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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2022 17:17:00 GMT
Ukraine: First time since April, Russia strikes capital Kyiv 2,264 views Jun 6, 2022 Ukraine says its forces are "strongly resisting" Russian occupiers in Severodonetsk and have prevented them seizing control of the city - but other parts of Ukraine have come under attack, including the capital Kyiv which was hit by rocket fire for the first time since April. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) The Russian president Vladimir Putin threatened to strike at targets "not yet hit" if the west sent long range missiles to bolster Ukraine's defence.
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2022 17:45:47 GMT
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim at Western military supplies for Ukraine’s government with early Sunday airstrikes in Kyiv that it said destroyed tanks donated from abroad, a claim denied by a Ukrainian official. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of long-range rocket systems to Ukraine would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.” The cryptic threat of a military escalation from the Russian leader didn’t specify what the new targets might be, but it comes days after the United States announced plans to deliver $700 million of security assistance for Ukraine. Those weapons include four precision-guided, medium-range rocket systems, helicopters, Javelin anti-tank weapon systems, radars, tactical vehicles and more. Military analysts say Russia is hoping to overrun Ukraine’s embattled eastern industrial Donbas region, where Russia-backed separatists have fought the Ukrainian government since 2014, before any U.S. weapons that might turn the tide arrive. The Pentagon said last week it will take at least three weeks to get the precision U.S. weapons onto the battlefield. Ukraine’s General Staff said Russian forces fired five X-22 cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea toward Kyiv, and one was destroyed by air defenses. Four others missiles hit “infrastructure facilities,” but Ukraine said there were no casualties. Nuclear plant operator Energoatom said one cruise missile buzzed close to the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant, 350 kilometers (220 miles) to the south, and warned of the catastrophic dangers if such a near miss turned into a direct hit.
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2022 18:16:32 GMT
'Lack of Russian military discipline' could result in war crimes in Ukraine, says lawyer - BBC News 5,906 views Jun 6, 2022 War crimes lawyer Sir Howard Morrison QC says a lack of Russian military discipline could be leading to thousands of alleged crimes in Ukraine.
He said that "a lot of people are doing whatever they want" in the war zone because "they think they can get away with it."
Around 15,000 suspected war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the war began, with 200 to 300 more reported daily, its chief prosecutor said.
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Post by Admin on Jun 7, 2022 17:36:21 GMT
The M-777 howitzer consignment from the United States is part of a huge outlay of weapons from Washington to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion, which began on Feb. 24. The United States and other countries have provided Ukraine with heavy weapons. Ukraine said howitzers and other weapon systems are needed to fight back against Russian artillery.
Moscow said on Monday that Western deliveries of longer-range arms to Kyiv would make Russia push Ukrainian forces further back from its borders, essentially increasing the potential territorial losses for Ukraine in the invasion.
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Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2022 6:07:23 GMT
See the powerful US weapons Ukrainian troops use on front lines 41,610 views Jun 9, 2022 Ukrainian troops say weapons provided by the US are giving them an advantage because they are lighter and more precise than the ones used by Russia. CNN's Matthew Chance reports from the front lines.
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