WASHINGTON – Russia’s newly appointed commander on the battlefield in Ukraine has made a name for himself by crushing resistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the country’s devastating civil war.
Russian forces led by General Alexander Dvornikov destroyed entire cities while dropping barrel bombs on civilians. With Moscow backing Assad, the war in Syria has killed more than 350,000 people.
Lt. Col. Fares al-Bayoush, a rebel of the Syrian army, said Sunday that he expects a similar “scorched earth” strategy under the command in Ukraine. Speaking by telephone from Turkey, al-Bayoush said he believed the purpose of naming Dvornikov as commander-in-chief of the war in Ukraine was to wreak havoc in many parts at once.
“He has very good experience in this policy,” al-Bayyuz said. “This commander is a war criminal.”
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KIEV, Ukraine – The mayor of Kiev and his brother said that the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to their capital shows who are the real friends of Ukraine at this critical time. But they do see if security concerns are holding back US President Joe Biden from visiting.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir were professional boxers and now sincere defenders of Ukraine. In an interview with ABC News on Sunday “This week with George Stefanopoulos”, they said they expected the Russian army to return and target Kyiv again. And when they did, they said they could not defend Ukraine with their fists – they needed weapons.
Wladimir Klitschko also called on the people to isolate Russia financially, saying that “every cent that Russia takes, they use for weapons to kill us.”
Vitali Klitschko said everyone was shocked when the Russians who pressured Kyiv retreated after killing hundreds of civilians during their occupation. Call it genocide to kill women, children, the elderly and teenagers for no reason.
“Defending Ukraine now,” he said, “means defending democracy and peace in Europe.”
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WILLINGTON, Dell. The White House has said that US President Joe Biden will press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a hard line against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Press secretary Jen Psaki says the leaders are planning a virtual meeting on Monday.
India’s neutral stance on the war has raised concerns in Washington and has won praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who praised India this month for judging “the situation as a whole, not just unilaterally”.
India abstained when the UN General Assembly on Thursday voted to suspend Russia’s position on the 47-member Human Rights Council amid allegations of war crimes. India continues to buy Russian energy despite Western pressure to avoid buying Russian oil and gas. The United States has also considered sanctions on India over its recent purchase of advanced Russian defense systems.
Psaki’s statement said Biden would discuss how Russia’s war against Ukraine destabilizes world food and commodity markets and the need to strengthen the world economy, while “supporting a free, open, rule-based international order to strengthen its security. , democracy and prosperity. . “
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Austrian Chancellor Carl Nehammer has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday.
The Austrian Press Agency reported that Nehamer told reporters in Vienna on Sunday that he planned to make the trip. He follows a trip to Kyiv on Saturday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The APA reported that Nehamer aims to encourage dialogue between Ukraine and Russia and also to address “war crimes” in his meeting with Putin.
Austria is a member of the European Union and has backed sanctions by the 27-nation bloc against Russia, although it has so far opposed a halt to Russian gas supplies. The country is militarily neutral and is not a member of NATO.
Nehammer said he made the trip on his own initiative and had consulted with top European Union officials. He said he also briefed Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Solz.
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BERLIN – The UN nuclear watchdog says Ukraine says personnel at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been replaced for the first time in three weeks after Russian troops leave the region.
The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has been concerned about workers’ well-being since the Russian military took control of the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster at the start of the war.
The agency said that Ukraine informed it on Sunday that it has now changed staff, but the situation remains far from normal. They had to be transported to and from the site by water, with the Pripyat River being the only way for people living in Slavutych to reach the factory at this time.
The IAEA said Ukraine had informed it that analytical laboratories for monitoring radiation at the site had been destroyed, with analytical instruments “stolen, broken or otherwise deactivated”. The automated transmission of radiation monitoring data has been switched off.
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KIEV, Ukraine – The governor of the region that includes Ukraine’s fourth largest city, Dnipro, says the airport was hit twice by rockets on Sunday. The Ukrainian military says Russian forces are also continuing to bomb Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, and have been besieging Mariupol, the main port city in the southern port city, for nearly six weeks.
Russia’s Defense Ministry says its missiles hit Ukraine’s S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in two locations, while cruise missiles from the sea destroyed the headquarters of a Ukrainian unit in the Dnipro region. Neither side’s military allegations could be independently verified.
The Pentagon has said that Russia has a clear advantage over the armored forces for its next phase in its war against Ukraine. Spokesman John Kirby said Friday that the Russians are too weak to occupy the capital, but are now more concentrated in a smaller area and still have the vast majority of their fighting power. It will take a lot of effort from the Ukrainian defense and more Western help to repel them.
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WASHINGTON – A senior US official has said Russia has appointed a new commander to oversee its war on Ukraine.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Russia had turned to one of its most experienced soldiers, General Alexander Dvornikov. U.S. officials say the 60-year-old general has a history of atrocities against civilians in Syria and other war theaters.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday that “this general will simply be another author of crimes and atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.” He said that “no appointment of any general can erase the fact that Russia has already faced a strategic failure in Ukraine.”
The new leadership on the battlefield comes as Russia prepares for a major and more focused push to expand Russian control over Donbass following its failure to occupy the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Sullivan reiterated his support for the Ukrainian government, saying that the United States is determined to do all it can to help the Ukrainians resist this general and the forces he commands.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s border guards say about 2,200 Ukrainian men of fighting age have been arrested so far while trying to flee the country in violation of martial law.
The agency reported on Sunday that some of them used forged documents and others tried to bribe border guards to leave the country.
He said some people were found dead trying to cross the Carpathian Mountains in bad weather, without specifying the number.
Under martial law, Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are barred from leaving the country so they can be called up to fight.
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WARSAW, Poland – Some Polish cities are honking their sirens to mark the anniversary of a 2010 plane crash that killed the country’s president, despite protests that their sound would be unnecessarily traumatic for refugees from the war in Ukraine.
The sirens on Sunday morning were intended to add to the significance and grievance of the celebrations in honor of the late President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and 94 other prominent Poles killed 12 years ago in the crash of a presidential plane in Russia. Kaczynski was a twin of Jaroslaw Kaczynski – the leader of the main ruling Law and Justice party.
The governors of the provinces ignored the calls not to use the sirens due to the concern for the refugees from the neighboring Ukraine, injured by the air raid alarms. Authorities sent text messages to the refugees calling that the sirens would not pose any danger.
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KIEV, Ukraine – The Ukrainian military says Russia is stepping up its forces and trying to investigate Ukrainian defense.
The Ukrainian military said Sunday that Russian troops had continued to try to break through Ukrainian defenses near Izyum, southeast of Kharkov. He said Russia was sending reinforcements to the Izyum while continuing to bomb Kharkov.
The military added that the Russians also continued their efforts to take control of Mariupol, the port of the Azov Sea that has been under siege by Russian forces for almost 1.5 months.
After Russia’s attempt to seize Kyiv and other major cities in northeastern Ukraine failed quickly, Ukrainian and Western officials expect Moscow to launch a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists are fighting Ukrainian forces. years.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has focused on the need to identify perpetrators of war crimes by telephone with German Chancellor Olaf Solz.
Zelensky said on Twitter that in Sunday’s phone call “we stressed that everything …
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WASHINGTON – Russia’s newly appointed commander on the battlefield in Ukraine has made a name for himself by crushing resistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the country’s devastating civil war.
Russian forces led by General Alexander Dvornikov destroyed entire cities while dropping barrel bombs on civilians. With Moscow backing Assad, the war in Syria has killed more than 350,000 people.
Lt. Col. Fares al-Bayoush, a rebel of the Syrian army, said Sunday that he expects a similar “scorched earth” strategy under the command in Ukraine. Speaking by telephone from Turkey, al-Bayoush said he believed the purpose of naming Dvornikov as commander-in-chief of the war in Ukraine was to wreak havoc in many parts at once.
“He has very good experience in this policy,” al-Bayyuz said. “This commander is a war criminal.”
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KIEV, Ukraine – The mayor of Kiev and his brother said that the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to their capital shows who are the real friends of Ukraine at this critical time. But they do see if security concerns are holding back US President Joe Biden from visiting.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir were professional boxers and now sincere defenders of Ukraine. In an interview with ABC News on Sunday “This week with George Stefanopoulos”, they said they expected the Russian army to return and target Kyiv again. And when they did, they said they could not defend Ukraine with their fists – they needed weapons.
Wladimir Klitschko also called on the people to isolate Russia financially, saying that “every cent that Russia takes, they use for weapons to kill us.”
Vitali Klitschko said everyone was shocked when the Russians who pressured Kyiv retreated after killing hundreds of civilians during their occupation. Call it genocide to kill women, children, the elderly and teenagers for no reason.
“Defending Ukraine now,” he said, “means defending democracy and peace in Europe.”
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WILLINGTON, Dell. The White House has said that US President Joe Biden will press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a hard line against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Press secretary Jen Psaki says the leaders are planning a virtual meeting on Monday.
India’s neutral stance on the war has raised concerns in Washington and has won praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who praised India this month for judging “the situation as a whole, not just unilaterally”.
India abstained when the UN General Assembly on Thursday voted to suspend Russia’s position on the 47-member Human Rights Council amid allegations of war crimes. India continues to buy Russian energy despite Western pressure to avoid buying Russian oil and gas. The United States has also considered sanctions on India over its recent purchase of advanced Russian defense systems.
Psaki’s statement said Biden would discuss how Russia’s war against Ukraine destabilizes world food and commodity markets and the need to strengthen the world economy, while “supporting a free, open, rule-based international order to strengthen its security. , democracy and prosperity. . “
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Austrian Chancellor Carl Nehammer has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday.
The Austrian Press Agency reported that Nehamer told reporters in Vienna on Sunday that he planned to make the trip. He follows a trip to Kyiv on Saturday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The APA reported that Nehamer aims to encourage dialogue between Ukraine and Russia and also to address “war crimes” in his meeting with Putin.
Austria is a member of the European Union and has backed sanctions by the 27-nation bloc against Russia, although it has so far opposed a halt to Russian gas supplies. The country is militarily neutral and is not a member of NATO.
Nehammer said he made the trip on his own initiative and had consulted with top European Union officials. He said he also briefed Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Solz.
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BERLIN – The UN nuclear watchdog says Ukraine says personnel at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been replaced for the first time in three weeks after Russian troops leave the region.
The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has been concerned about workers’ well-being since the Russian military took control of the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster at the start of the war.
The agency said that Ukraine informed it on Sunday that it has now changed staff, but the situation remains far from normal. They had to be transported to and from the site by water, with the Pripyat River being the only way for people living in Slavutych to reach the factory at this time.
The IAEA said Ukraine had informed it that analytical laboratories for monitoring radiation at the site had been destroyed, with analytical instruments “stolen, broken or otherwise deactivated”. The automated transmission of radiation monitoring data has been switched off.
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KIEV, Ukraine – The governor of the region that includes Ukraine’s fourth largest city, Dnipro, says the airport was hit twice by rockets on Sunday. The Ukrainian military says Russian forces are also continuing to bomb Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, and have been besieging Mariupol, the main port city in the southern port city, for nearly six weeks.
Russia’s Defense Ministry says its missiles hit Ukraine’s S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in two locations, while cruise missiles from the sea destroyed the headquarters of a Ukrainian unit in the Dnipro region. Neither side’s military allegations could be independently verified.
The Pentagon has said that Russia has a clear advantage over the armored forces for its next phase in its war against Ukraine. Spokesman John Kirby said Friday that the Russians are too weak to occupy the capital, but are now more concentrated in a smaller area and still have the vast majority of their fighting power. It will take a lot of effort from the Ukrainian defense and more Western help to repel them.
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WASHINGTON – A senior US official has said Russia has appointed a new commander to oversee its war on Ukraine.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Russia had turned to one of its most experienced soldiers, General Alexander Dvornikov. U.S. officials say the 60-year-old general has a history of atrocities against civilians in Syria and other war theaters.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday that “this general will simply be another author of crimes and atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.” He said that “no appointment of any general can erase the fact that Russia has already faced a strategic failure in Ukraine.”
The new leadership on the battlefield comes as Russia prepares for a major and more focused push to expand Russian control over Donbass following its failure to occupy the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Sullivan reiterated his support for the Ukrainian government, saying that the United States is determined to do all it can to help the Ukrainians resist this general and the forces he commands.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s border guards say about 2,200 Ukrainian men of fighting age have been arrested so far while trying to flee the country in violation of martial law.
The agency reported on Sunday that some of them used forged documents and others tried to bribe border guards to leave the country.
He said some people were found dead trying to cross the Carpathian Mountains in bad weather, without specifying the number.
Under martial law, Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are barred from leaving the country so they can be called up to fight.
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WARSAW, Poland – Some Polish cities are honking their sirens to mark the anniversary of a 2010 plane crash that killed the country’s president, despite protests that their sound would be unnecessarily traumatic for refugees from the war in Ukraine.
The sirens on Sunday morning were intended to add to the significance and grievance of the celebrations in honor of the late President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and 94 other prominent Poles killed 12 years ago in the crash of a presidential plane in Russia. Kaczynski was a twin of Jaroslaw Kaczynski – the leader of the main ruling Law and Justice party.
The governors of the provinces ignored the calls not to use the sirens due to the concern for the refugees from the neighboring Ukraine, injured by the air raid alarms. Authorities sent text messages to the refugees calling that the sirens would not pose any danger.
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KIEV, Ukraine – The Ukrainian military says Russia is stepping up its forces and trying to investigate Ukrainian defense.
The Ukrainian military said Sunday that Russian troops had continued to try to break through Ukrainian defenses near Izyum, southeast of Kharkov. He said Russia was sending reinforcements to the Izyum while continuing to bomb Kharkov.
The military added that the Russians also continued their efforts to take control of Mariupol, the port of the Azov Sea that has been under siege by Russian forces for almost 1.5 months.
After Russia’s attempt to seize Kyiv and other major cities in northeastern Ukraine failed quickly, Ukrainian and Western officials expect Moscow to launch a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists are fighting Ukrainian forces. years.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has focused on the need to identify perpetrators of war crimes by telephone with German Chancellor Olaf Solz.
Zelensky said on Twitter that in Sunday’s phone call “we stressed that everything …
