Russian Military Faces Record Desertions as 70,000 Troops Expected to Abandon Units in 2025 — UNITED24 Media
Desertion rates in the Russian military surged in 2025, with over 70,000 soldiers possibly abandoning their posts, indicating serious internal challenges.
united24media.com
September 29, 2025
Cyril Barabaltchouk
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Russia launches massive airstrike on Ukraine, killing 4 and wounding dozens
Russia launched over 600 drones and missiles across Ukraine early Sunday in one of the war’s largest attacks. At least four people were killed in Kyiv, with dozens injured in the capital and surrounding areas and at least 30 in Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian forces continued intercepting drones over Kyiv Sunday morning. CNN's Jessica Dean speaks with former CNN Moscow bureau chief, Jill Dougherty about the situation.
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September 28, 2025
CNN
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Ukraine's DeepStrike campaign 'significantly' crippling Russian military logistics as fuel crisis worsens, Syrskyi says
"The capabilities of the enemy's military-industrial complex have been significantly reduced; we can see this on the battlefield," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
kyivindependent.com
September 26, 2025
Tim Zadorozhnyy
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Ukraine confirms drone strike on one of southern Russia's largest oil refineries, vows to continue attacks
Krasnodar Krai's regional operational headquarters reported that Ukrainian drones debris fell on one of the refinery’s units amid a wider drone attack on the region. The Russian officials claimed that a fire spanning 30 square meters (323 square feet) was extinguished by crews.
kyivindependent.com
September 26, 2025
Dmytro Basmat, Tim Zadorozhnyy
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Russia launches largest drone attack of Ukraine war, gov’t building in Kyiv struck
For the second time in two weeks, Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been hit by a barrage of Russian drones and missiles.
And for the first time in the war, a government building was damaged in the attack.
youtube.com
September 07, 2025
Al Jazeera English
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Ukrainian Suspected of Leading Nord Stream Sabotage Arrested in Italy
Former army officer is accused of heading the team that allegedly blew up Russia’s main gas pipeline system to Western Europe
wsj.com
August 21, 2025
Bojan Pancevski
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A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage
Private businessmen funded the shoestring operation, which was overseen by a top general; President Zelensky approved the plan, then tried unsuccessfully to call it off
wsj.com
August 14, 2025
Bojan Pancevski
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Russia launches record number of drones at Ukraine after latest Trump-Putin phone call
Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The smell of smoke and explosives saturated the air in Kyiv on Friday as residents emerged from shelters across the city following a record Russian drone attack that came just hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire in a call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
cnn.com
July 04, 2025
Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, Gul Tuysuz, Jessie Yeung and Lauren Said-Moorhouse
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US halts Ukraine-bound weapons already staged in Poland, WSJ reports
The shipment includes over two dozen PAC-3 Patriot missiles, more than two dozen Stinger air-defense systems, Hellfire air-to-ground missiles, and over 90 AIM air-to-air missiles intended for use with Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets, according to U.S. administration and congressional officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.
kyivindependent.com
July 03, 2025
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Pentagon halting some promised munitions for Ukraine
The Pentagon has halted shipments of some air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine due to worries that U.S. weapons stockpiles have fallen too low.
politico.com
July 01, 2025
Paul McLeary, Jack Detsch and Joe Gould
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Russia has launched biggest air attack of three-year war on Ukraine, Kyiv says | Ukraine | The Guardian
Ukraine’s air force says Russia fired 477 drones and decoys as well as 60 missiles overnight
theguardian.com
June 29, 2025
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Russians bombard Kyiv’s civilian population in relentless seven hour attack
KYIV — Russia launched a six-hour overnight assault on Ukraine’s capital, targeting multiple residential districts with ballistic missiles and Shahed drones
kyivinsider.com
May 24, 2025
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Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children | The New Republic
The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025
Greg Sargent
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Ukraine says Russia dropped over 51,000 guided bombs since start of war
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russia has launched more than 51,000 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine since the start of its full-blown invasion nearly three years ago, the Ukrainian air force said on Thursday.
reuters.com
January 09, 2025
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Ukraine: Russian strikes amounting to war crimes continue to kill and injure children
Unlawful attacks, particularly those which hurt children, are designed to sow terror and panic among the civilian population. The sense of impunity the perpetrators enjoy must end
amnesty.org
November 18, 2024
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Putin ally says Poland is "next" in Ukraine war rant on Russian TV
Poland is a member nation of NATO and shares a border to the east with Ukraine.
newsweek.com
January 13, 2024
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Russia has launched 465 chemical attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion :: Svidomi
Since February 24, 2022, Russian troops have used ammunition equipped with toxic chemicals 465 times.
svidomi.in.ua
December 27, 2023
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Zelenskiy urges world leaders to act over PoW beheading video
Footage appears to show Russian soldiers beheading Ukrainian prisoner of war, with another showing two beheaded servicemen
theguardian.com
April 12, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lukeharding
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Zelensky: More than 200,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia.
In his daily address on June 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia continues to forcibly move both adults and children into mostly remote areas of Russia, underscoring that this is one of Moscow's "most heinous war crimes." He added that the children deported include orphans and children with parents.
kyivindependent.com
June 02, 2022
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Ukraine: Russian Forces Fired On Civilian Vehicles
Russian forces have fired on civilian vehicles in three separate incidents in Ukraine’s Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, killing six civilians and wounding three, Human Rights Watch said today. In one case, they pulled a man from a van and summarily executed him.
hrw.org
May 02, 2022
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