Russia announced on Sunday that its forces had taken control of two villages in eastern Ukraine as part of its ongoing military campaign. The Russian defense ministry stated on Telegram that its troops had seized Lozova in Kharkiv and Krasnoye, known in Ukraine as Sontsivka. Krasnoye lies near Kurakhove, a key resource area that Russia … Read more
The commander of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk military group has been replaced following Russian advances in the region, a military official confirmed on Saturday. General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy will now lead the operational and tactical group, taking over from General Oleksandr Lutsenko. EDITOR’S PICKS Electricity Meter Costs Rise Again As Deregulation Takes Effect Biden, Harris Set To … Read more
A Russian court has sentenced two soldiers to life imprisonment for the murder of a family of nine in occupied Ukraine, marking a rare instance of Russian troops being held accountable for alleged war crimes. According to prosecutors, Anton Sopov, 21, and Stanislav Rau, 28, killed the entire Kapkanets family in their home in the … Read more
Ukraine announced on Friday that it had received the bodies of 563 soldiers from Russian authorities, primarily troops who died in combat in the eastern Donetsk region. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, the exchange of prisoners and fallen military personnel remains one of the few channels of cooperation between Moscow and … Read more
Russia confirmed over 60 Russian soldiers killed in Ukrainian rocket attacks. Eko Hot Blog reports that at least 63 Russian soldiers were killed after Ukrainian rockets struck a building housing service members in an occupied city in Donetsk, Ukraine, early on New Year’s Day. EDITOR’S PICKS War: Putin Issues Another Nuclear Threat As He Prepares … Read more
Putin has declared martial law in four regions of Ukraine that Russia proclaimed as annexed in September. Eko Hot Blog reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law Wednesday introducing martial law in four Ukrainian regions the Kremlin claims to have annexed, in violation of international law. EDITOR’S PICKS War: Putin May Detonate Nuclear … Read more
Putin Officially Declares Four Regions Of Ukraine As Russian Territory EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President, Vladimir Putin has announced the illegal seizure of four areas of Ukraine – saying they are now Russian territory. In an angry speech decrying the West, he claimed people living in the regions had made their … Read more
Ukraine: We Retook 6,000 sq km From Russia In September – Zelensky EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian forces have seized even more territory from Russia as they continue their counter-offensive, the country’s president has said. Volodymyr Zelensky said troops have now retaken more than 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq miles) from Russian … Read more
Putin claimed Russia is doing a great job in Ukraine EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President, Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russia’s military is doing a great job in Ukraine, while his defence ministry confirms its forces have been forced to retreat from several key towns. Vladimir Putin’s frontline in Ukraine has spectacularly collapsed within … Read more
Zelensky Blames Blackout In Ukraine On Targeted Russian Attacks EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia aims to “deprive people of light and heat” by causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine in revenge for a Ukrainian counter-offensive. The blackouts have reportedly affected around nine million people in eastern regions … Read more
Russia’s Forces have attempted to advance in Donetsk as Putin vows to expand Relations with North Korea. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has said Russia and North Korea will expand bilateral relations. This comes amid Russian shelling and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk … Read more
Russia has focused its efforts on securing control of the Donetsk and Lugansk areas which make up the Donbas region In a sign there would be no let-up in the fighting and that Russia now had its eyes on the entire Donetsk region EDITOR’S PICK NollyWood Actress Jenifa, Husband JJC Skillz Marriage Crashes Trouble As … Read more
Moscow may annex the two existing proxy states – the self-described people’s republics in Luhansk and Donetsk “some time in mid-May” In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine and backed separatists in the two statelets EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine Crisis: Powerful Explosions Rock Kyiv After Russian Warship Sinks Ukraine Crisis: US To Give Heavier … Read more
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has given Ukraine two conditions to stop the ongoing war which entered Day 12 on Monday. The country asked its neighbour to give up three regions and scrap its Army, Mirror reports. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Kremlin wants Ukraine “demilitarised” and demanded that Donetsk and Lugansk become independent states. … Read more
Putin instructed the defence ministry to assume “the function of peacekeeping” in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions Russia has moved tens of thousands of soldiers to regions near Ukraine’s borders EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to act as peacekeepers in two breakaway regions of Ukraine, just hours after … Read more