At Putin campaign HQ, soldier’s wife says bring him home
Moscow, Russia Reuters The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine on Saturday at the election headquarters of President Vladimir Putin, a defiant gesture in a country where open criticism of the war is banned. “Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has issued a decree that my husband has to be […]
In Russia, some women demand return of their men from Ukraine front
Moscow, Russia Reuters Maria Andreeva, whose husband has been fighting in Ukraine for more than a year, is also waging a battle in Moscow: to get him home. She is not alone. A growing movement of Russian women is demanding the return from the front of their husbands, sons and brothers who were mobilised after a […]
From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin’s war
JAKE CORDELL, of Reuters, reports on how an influx of Russians has boosted Georgia’s economy…
Gunmen kill 11 at Russian military base in latest blow to war in Ukraine
Reuters Gunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s forces since the invasion of Ukraine. RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying 15 other people were wounded in the shooting on Saturday in the south-western Belgorod region […]
Ukraine conflict: Russians fleeing war call-up face new stresses on arrival in Kazakhstan
OLZHAS AUYEZOV and MARIYA GORDEYEVA, of Reuters, report from Almaty as an influx of hundreds of thousands Russians arrive in the country, spurred on in recent times by Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation…
Russian men take the long road out to escape mobilisation
London, UK Reuters As soon as Vladimir Putin announced his military call-up for the faltering war in Ukraine, Timofey and Andrey, two brothers from Moscow, tried to book flights out of the country. But by the time they had logged on, prices had already shot up so fast that they couldn’t afford the last remaining […]
US warns of catastrophic consequences if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Reuters The United States warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, after Russia’s Foreign Minister said regions holding widely-criticised referendums would get full protection if annexed by Moscow. Votes in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken by force mostly since its invasion in February, […]