Putin dubbed the aircraft as ‘reliable’ after the short flight
Russian forces clear out abandoned military equipment after Ukrainian troops’ retreat from Avdiivka
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has flown on a new nuclear-capable Russian bomber plane following claims from Ukraine that Russia used North Korean missiles in several attacks.
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Thursday that Russia had used at least 20 North Korean ballistic missiles in attacks on Ukraine since late December. Investigators believe that the missiles have killed least 24 civilians and injured at least 100 in Ukraine.
It comes days after Putin gifted Kim Jong Un a new car, sparking fears about the developing relationship between the two nations.
The revelation comes as Putin took flight on a nuclear-capable strategic bomber, which has been seen as a move to be seen as a pointed reminder of Moscow’s nuclear capabilities.
Meanwhile, US president Joe Biden met with Alexei Navalny’s wife and daughter to express his “heartfelt condolences”, less than a week after the Russian opposition politican was pronounced dead in a Siberian penal colony.
Speaking at a fundraising event, Biden also called Putin a “crazy SOB [son of a b****]”, with a Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov calling the president’s “rude” remarks “a huge disgrace” to the White House
Russian drone strike in Ukraine’s Odesa kills three, Kyiv says
A Russian drone hit a commercial area in Ukraine‘s Black Sea port of Odesa, killing three people, the Ukrainian military and regional governor Oleh Kiper has said.
The military said Russia launched 31 drones at Ukraine overnight, with air defences destroying 23 of them.
In a post on the Telegram messaging app, the military’s Southern Forces said they had intercepted nine drones, but one struck an area near the port, causing a blaze.
Firefighters recovered one body and said people might still be under the rubble as emergency teams fought to control the blaze. A woman security guard was rescued unharmed from a building, the post said.
“The bodies of two more people were found under the rubble,” Kiper, the regional governor, said on Telegram. “In total, three people died as a result of the enemy attack.”
The military said missiles were also used in the attack, but failed to hit any targets. Pictures posted by the military show heavy damage to buildings in the area and rescue teams picking their way through debris.
In the central city of Dnipro, a Russian drone hit a multi-storey apartment building, injuring eight people, the regional governor said.
Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, wrote on Telegram that the search ran through the night and other residents might still be under rubble.
Tom Watling23 February 2024 08:16
Russia threatens UK’s cod and haddock supply as Putin pulls out of decades-old fishing deal
The deal allowed British vessels into the rich fishing grounds of the Barents Sea, the coast of the Kola Peninsula and along the coast of Kolguyev Island.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 07:00
Navalny’s widow Yulia is the leader we need after his cold-blooded murder, says key ally of Putin critic
Director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation Vladimir Ashurkov said Yulia Navalnaya was her husband’s “rock” throughout his career and it was quite natural she would carry on his work.
Navalny, 47, died in an Arctic penal colony last week in what Ms Navalnaya claimed was a novichok poisoning. The Kremlin has denied any involvement in his death.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 06:00
Biden meets with family of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny
“The President expressed his admiration for Aleksey Navalny’s extraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and for a free and democratic Russia in which the rule of law applies equally to everyone,” a statement from the White House read.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 05:00
Putin critic Navalny’s mother says she has been shown his body
Lyudmila Navalnaya, 69, said that she was taken to the city morgue and that officials told her that if she didn’t agree to a secret funeral, they would “do something” to her son’s body. “They want this to be done secretly, with no farewell. They want to bring me to the edge of a cemetery, to a fresh grave and say: here lies your son. I don’t agree to this,” she said.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 04:00
Ukraine is desperate for soldiers and it’s becoming harder to find them
When Putin sent his forces into Ukraine two years ago, Ukrainian men rushed to recruitment centers across the country to enlist, ready to die for their nation.
Today, with Russia in control of roughly one-quarter of Ukraine and the two armies virtually deadlocked along a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, that spirit to enlist has faded.
Now many Ukrainian men are evading the draft by hiding at home or trying to bribe their way out of the battle.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 03:00
Imprisoned opposition figure Kara-Murza urges Russians not to give up after Navalny’s death
Imprisoned opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Thursday urged Russians not to give up after the death of Alexei Navalny, and he alleged a state-backed hit squad was taking out the Kremlin’s political opponents, according to a video posted to social media.
A British-Russian citizen, Kara-Murza is serving a 25-year sentence for treason at Penal Colony No. 7 in the Siberian city of Omsk.
His comments came as he appeared via a video link in a court hearing over a complaint against Russia’s Investigative Committee for what he believes were two poisoning attempts against him. He alleges the committee didn’t properly investigate the attempts.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 02:00
Russian war blogger dies in apparent suicide after revealing Moscow’s losses
A Russian military blogger has died in an apparent suicide after facing criticism for revealing heavy losses in Ukraine.
Andrei Morozov, who also served as a soldier on the front line in Ukraine, said in his last post on Wednesday that he decided to “execute” himself to help his comrades in arms avoid fallout from his critical publications, which had angered the military command.
Maxim Pashkov, a lawyer who knew him, confirmed Morozov’s death in a messaging app statement. Morozov was 44 years old and his supporters have blamed Kremlin propagandists for his death.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 01:00
A battalion commander’s view of Ukraine’s desperate fight against Putin’s forces
That is the picture painted by Lieutenant Colonel “Kremen”, the codename of the commander of a Ukrainian battalion on the front lines southwest of the town of Avdiivka, which has become symbolically significant to both Kyiv and Moscow. He says one thing is clear, that in the days after Ukraine withdrew its forces from the town – in the Donetsk region – his men have come under heavily intensified attack from the Russians.
Kremen believes his battalion is now facing Russian men and weaponry freed up by the capture of Avdiivka to attempt further advances while they believe Ukrainian forces are reeling and off balance.
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Holly Evans23 February 2024 00:00
Putin takes a flight in nuclear-capable bomber in a tough message to the West
Russia‘s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next month’s election he’s all but certain to win.
Putin’s 30-minute flight in a Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber also seemed intended to send a reminder of Russia’s nuclear might amid soaring tensions with the West over the fighting in Ukraine.
Putin, 71, who is running as an independent candidate, relies on a tight control over Russia’s political system that he has established during 24 years in power.
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Holly Evans22 February 2024 23:00
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