Day: March 17, 2023

As Russian offensive power seemed to peter out across Ukraine’s eastern front, mercenary forces from Russia’s Wagner Group doubled down on attacks against the Ukrainian defenders of Bakhmut city in the Donetsk region during the 55th week of the war. Ukrainian Colonel Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi said Russian ground attacks had decreased over the past week across … Read moreWagner advance in Bakhmut as Russian offensive appears to weaken

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the United States and its Western allies must show they “can deliver results” in the Sahel region of Africa, amid the growing influence of the Russian Wagner mercenary group. Speaking during a historic trip to Niger, Blinken said Washington has pursued a “comprehensive” approach that focuses on security but … Read moreBlinken says US must show it can ‘deliver results’ to Sahel

Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine, including the forced deportations of children in areas it controls, a report from a United Nations-backed inquiry says. The allegations were detailed in a report released on Thursday by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which said some acts may amount to crimes against humanity. … Read moreUN-backed investigation accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

President Andrzej Duda says Poland will give Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming days, a move that will make his country the first NATO member to fulfil the Ukrainian government’s increasingly urgent requests for such aircraft. Poland currently has about a dozen Soviet-manufactured MiG-29s, which were taken over from former East German stocks … Read moreDuda says Poland to send 4 MiG-29s to Ukraine ‘within days’