Russian troops entered the village of Robotyne in the south of Zaporizhzhia region and took control of several buildings in the village, which has been the site of recent fighting, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday, as quoted by Interfax. According to the Institute for the Study of War, on Wednesday, Russian troops continued offensive actions in several points of the Zaporizhzhia region, but no confirmed advance was made in this area. Several Russian sources said Moscow forces continued fighting on the southern outskirts of Robotyn, adding that Ukrainian forces were holding positions north of Robotyn that they retook during a counteroffensive last summer.

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08:23 One person approached the Russian protester and shook his hand, thanking him for his courage. Another went to a store to buy hygiene products, food and books to bring to the detention center, Reuters writes.

Andriy Vyazov was jailed on February 16 in the southern city of Krasnodar, one of more than 400 protesters detained at events organized in Russia in memory of Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s fiercest critic, who died this month in an Arctic correctional facility.

Despite the state machinery working around the clock to quell any sign of dissent over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, more recently, the death in custody of the dissident Navalny, signs of resistance are still flickering.

“We are all afraid, but now is the time when we stand in solidarity with each other. People are ready to help regardless of the situation,” said Anastasia Panchenko, a former member of Navalny’s team in Krasnodar who now lives in Tbilisi, Georgia.

How do Chernivtsi see “unification with mother” or “slavery of Romanians”

08:07Such as “unification with the homeland” or “prison of Romanians”, sensitive topics in Ukraine, which are politically manipulated by AUR or Diana Shoshoake, are visible from Chernivtsi.

HotNews.ro went to Chernivtsi and spoke with Romanians to find out how much truth and how much manipulation there is in topics related to the Romanian community in Ukraine, which are used by some political leaders in Romania, as well as TV stations or high prelates. churches

07:45Macron needs communication shock therapy. A change in the strategy of Ukraine’s European allies? – edited by Alexander Gussi

“In the European public space, saturated with statements without consequences, President Emmanuel Macron’s statement about the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine has every chance of becoming an important milestone. This is not only because it breaks a taboo, not only because it directly corresponds to the reality on the front of the advance of Russian troops, but above all because it signals the failure of the strategy until now, which was primarily aimed at avoiding escalation. So it signals, or at least tries to cause, a change in European strategy towards Russia.”

Putin delivers his annual speech to the Federal Assembly on Thursday

07:35 Vladimir Putin will address the Federal Assembly on Thursday, before which he will deliver his annual speech, two weeks before the March 15-17 presidential election, in which he has no emotions – he will be re-elected for a new six-year term. term.

07:08Economist warns that Russia is “on the brink of death”: “The economy will explode.”

With the war in Ukraine only two years after the Russian invasion, many experts wonder how Russia manages to ensure that its economy not only avoids significant inflation or recession, but is able to grow even more than other European countries.

06:36British prosecutors have announced that they will charge a sixth Bulgarian with espionage for Russia. The man is presented as Tyhomyr Ivanov Ivantsev, 38 years old.

00:04 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he supported “in principle” the ten-point peace plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2022, which calls for the unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, but called for “more diplomacy,” while the Russian Foreign Minister Serhiy Lavrov is expected to pay an official two-day visit to Turkey on Friday.

A brief retelling of the last events of the war:

• Transnistria accused the Republic of Moldova of “genocide” and “begged” Moscow to come to its aid, without mentioning “joining” Russia. The “protection” of the people of Transnistria is a “priority” for Russia, Moscow responded after Tiraspol asked for its “help”.
• The government of the Republic of Moldova rejected Tiraspol’s “campaign statements”: “Chisinau’s policy is beneficial to the region.” The former vice-prime minister for reintegration with the Republic of Moldova after Transnistria “asked Moscow” to come to their aid: “If they addressed the letter to the Russian deputies and not to Putin, it means that they do not want to change the status quo” in the region”.
• Moscow media claim that Russian troops have reached a kilometer from the Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, which is called the “Gateway to Bakhmut”, and the command in Kyiv says that there is fierce fighting in the direction of the city.
• Yulia Navalna, emotional speech at the plenary session of the European Parliament: Putin is capable of everything, you cannot negotiate with him / You are dealing not with a politician, but with a bloody monster / Putin tortured and killed my husband.
• Secret documents leaked to the media show that Russia has practiced the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the initial stages of a possible major conflict with another world power and conducted simulations, including a Chinese invasion.
• Zelensky: “We have no time and no alternative” in the face of Russia’s offensive, military aid must be intensified. The President of Ukraine on Wednesday appealed to the allies to make a decision on speeding up the supply of weapons and ammunition.
• Italian Defense Minister Guido Crozetto said on Wednesday that Italy’s military budget will be cut again this year, pushing the country further away from NATO’s goal of 2% of GDP even by 2028.
• Poland is considering the possibility of temporarily closing the border with Ukraine for trade in goods. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Kubrakov, for his part, said that his country does not plan to close the border with Poland.
• Zelensky thanks the Serbian leader for his support. The president of Ukraine thanked Oleksandr Vuchich on Wednesday for his support in the two-year war between Kyiv and Russia and promised to continue working on Kyiv’s plan to end the conflict.
• The sentencing of Russian dissident and Nobel laureate Oleg Orlov is another attempt by Vladimir Putin’s regime to silence its critics in Russia and “finish its work,” the Nobel committee said in Oslo on Wednesday.
• The Ukrainian military on Wednesday released new images of the 2C22 “Bohdan” self-propelled howitzer manufactured by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, which for the first time revealed that it had been modified to fire Excalibur ammunition.

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