Author: Steven Sahiounie

Chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, Mikhail Mezentsev, announced that Ukrainian forces and extremist nationalists are occupying nurseries, schools, etc., and making them their military headquarters. “Ukrainian armed forces and nationalist battalions deploy their launching equipment and heavy weapons in nurseries, secondary schools, municipal buildings and medical facilities throughout Ukraine, including in the regions and cities of “Dnepropetrovsk”, “Zaporozhe”, “Kyiv”, “Odessa”, “Sumy” and “Kharkov” and Chernigov,” Mezentsev was cited by Tass Agency as saying. Mezentsev added that the World Health Organization has not yet provided the appropriate assessment or objection to the fact that health institutions are not used…

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Moscow is concerned about the involvement of NATO’s non-Arctic states in the alliance’s military activity in northern areas Russia is concerned about the involvement of NATO’s non-Arctic states in the alliance’s military activity in northern areas and notes risks of unintentional clashes with the alliance’ forces in the Arctic, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Nikolay Korchunov told TASS. “The internationalization of the Alliance’s military activities in high latitudes, in which non-Arctic NATO states are involved, can’t fail to cause concern,” said the diplomat, who is also Chairman of the Senior Officials Committee at the Arctic Council. “This raises the risk of…

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The author of the video reports that some of the burned cars belong to those who took part in a rally against the oppression of Russians or the Russian language in Germany. The rest of the cars belong to local residents who were unlucky enough to be parked in the vicinity. A tent city for Ukrainian refugees was recently opened in Hanover. This is not the first time that persons who have recently arrived in the EU from Ukraine have committed demonstrative crimes. The victims are any people who do not “like” them, refusing to shout “Glory to Ukraine” or…

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Russian forces hit 68 targets across Ukraine overnight, the Defense Ministry has reported The Russian military has used “high-precision air-launched missiles” to destroy a munitions factory in Brovary, a town outside the Ukrainian capital, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told a daily press briefing on Sunday. He also claimed that 68 targets were hit overnight, including two S-300 air defense missile system radars, as well as several weapons depots and fuel terminals. Russia previously stated that it had struck a tank factory and also a facility that made anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles in Kiev. Moscow has stepped up strikes on…

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Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound was the scene of a brutal crackdown on Muslims trying to pray on Friday during the Holy month of Ramadan. Israeli occupation forces raided the mosque with weapons drawn while worshippers were on their knees praying.  Medics from the Red Crescent reported 158 Palestinians injured and treated at hospitals, while another 400 were arrested for attending prayers on Friday.  Israeli forces tried to prevent ambulances and paramedics from arriving. Thousands had gathered for early morning prayers when the Israeli forces entered firing tear gas and stun grenades. Videos online show…

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In April, half of the 18 Palestinians killed, died after statements made by Israeli PM Naftali Bennett. According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Israeli troops have considerably accelerated the killing and persecution of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Al-Quds in recent days, after getting a green light from Israeli senior authorities. Euro-field Med’s team documented the martyrdom of 18 Palestinians in the first half of this month, the majority of whom died as a result of statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 8 April, granting the Israeli occupation forces a mandate to wage an unyielding war…

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The official did not specify whether Athens had previously sent Stinger man-portable air defense systems to Kiev Greece is not going to send any more military equipment to Ukraine, Greek government spokesman Ioannis Oikonomou confirmed at a briefing on Friday. The official did not specify whether Athens had previously sent Stinger man-portable air defense systems to Kiev. The cabinet spokesman was asked whether the government plans to send additional military equipment to Ukraine. “There is nothing new in this direction from what has been done so far. Nothing like that is being discussed,” Oikonomou said. He noted that the defense…

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The new sanctions are to be implemented on the British Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss, Defense Minister Ben Wallace and other high-level officials. According to the Russian foreign ministry on Saturday, Russia has implemented sanctions against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss, Defense Minister Ben Wallace and other top-level officials as they have been banned from entering Russia. According to the statement, “It was decided to include key members of the British government and a number of political figures to the Russian ‘stop list’ amid the unprecedented hostile actions of the British government, expressed in particular in the…

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British special forces are in Kiev teaching troops how to use UK-supplied anti-tank weapons, according to The Times British SAS troops have trained Ukrainian forces for the first time since the Russian military offensive began, in February, Ukrainian commanders told The Times on Friday. Instructors from the UK were previously withdrawn from the country, two months ago, when NATO member states were expecting a Russian assault. The British have now returned to teach locals how to use NLAWs, UK-supplied shoulder-fired anti-tank missile launchers, the paper explained, citing Captain Yury Mironenko and two other Ukrainian commanders, identified only by their nicknames.…

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