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AP News estimated that Russia had 55,000–62,000 troops in Ukraine, based on an earlier Pentagon statement that the typical size of a BTG was 700-800 soldiers. [53] Western media, citing European officials, reported that 10,000–20,000 Libyan, Syrian, and Wagner Group mercenaries were deployed for the offensive in the Donbas. [51] [54] [53]
Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, said: "In view of the blatant genocide and the most important the human rights of the people of the world - the right to life are violated, and our country cannot remain indifferent to the fate of the 4 million people of the Donbass." [8]
Russia now thus views the LPR and DPR as a Republics of Russia, but the international community still overwhelmingly views them as part of Ukraine. About 14,000 people were killed in the war: 6,500 Russian and Russian proxy forces, 4,400 Ukrainian forces, and 3,400 civilians on both sides. [17] Most civilian casualties were in the first year. [17]
News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. Top Russian official reports swift advance in Ukraine, rules out talks for now. September 10, 2024 at 6:20 AM. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on ...
Status: Ongoing Russia and pro-Russian separatists control 98.5% of Luhansk Oblast [1] and about 60% of Donetsk Oblast as of 17 September 2024 [1]; Russia retreats from all of Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River and the strategic city of Lyman
In contrast to the unanimous condemnation by western governmental spokespeople of the Russian role in the conflict, European politicians representing euroscepticism, mainly on the right of the political spectrum, criticised the role of western governments in allegedly precipitating the crisis, in some cases supporting Russian president Vladimir Putin's position.
1 July: In an escalation of hostilities, the press center of the Ukrainian Joint Forces recorded 26 pro-Russian attacks on their positions. In the eastern area of operations, heavy shelling was reported around the stronghold of Avdiivka, where the Ukrainian garrison became the target of heavy machine guns, various grenade-launcher systems, 82 mm mortars, 120 mm mortars and 122 mm self ...
An article in Dissent noted that "despite their neo-Stalinist paraphernalia, many of the Russian-speaking nationalists Russia supports in the Donbass are just as right-wing as their counterparts from the Azov Battalion". [213] Members of the far-right group Serbian Action in the Donbas.