Russian forces kill Islamic State-linked hostage takers at detention centre
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, Russian media said. State media said that some of the men had been convicted of terrorism […]
Civilians in ‘annexed’ Kherson start to flee to Russia amid Ukrainian advances
Updated: 12:20pm (AEST) Kyiv/Kupiansk, Ukraine Reuters Evacuees from Ukraine’s southern Kherson region were expected to begin arriving in Russia on Friday after a Moscow-installed official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of Moscow’s weakening hold on territory it claims to have annexed. “We suggested that all residents of the Kherson region, if they […]
Russian reservists leave behind sobbing relatives, new brides
Bataysk, Russia Reuters The sound of old Soviet war songs mixed with the sobbing of relatives in the small Russian town of Bataysk as freshly mobilised reservists in Russia’s southern Rostov region said goodbye to their families on Monday. Recruits were summoned as part of the partial mobilisation announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin after […]
Russia turns to recruiting trucks, big wages to woo volunteer soldiers
Reuters The Russian army, seeking contract soldiers for what it calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine, is using mobile recruiting trucks to attract volunteers, offering nearly $US3,000 a month as an incentive. A special unit stationed one such truck in a central park in the southern Russian city of Rostov on Saturday and removed […]