Author: Steven Sahiounie

On 4 April, 267 soldiers and officers of the 503rd Independent Battalion of the Ukrainian Navy surrendered in Mariupol. This was the entire surviving personnel of the unit. The battalion was assigned to the 36th Independent Marines Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy. The unit lost more than 50% of its personnel killed and wounded in the fighting for Mariupol. In the video below, a captured soldier from the 503rd battalion, excited to be alive and unbeaten, says that all the time their main task was to retreat. All surrendered AFU soldiers are in good health. The lightly wounded were given…

Washington said the arms deal with Bulgaria will bolster NATO forces in the Black Sea region The United States has authorized a major war plane sale to Bulgaria worth more than $1.6 billion, agreeing to transfer several F-16s to the Eastern European nation in an effort to modernize its military. The State Department approved the deal on Monday. In addition to eight F-16 fighter jets, it also includes a range of missiles, sensors and replacement parts, coming to a total of $1.67 billion, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national…

The test of Lockheed Martin’s design reportedly took place in mid-March but was not publicized to avoid escalation with Russia The US has tested a hypersonic missile designed by Lockheed Martin for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program, a defense official cited by CNN on Monday has claimed. The Biden administration supposedly kept the trial secret not to antagonize Russia further. According to the CNN source, the scramjet missile was launched from a B-52 bomber off the west coast and traveled at an altitude of 65,000 feet (20,000 m) for more than 300 miles (480 km). The source did not disclose…

On 3 April, a tank battle reportedly took place in the village of Brazhkovka (south-west of Kamianka). Tankers from the 13th regiment of the Russian First Tank Army faced an AFU tank column and destroyed six AFU tanks in a rapid battle, losing one of their own tanks. At the moment the village itself is in the grey zone. A fierce fighting is under way for control for the village. LPR and Russian Federation units continue to advance into Popasnoye. A locomotive depot was occupied. On 4 April, the biggest success was achieved by DPR units, which managed to capture…

UPDATE : The European Union will tighten sanctions against Russia and strengthen Kiev’s support in defense issues, according to German Foreign Minister Anna Lena Berbock on Twitter. European officials attribute this decision to the reports of the Ukrainian authorities about the events in Bucha. UPDATE: The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Kiev’s information about the mass killings in the Ukrainian Butcha is not true, and the footage was staged. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that all the facts irrefutably confirm that the photos and video frames from Bucha are another staging of the Kiev regime for the Western media, as…

Moscow said the move won’t go unanswered France will expel “many” Russian diplomats, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced in a statement on Monday. Moscow, according to Russian media, has promised to respond to Paris’ decision to expel the personnel. According to the French foreign ministry, “this action is part of a European [sic] approach,” and the activities of diplomats targeted by these measures are contrary to France’s security interests. According to the BFM TV channel, “about 30 Russian diplomats” will be affected by the decision. In a comment to RIA Novosti, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it will respond to Paris’…

Foreign Minister Baerbock said that the persons had “worked against our freedom” Germany has reportedly declared 40 Russian diplomats “undesirable persons.” They have five days to leave the country. Berlin has decided to “declare a significant number of members of the Russian embassy unwanted persons who have worked here in Germany every day against our freedom, against the cohesion of our society,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday. “We will not tolerate this any further.” If diplomats are pronounced unwanted persons, it means expulsion. The decision was communicated to the Russian ambassador Sergey Netschayev in the afternoon, Baerbock announced.…

In the past week, the US administration has increased its imports of Russian oil by 43%, reaching 100,000 barrels a day. According to the Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov on Sunday, the US increased its imports of Russian oil by 43% in the last week, totaling 100,000 barrels a day. Popov told Komsomolskaya Pravda news that “the US forced Europeans to introduce anti-Russian sanctions, while not only continuing to import oil from Russia but increasing volume of [oil] deliveries for the past week by 43% up to 100,000 barrels per day!” The Deputy Secretary also detailed…

On April 3, the Russian Defense Ministry refuted the Kiev regime’s accusations of an alleged massacre of civilians in Bucha France will discuss with its EU partners the introduction of new sanctions against Russia over the situation in the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kiev and does not rule out restrictions on the supplies of Russian oil and coal, French President Emmanuel Macron told the France Inter radio station on Monday. “What happened in Bucha demands the introduction of a new series of sanctions. We plan to coordinate efforts with our European partners, in particular, with Germany,” he said. Responding…

Kim Yo-jong had called Seoul’s defense minister a ‘scum-like guy’ Seoul has “strongly” urged Pyongyang against escalatory rhetoric and actions, after the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lashed out against the country’s defense minister, calling him a “confrontation maniac.” “The Ministry of Unification clearly points out that North Korea should not cause additional tension on the Korean Peninsula in any case,” the inter-Korean affairs ministry’s spokesperson, Lee Jong-joo, said on Monday, according to Yonhap. However, despite a series of harsh statements over the weekend, the two sides reportedly had a phone call via the inter-Korean liaison office at 9am Monday, as planned. On Sunday,…