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Free Malaysia Today
18-07-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Ukrainian instructors killed by cadet in training centre shooting
Military-age men are blocked from leaving Ukraine and face being drafted to the front. (AFP pic) KYIV : A Ukrainian military recruit shot dead two instructors at a training centre in the north of the country, police said today. The incident, which occurred yesterday, highlighted the divisiveness of army recruitment and mobilisation in Ukraine, which is struggling to attract soldiers more than three years into the Russian invasion. 'Yesterday, the police received information that during shooting practice at a training centre, a cadet fired shots from an automatic weapon at military instructors. As a result of their wounds, the two soldiers died,' the police in the northern Chernigiv region said in a statement. The cadet was detained and is facing up to 15 years in prison. Russia and Ukraine have sustained heavy losses – estimated by western intelligence and independent analysts to be well into the tens of thousands on each side – through more than three years of gruelling warfare. Mobilisation is unpopular in Ukraine, where military-age men are blocked from leaving the country and face being drafted to the front.
Al Arabiya
17-07-2025
- Al Arabiya
Ukraine military recruit kills two instructors at training center
A Ukrainian military recruit shot dead two instructors at a training center in the north of the country, police said Thursday. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, highlighted the divisiveness of army recruitment and mobilization in Ukraine, which is struggling to attract soldiers more than three years into the Russian invasion. 'Yesterday, the police received information that during shooting practice at a training center, a cadet fired shots from an automatic weapon at military instructors. As a result of their wounds, the two soldiers died,' the police in the northern Chernigiv region said in a statement. The cadet was detained and is facing up to 15 years in prison. Russia and Ukraine have sustained heavy losses -- estimated by Western intelligence and independent analysts to be well into the tens of thousands on each side -- through more than three years of grueling warfare. Mobilization is unpopular in Ukraine, where military-age men are blocked from leaving the country and face being drafted to the front.
Al Arabiya
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
UK distances new spy chief from ‘Nazi' grandfather
The British government has distanced the incoming head of its foreign intelligence service from her grandfather following reports he was a Nazi spy known as 'the butcher.' Blaise Metreweli will in the autumn become the first woman to lead MI6 in its 116-year-old history, the British government announced earlier this month. The Daily Mail newspaper reported this week that her grandfather Constantine Dobrowolski defected from the Soviet Union's Red Army to become a Nazi informant in the Chernigiv region of modern-day Ukraine. The newspaper said German archives showed Dobrowolski was known as 'the Butcher' or 'Agent No 30' by Wehrmacht commanders. 'Blaise Metreweli neither knew nor met her paternal grandfather,' a Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement. 'Blaise's ancestry is characterized by conflict and division and, as is the case for many with eastern European heritage, only partially understood. 'It is precisely this complex heritage which has contributed to her commitment to prevent conflict and protect the British public from modern threats from today's hostile states, as the next chief of MI6.' The Daily Mail said Dobrowolski had a 50,000 ruble bounty placed on him by Soviet leaders, and was dubbed the 'worst enemy of the Ukrainian people.' He also sent letters to superiors saying he 'personally' took part 'in the extermination of the Jews,' the newspaper added. The head of MI6 is the only publicly named member of the organization and reports directly to the foreign minister. Metreweli, 47, will be the 18th head of MI6. Like her predecessors she will be referred to as 'C', not 'M' as the chief is called in the James Bond film franchise.
Arab News
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Ukraine, Russia exchange another group of POWs
CHERNIGIV REGION, Ukraine: Ukraine and Russia exchanged a new group of captured soldiers on Thursday, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed at peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Neither side said how many prisoners were released in the latest exchange. The two countries pledged to swap at least 1,000 soldiers each during their direct meeting in Istanbul on June 2 but no follow-up talks have been scheduled. The return of prisoners of war and the repatriation of war dead have been among the few areas of cooperation between the warring sides since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. 'Today, warriors of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service are returning home,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media. He shared images of Ukrainian soldiers draped in blue-and-yellow national flags, smiling and tearfully embracing. AFP reporters in Ukraine's northern Chernigiv region saw relatives awaiting the prisoner release. Some family members waved posters of missing or captured soldiers in the hope someone would recognize their loved ones and bring them news. Svitlana Nosal learned her husband Viktor had been freed. 'It's such a joy, I don't know how to describe it, how to put it into words,' she said, laughing and crying in the late afternoon sun. The majority of those released on Thursday were held captive for more than three years, according to Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Many of them were taken prisoner in Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city that fell to Russian forces in 2022 following a nearly three-month siege, it said. Russia said its soldiers had been transferred to Belarus and were receiving 'psychological and medical care.' 'Another group of Russian servicemen has been returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime,' the defense ministry said in a statement. It posted a video showing freed Russian soldiers draped in their national flag, chanting 'Russia, Russia, Russia!'
CNA
26-06-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Ukraine, Russia exchange another group of prisoners of war
CHERNIGIV, UKRAINE: Ukraine and Russia exchanged a new group of captured soldiers on Thursday (Jun 26), the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed during peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Neither side disclosed how many individuals were released in the latest exchange. The two countries had pledged to swap at least 1,000 soldiers each during their direct meeting in Istanbul on Jun 2. No follow-up talks have been scheduled. The return of prisoners of war and repatriation of war dead have remained among the few areas of cooperation between the warring sides since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. 'Today, warriors of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service are returning home,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media. He shared images of Ukrainian soldiers draped in blue-and-yellow national flags, smiling and tearfully embracing. An AFP team in Ukraine's northern Chernigiv region saw relatives awaiting the return of prisoners, some holding posters of missing or captured soldiers in the hope that someone would recognise their loved ones and share news. Svitlana Nosal learned that her husband Viktor had been freed. 'It's such a joy, I don't know how to describe it, how to put it into words,' she said, laughing and crying in the late afternoon sun. The majority of those released on Thursday had been held captive for more than three years, according to Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Many were taken prisoner in Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city that fell to Russian forces in 2022 following a nearly three-month siege. Russia said its soldiers had been transferred to Belarus and were receiving psychological and medical care. 'Another group of Russian servicemen has been returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime,' the defence ministry said in a statement.
