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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
4 Chechen officers killed in car bombing in Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine's HUR claims
Four Chechen officers from Russian-backed Akhmat unit were killed in a car bombing near the occupied city of Skadovsk in Kherson Oblast on May 20, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) claimed on May 22. According to HUR, the car exploded between Skadovsk and Antonivka in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast. Skadovsk, a city with a pre-war population of 17,000, lies on the Black Sea coast. Russia has occupied it since March 2022. The first blast was followed by more explosions, as the officers were allegedly transporting ammunition that detonated, HUR said. While Ukrainian intelligence did not explicitly claim responsibility for the incident, it said that "there will be just retribution for every war crime committed against the Ukrainian people." The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims. Russian officials, their proxies, and collaborators have been routinely targeted in both occupied parts of Ukraine and inside Russia. Kyiv does not typically comment on the attacks or claim responsibility. Read also: 47th Brigade battalion commander's resignation puts Ukraine's military leadership under new scrutiny We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Saba Yemen
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Russian forces thwart Ukrainian infiltration attempt
Moscow - Saba: Ramzan Kadyrov, the ruler of the Russian Chechen Republic, announced that the Russian "Akhmat" special forces thwarted an infiltration attempt by Ukrainian armed forces into Kursk Oblast. Russia Today quoted Ramzan Kadyrov as saying: "In the direction of Sumy, units of the Russian "Akhmat" special forces, in cooperation with groups from the 2nd Special Forces Brigade, 15th Tank Regiment, were able to prevent Ukrainian armed forces personnel from infiltrating from the Ukrainian side into Kursk Oblast." Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Yahoo
Police serves Russian soldier who abducted and raped teenage girls in Mykolaiv Oblast with notice of suspicion
Ukrainian law enforcement officers have identified a Russian soldier who abducted and raped teen girls aged 13 and 15 during the occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast. He is a 26-year-old native of Russia's Stavropol Krai who voluntarily joined the ranks of the Akhmat special operations unit. Source: National Police of Ukraine Details: According to the investigation, the man was trained at the Russian University of Special Forces in Chechnya and came to fight in Ukraine. On 19 March 2022, the man, together with other Russian military personnel, seized the Snihurivka hromada in Mykolaiv Oblast [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]. They began to intimidate, rob, beat and torture the local residents. Investigators found that the man illegally broke into one of the abandoned apartments of a Ukrainian soldier who was defending Ukraine. He then kidnapped and brought two underage girls to the seized home, threatening them with weapons. For three days, the perpetrator raped and intimidated the children. He also found out that the mother of one of the girls was a military officer who was in captivity, and he beat the child for this. On the third day, the girls were lucky to escape through a window when the soldier was not in the apartment. Soon, regular Russian troops began to retreat. The special unit fled with them. After the liberation, the police investigators began to document the crimes of the Russians and, with the help of specialists from Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, identified the rapist. He was served with a notice of suspicion under Article 438.1 of the Criminal Code (violation of the laws and customs of war). He faces up to 10 years in prison. "The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Police investigators are doing everything possible to identify all those involved in the offences committed by the Russians in the occupied territories," law enforcement officials said. Background: Earlier, Ukrainian law enforcement officers exposed a Russian soldier who kidnapped a 21-year-old woman from Kharkiv Oblast and brought her to Russia. The attacker held the Ukrainian woman captive, beat and raped her for over a year. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian commander says situation in Belgorod 'under control' while battles continue in Kursk
By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) - The situation in Russia's Belgorod region is "under control" after the Ukrainian army tried to break through the border two weeks ago, Russian commander Apti Alaudinov was quoted by the state RIA news agency as saying on Friday. Just as Ukrainian forces are battling to keep their grip on a sliver of Russia's Kursk region they captured last year, they have tried to stage a little-publicised incursion into the adjacent Belgorod region, according to Russian military bloggers. Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya's Akhmat special forces, told Russian state television that Moscow's forces were "clearing areas" of Ukrainian troops in Belgorod. "In general, our situation is quite good," RIA cited him as saying. "The enemy does not tire of throwing in new and new meat, although he sees every day that he suffers terrible losses and cannot achieve results." Reuters could not independently verify Alaudinov's report. 'Two Majors', a pro-Russian war blogger with over 1.2 million subscribers, wrote on Friday that fighting was continuing around Demidovka and Popovka, villages in Belgorod lying just over the border from Ukraine. "The enemy continues to attempt to break through the forest belts," Two Majors wrote, adding that Ukraine was also attacking four other towns near the frontier in Belgorod. On Friday Vyacheslav Gladkov, Belgorod's governor, reported multiple Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks over the past day on those four towns - Murom, Malinovka, Masychevo and Shebekino - as well as several others. One man was injured in Shebekino after a drone detonated in a parking lot, Gladkov said. Separately, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday battles were still underway to the north in the Kursk region, where Moscow's forces are fighting to eject Ukrainian troops from their last remaining major stronghold. Russian war bloggers have reported that more than 300 Ukrainian soldiers are hunkered down in a monastery in Kursk from which they are trying to defend their positions in a village called Guevo. Reuters was unable to independently verify any of the war bloggers' assertions. Should Moscow rout Ukraine from Kursk entirely, it would deliver a significant blow to Kyiv, whose army seized a chunk of the region last August to use as a future bargaining chip in talks to end the war.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Over 150 Ukrainian soldiers may be held captive in Russia's Chechnya, Radio Liberty says
Over 150 Ukrainian soldiers may be held captive in Chechnya, with a high likelihood that they are in the city of Grozny. [The Chechen Republic, also known as Chechnya, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation; the Ukrainian parliament has recognised it as the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – ed.] Source: Radio Liberty's Ukrainian Service, citing Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Quote from the Headquarters: "POWs could be transferred to places of detention on the territory of Chechnya, where, as in other places of captivity, humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention are violated. [Ramzan] Kadyrov's regime uses them as a human shield for military facilities and a lever to lift sanctions against his family." Details: Radio Liberty reports that the International Committee of the Red Cross cannot confirm that Ukrainians are being held captive in Chechnya. The Coordination Centre is also unaware of any visits by the humanitarian organisation to Ukrainian prisoners in Chechnya. Even if the Red Cross receives all the necessary information about Ukrainian prisoners of war in Chechnya, it will not be able to assist in the exchange as it does not have access to the territory. Background: On 30 October 2024, Kadyrov stated that he had ordered the commanders of Akhmat, a Chechen armed formation fighting on Russia's side, to cease taking Ukrainian troops prisoner. However, on 2 November, Kadyrov noted that he had rescinded his order to Akhmat fighters not to take Ukrainian soldiers prisoner. In December 2024, Kadyrov supposedly visited Ukrainian POWs and threatened to use them as human shields against drones attacking Chechnya. Support UP or become our patron!
