Kyiv: Russia faced mounting accusations of war crimes in Ukraine including forcing thousands of people into interrogation camps, as the number of refugees reported to have fled the conflict surpassed six million. Throughout the 11-week conflict, Russian forces have been accused of committing atrocities – including the killing of unarmed civilians, torture and rape. CNN and the BBC on Thursday released what they said was security camera footage showing Russian soldiers with assault rifles shootin

However, many Western officials have cited concern with the perceived slow speed of the Ukrainian attack.Mr.... Bolton-who was US National Security Advisor under Donald Trump-said part of the problem was the Biden Administration’s failure to “ systematically and strategically ” provide assistance to Ukraine.“ We've had one argument after another, do we give them this weapons system?... But, by the way, you're going to fight the entire war on your territory and grind it into the dust'.” “ Now,

The Foreign Secretary was brutally snubbed by his Russian counterpart during a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in South Africa. Sergei Lavrov" left his seat" before David Lammy could address him directly, adding that Russia had" learned nothing" from" colonial failures and wars".He accused Vladimir Putin of having no" appetite" for peace." You know, mature countries learn from their colonial failures and their wars, and Europeans have had much to learn over the generations and the centuries," M

He has already killed tens of thousands of civilians in Mariupol, ” he was quoted as saying.... “ On the Russian side, everything has been very difficult, chaotic, slow, and of course, dishonest.” “ We apologize to the residents of Mariupol who did not get to be evacuated today.... An aim of taking all of the Donbas and securing a land bridge to Crimea is “ potentially within reach ” for Russia’s forces. However, officials said it is far from certain Russia will achieve that goal....

Quite the opposite, it’s becoming obvious to any serious analyst that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, is turning into Biden’s – and Putin’s for that matter--Afghanistan 2.0. That is, there’s no end to it.... Here’s why. The leaders of the three parties to this conflict, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, the de facto leader of NATO want to keep going.... Putin’s press secretary Dmitriy Peskov stated in a briefing on July 7 that Russia is ready to

“ I want to stress one more time: I feel like this operation has dragged on.” Lukashenko's support of the war has prompted international criticism and sanctions against Minsk.... It is also unacceptable because it might knock our terrestrial ball flying off the orbit to who knows where, ” he said.... So the West can sleep peacefully, ” he said. ———Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https:// apnews. com/ hub/ russia-ukraine....

Anti-war demonstrators in Russia have faced mass detentions while authorities have restricted access to social media and threatened to shut down independent news sites. The state news agency Tass, the pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia, the St.... We urge you to stop this madness, don't send your sons and husbands to die, ” the message read.... So that Putin gets into history textbooks?...

Late yesterday evening the leaders of the UK, United States, Germany, Italy and France held virtual talks to discuss fears Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine.... They pledged to present a" united front" on aggression by Vladimir Putin. The discussions came ahead of a planned video call between US President Joe Biden and President Putin today. Moscow has massed tens of thousands of troops on the Ukraine border leading to fears it is preparing for a full invasion.In 2014 Russia annexed Crimea

Boris Johnson wishes Ukraine were able to join NATO before the war started( Image: Express) In new episodes of the BBC series Putin vs the West: At War, the former Prime Minister highlights regrets within the west over its treatment of Kyiv.Mr Johnson said: “ There’s a deep institutional guilt in NATO because if NATO had followed through on the things that it had said and actually put the Ukrainians on a proper path to membership, there’s an argument to say that Putin would not have done what he

According to the Flight International 2022 World Air Forces database, Ukraine’s Air Force had 210 military aircraft as of the war’s start date, including 98 combat aircraft.... These consist of Soviet-made MiG-29s and three types of Sukhoi jets. However, Russia has a significantly larger military air force, with active aircraft totalling 3, 863, according to Flight International’s database, with almost 15 times more combat planes than Ukraine.... A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighter( Reuters)