daily Mail reported.
Russia announces completion of 1st stage of military operation in Ukraine
The main tasks of the first stage of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine have been completed in general, the Russian military has said. "The combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been significantly reduced," said Sergei Rudskoy, first Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on Friday. "Our forces and means will concentrate on the main thing -- the complete liberation of Donbas," he added.
Ukrainian forces have dealt powerful blows to enemy: Zelensky
In a video address posted on Facebook early Saturday morning, the President said: "Over the past week, our heroic Armed Forces have dealt powerful blows to the enemy, significant losses." Zelenksy also made a reference to the reported disappearance of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was last seen in public on March 11.
'Nothing to do with Infosys': UK minister Rishi Sunak responds to questions over his wife's business interests
Chancellor Sunak was asked on a news channel if his policies to isolate Moscow was being heeded to at home as his wife, Akshata Murty, has a stake in tech-firm Infosys which has a small team of employees based out of Russia as well as is “connected” to the now-sanctioned Alpha Bank. “I am an elected politician and I am here to talk about what I am responsible for. My wife is not,” Sunak replied.
NATO has never been more united than it is today: Biden
US President Joe Biden said that the NATO has "never been more united than it is today" in the face of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. Addressing the media after a NATO summit here on Thursday, Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "getting exactly the opposite of what he intended to have as a consequence of going into Ukraine".
Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine
Documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed and approved by the Pentagon, the Ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday during a briefing.
NATO approves deployment of four new battle groups
The four new battle groups deployed along eastern part of the NATO alliance were approved on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. In total, there will now be eight NATO battle groups deployed along the eastern flank of the alliance, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
The organisation's heads of states were called for an extraordinary meeting to discuss further support for Ukraine, in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that started in February.
India abstains 6th, 7th time on Ukraine resolution; UNGA throttles S Africa resolution
The Assembly approved a resolution on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine proposed by that country criticising Russia's role, but it throttled another put forward by South Africa that did not mention Moscow. India's Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti said at the Assembly's emergency session that New Delhi abstained on the resolution proposed by Ukraine because it "did not fully reflect" India's expected focus on "on cessation of hostilities and on urgent humanitarian assistance".
India, Russia and China ahead of US in hypersonic technology: Top American Senator
“We're in a situation where we have technological improvements. We used to dominate technology. That's no longer the case. Hypersonic, clearly, China and India, Russia have advantages on it,” Senator Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said. He also said that, for the first time in history, the nuclear competition involves not two but three countries, i.e., China, Russia and the US.
Zelensky calls for global protests against Russian war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for protests across the world on Thursday as Russia's ongoing invasion of Kiev completes a month since it started on February 24. "The war of Russia is not only the war against Ukraine. Its meaning is much wider... Russia started the war against freedom... This is only the beginning for Russia on the Ukrainian land
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