Missile strike in Poland: how the world has reacted
AFP - 16/11/2022
Poland raised its military readiness after what the country's President Andrzej Duda said was "most probably" a strike by a Russian-mad…
Pro-Russian forces say captured villages near Bakhmut in Donetsk region
AFP - Russia - 13/10/2022
Russian-backed separatist forces in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine said Thursday they had captured two villages near the industrial city of Bakhmut, posting small gains against Kyiv’s counter-offensive
“A group of DNR and LNR troops — with fire…
Fake news sites pumping out pro-Russian disinformation
AFP - Germany - 06/10/2022
A boy dies in a cycling accident in Berlin after street lights were turned off at night, as Germany faces an energy crunch following the shutdown of Russian gas supplies
At first glance, the story appears to be a genuine article from the country’s top tabloid, Bild…
Putin calls up reservists, warns Russia will use 'all means' for defence
AFP - Russia - 21/09/2022
President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and vowed on Wednesday to use “all available means” to protect Russian territory, after Moscow-held regions of Ukraine suddenly announced annexation referendums
The votes, already denounced by…
UN decries Russia's 'intimidation' of opponents to Ukraine war
AFP - International - 12/09/2022
The UN’s acting human rights chief decried on Monday the “intimidation” of people in Russia voicing opposition to the Ukraine war, warning it was undermining fundamental freedoms
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, deputy UN rights chief Nada Al…
Ukraine severs ties with NKorea after pro-Russia separatists recognition
AFP - Ukraine - 13/07/2022
Kyiv said Wednesday it was severing relations with North Korea, as Pyongyang confirmed it was formally recognising two self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics in eastern Ukraine
North Korea’s recognition of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and…
Georgian fighters in Ukraine wrestle with international humanitarian law
AFP - Ukraine - 05/07/2022
His forearm tattooed “Never forget, never forgive,” the head of the Georgian National Legion Mamuka Mamulashvili listens intently to a presentation on the need for fighters in Ukraine to respect international humanitarian law
The event in the capital Kyiv is…
Ex-PM says Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two years
AFP - France - 13/06/2022
He was Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister but Mikhail Kasyanov never in his worst nightmares imagined that his former boss would unleash a full-scale war on Ukraine.
Speaking to AFP in a video interview, Kasyanov, Russia’s prime minister from 2000 to 2004…
Russia accused of stoking divisions in Bosnia amid war in Ukraine
AFP - Bosnia/Herzegovina - 29/04/2022
As war rages in Ukraine, more than a thousand miles away in Bosnia observers are warning that Russia is fanning the embers of separatism which could spell trouble for the deeply divided Balkan country
Since the end of the war that claimed around 100,000 lives between 1992…
