Ukraine, peace plan and Russia
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Amid reports that US President Donald Trump is mooting a 28-point plan to bring peace in Ukraine, the analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have predicted how long it would take Russia to capture the prized Donbas region. Shubhanshu Shukla says he felt like a baby during space mission: 'You have to learn to eat, walk, sleep...'
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What the fall of Pokrovsk would mean for Ukraine — and Russia
With Russia throwing enormous forces into Pokrovsk to finally capture the eastern coal-mine city, questions are rising over what will happen next and whether Ukraine is ready. Taking advantage of foggy weather that hampers drones to ramp up the offensive,
The battle for Pokrovsk, which Russians refer to by its Soviet-era name Krasnoarmeysk, has been going on since the middle of 2024. Located in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, it was an important logistics hub for the Ukrainian army.
Frontline maps show that the city of Pokrovsk appears to be on the brink of falling, with some western military experts predicting that Russia will eventually likely seize Pokrovsk, and the nearby city of Myrnohrad.
Sweden’s chief of defence staff claims Moscow is combining attacks on infrastructure with disinformation campaigns
Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 220 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy tank and four armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/.
Poland, a major ally in Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion, has already charged two other Ukrainians in absentia over the blast on the Warsaw-Lublin line connecting Warsaw to the Ukrainian border. Poland says those two men - identified as Oleksandr K. and Yevhenii I. - fled to Belarus and wants them extradited.
A top-secret Russian unit based in Moscow has changed the landscape of drone warfare, turning what was an advantage for the Ukrainians into a vulnerability.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs,