There are media reports on the Russian side that a few people are missing. He says, "It's not realistic to mount an opposition campaign. Plus, some NATO member countries have troops stationed near the Ukrainian border, should they be required but there would need to be a significant escalation for them to cross into Ukraine. At And as you noted, it could be part of a Ukrainian effort to cross the river and drive out the Russians. Putin sent Russian troops in with one goal: that Assad maintain his grip on power. The 301 signatories of the letter include the BBCs Orla Guerin; the former New York Times journalist Bill Keller; John Kampfner, the executive director of the Chatham House thinktank; and David Remnick, the editor of the New Yorker. What happened last week. In the war's early days, there were discussions between Ukraine and Russia about possible resolutions, but those meetings in Belarus and Trkiye failed to create any major change. Michael Colborne, a researcher at Bellingcat who reports on the international far right, said he was hesitant even to call the Russian Volunteer Corps a military unit. As the battle of wills and might between Russia and the west over the fate of Ukraine unfolds, there is one key fact to bear in mind: Vladimir Putin has never lost a war. It does not. Assault units are going to be the first ones to liberate our citizens, so I want to be part of it, she told Julian Borger and Artem Mazhulin. Pictures posted onlineby the fightersearlier this week showed them posing in front of captured Russian equipment, with some wearing Nazi-style patches and equipment. Soon now, its desire to be part of the West will be moot, as Putin's Russia takes controllittle more than 24 hours after the invasion began, Russian forces were already entering the the capital and Kyiv was hit with Russian "cruise or ballistic missiles." Putin now has the world's full, undivided attention, in the same way that every Secretary General in the Soviet era did. The government was unable to pay the salaries of a once proud military. With a new reality on the ground in Eastern Europe, Ilves continues, "Putin then wants to rewrite the security rules of the road between him and NATO.". That Putins power is not unlimited, that the security services can beat, control and torture the unarmed. Could there be a peace deal between Zelenskyy and Putin? WebWATCH LIVE: State Department holds briefing amid Ukraine dam collapse crisis | Ukraine, dam On the same topic, Alex got. Polls have shown that many in the capital have stopped paying attention to the war, as restaurants and bars remain jammed with Muscovites eager to enjoy the warm weather. But as soon as they meet a full armed resistance, they flee.. Ukrainian authorities rejoiced but avoided claiming responsibility for the attack. fleeing the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, cannot become a NATO member until the war ends, on Moscow buildings as Kyiv is attacked again, she's part of a massive brain drain hammering Russia. And at the outset of the crisis, that skepticism seemed justified. All rights reserved. Mr. Skachkov was released on bail after spending a month in jail. Brittney Griner speaks during a Bring Our Families Home press conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The potency of the move was immediately apparent, as the Russian ruble dropped sharply against the U.S. dollar, forcing Moscow to raise interest rates from 9.5 percent to 20 percent to shore up its currency. So it just happened that I made a lot of contacts with shelters and animal evacuation groups. NPR's Greg Myre is in Kyiv. Russia kept up its assault on Kyiv. Here's what happened this week. Countries on NATO's eastern flank, known as the Bucharest Nine, will hold a summit in Slovakia on Tuesday. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find more of NPR's coverage here. No Russian illegal had been publicly unmasked in the west since 2011, but in the past year seven cases have come to light involving Norway, Brazil, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Greece, Shaun Walker reported this week. Zelenskyy accepts Ukraine cannot become a NATO member until the war ends. The Russian leader is fueled by rage and seeks revenge against the West for his homeland's perceived mistreatment, says Peter Rough, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington. Ukrainians hold a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside Downing Street, central London. What we know is that Zelenskyy is committed to keep fighting Russia, and the evidence of that is clear when you consider the regions Ukraine's fighters have reclaimed. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Priests conduct the Easter liturgy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. 3 min read In week eight of fighting, the war between Russia and Ukraine has entered a new phase as Russia changed tactics, turning Within 24 hours, the conflict spread rapidly, with Russian tanks and troops moving swiftly toward Kyiv, the capital; fierce battles in Kharkiv, the second largest city; and fighting around Chernobyl, the site of the disastrous 1986 nuclear reactor meltdown. Locals knew the man, Soslan Valiyev, 38, as an idiosyncratic but popular fixture in Tskhinvali, the tiny capital of the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia in Georgia. On February 25, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Alliance would for the first time dispatch troops from the Spearhead Unit of its so-called Response Forceformed in 2014to member states along the eastern front. In its stead came chaos at home, and, in Putin's view, betrayal from abroad. The shock was therefore palpable in Tskhinvali when the news broke out that Tsugri had been killed that evening, Pjotr Sauer reports. Now, the water was so powerful, we saw video of a house that was lifted off its foundation and swept down the river intact, just like it was a boat. Children apparently from occupied Ukraine were paraded at a pro-Putin rally in Moscow in February. Some analysts dismissed the significance of the R.D.K. Thousands are fleeing floods caused by a dam breach in occupied Ukraine; a Russian-installed official has talked up the benefits the disaster will have for its army; and Back in June, he said between 100 and 200 Ukrainian soldiers were dying daily. The demise of the Soviet Union, he has famously said, "was the most catastrophic geopolitical event of the 20th century" (worse, even, than World War II, in which 20 million Soviet citizens were killed). She lost people close to her. That was followed by Berlin's deep reluctance to stop the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline linking Germany and Russia, despite pressure to do so from its own ambassador to the U.S., Emily Haber. The post Soviet status quo in Eastern Europe was one "that [Putin] never accepted," says Fyodor Lukyanov, editor in chief of Russia in Global Affairs, a Moscow-based foreign policy journal. In fact, the woman saw caring for Alina as a way to get money and a better apartment from social services in Russia. Russia launched a wave of missile attacks across many of Ukraines biggest cities before dawn on Friday, killing a mother and young child in the port city of Dnipro, and three people at a high-rise apartment building in the central city of Uman. But if creating more stress on NATO was one of his goals, that failed. Some other members of the R.D.K. And on the complex battlefield in Syria, where the U.S. and Russians risked conflict, former President Barack Obama funded opposition rebel groups, including some tied to Al Qaeda, then failed to enforce his own red line after President Basar Al Assad used poison gas on his enemies. By February 25, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was considering an invitation from Moscow to hold "neutrality" talks in neighboring Belarus. Trkiye wants those people extradited before it approves the Scandinavian states' applications. Here is a timeline of Ukraine's fraught relationship with Moscow since it won Mr. Levkin also organizes a National Socialist Black Metal Festival, which began in Moscow in 2012but was held in Kyiv from 2014 until 2019. "Ukrainian Defense Ministry via AP. There will be no announcement of the start. In December last year, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said between 10,000 and 13,000 troops had died. Stay informed with WPR's email newsletter. He knows the public has no stomach for it. And, in fact, all of the telegraphing in that direction would almost imply they might attack somewhere else. So far, around 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have gone through the training course, which teaches basic battlefield tactics and survival skills. We have never concealed our views, he said. Last night that US possesses Intelli formation indicating And, are international sanctions finally affecting Russia's resilient economy? INSKEEP: All of this happened in a region where Ukrainians were widely expected to launch an offensive against Russian troops. Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times. Ukraine has completed more onshore wind turbines than England since the invasion despite the UK governments promise to relax restrictions on onshore windfarms, Jillian Ambrose reported. A view of a mine danger sign in front of the Dnieper River, Kherson. The Javelin has sat on INSKEEP: How does this flooded area relate to the battlefield? Its an ongoing process of de-occupation, and certain processes are already happening, like destroying supply lines or blowing up depots behind the lines., The commander of Ukraines armed forces, Gen Valeriy Zaluzhny, also raised expectations that a major operation could be imminent by declaring on social media: The time has come to take back whats ours.. Last month, Zelenskyy spoke to Sky News in the UK, telling interviewer Kay Burley that Putin "doesn't want negotiations because he doesn't want peace", and he wasn't interested in meeting with the Russian President. A fighter who identified herself by her call sign, Heavy, chosen for her taste in rock music, before the training a few kilometres away from Bakhmut. A heavily damaged residential building hit by a Russian missile in Uman, Cherkasy region, Ukraine 28 April 2023. In it, he said, "Ukraine is not a separate country," and that "Ukrainians and Russians were brethren, one and the same." Thanks for your reporting there in Kyiv. Now, she's part of a massive brain drain hammering Russia. Among them is a recruit who identified herself by her call sign, Heavy, chosen for her taste in rock music. In addition, Ukraine has about 30,000 civilians who died in this terrible war," the Norwegian general said. Twenty-two years later, in an extraordinary 55-minute speech to his country on Monday February 21, Putin aired many of his grievances in a way he rarely had publicly before, as a prelude to war. Despite repeated warnings that an invasion was imminent, many Ukrainians were shocked by the arrival of Russian troops. "It ate at him. A Ukrainian serviceman reacts while holding a weapon in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 25, 2022. Fighters backed by Ukraine have been waging a guerrilla-style campaign in southern Russia's Belgorod region. His resentment over what happened to his country, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the Soviet collapse, is more widely shared by Russians than many in the West appreciate. Ukraines 3rd assault brigade is training for combat a few kilometres away from Bakhmut. Entire waterfront neighborhoods that stood on dry land are now underwater. A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin sentenced to 13 years in prison. Then Aryna Sabalenka publicly disowned him, 'Our family has got some peace': Sydney cliff killer jailed decades after death of US mathematician, NT politician Mark Turner expelled from Labor Party, ASEAN to hold first joint military exercise off Indonesia as South China Sea tensions simmer, US religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson dies aged 93, Imran Khan granted bail on new charges accusing him of link to murder. Both sides met the central limits by 2018. In wartime Ukraine, where at least 100 soldiers are injured or killed on the frontlines each day, collaboration with Russia is viewed as the ultimate sin. Mission accomplished. He recalled how coldly then President Bill Clinton responded to his query, not long after he became President of Russia in 2000, about whether Moscow could ever be a member of NATO. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Reports of heavy fighting in Ukraine fueled speculation of whether it could photographed during the border raid also have publicly embraced neo-Nazi views. The New START Treaty limited both sides to 1,550 warheads on deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine ballistic missiles and heavy bombers. So there is a precedent here. Russian troops seized the dam at the very beginning of the war in February last year and have been in control ever since. MYRE: Well, Steve, the initial fear was this torrent of water could cause huge numbers of casualties, especially when it reached this this big city of Kherson further south. The Institute for the Study of War provides weekly updates on advances that have been madeand areas of contention, which are largely concentrated around the annexed regions particularly Zaphorizhzhia and Kherson. Ukrainian workers describe fleeing the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant. Their leader, Denis Kapustin, was proud that his force of anti-Putin Russians at one point controlled, he said, 42 square kilometers, or 16 square miles, of Russian territory. "We had [a] meeting with him in Normandy Format, it was before [the] full-scale invasion," Zelenskyy said. But in practical terms the country is no closer to joining since that application was lodged, although NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine will one day be a member. MYRE: Absolutely, if indeed that's the case. Witnesses said the three victims were killed after the air raid shelter they rushed to failed to open. One quick historical note here, in World War II, the Soviets blew up a dam in this area, about 100 miles north on the same river, in an attempt to prevent a Nazi German offensive. ", His pessimism is rooted in Putin's past behavior, most notably when he presided over a scorched earth campaign to brutally put down an insurgency in Chechnya more than 20 years ago. Russia and Ukraine traded accusations over who was to blame for damage to a key dam on Ukraine's Dnipro River which has flooded homes and forced evacuations in the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has lobbied for his country to become part of NATO, also acknowledged it would be "impossible" to join during the war. Article 5 states that if one NATO member is attacked, all members should come to its defence, which would mean if Ukraine was made a member of NATO, other countries would technically have to join the war with Russia which could result in a heady escalation from Moscow. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Andrew E. Kramer and Oleg Matsnev contributed reporting. The war in Ukraine will feature on the agenda for both visits. Foreign fighters and volunteers have also been killed in the war including four Australians. Keep updated on the latest news and information. Mr. Kapustin, who has long used the alias Denis Nikitin but typically goes by his military call sign, White Rex, is a Russian citizen who moved to Germany in the early 2000s. There are a range of possibilities about where the war could go from here, but it is almost impossible to predict through the fog of war especially given military intelligence suggests Putin could ramp up Russia's offensive on February 24, when he marks one year of his deadly invasion. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Ukraine has called the incursions an internal Russian crisis given that the members of the group are Russians themselves. If Putin moves on the Baltics, or on any NATO members that formerly were part of the Warsaw Pactlike Poland and Romania, which border Ukraine, or Bulgariathen Moscow will be at war with NATO. If it doesn't, it will mean at some point the world's two largest nuclear powers will be in a shooting war, with all the risk that entails. Harrowing before-and-after photos have captured the deadly devastation inflicted on Ukraine in the last week as Russian forces continue to lay siege to cities across the country. He made the announcement after Putin said it had annexed four Ukrainian regions, with Zelenskyy saying at the time: "We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine's application for accelerated accession to NATO.". In doing so, Putin will be able to claim that he dealt a devastating setback to NATO, the main goal of his aggression. Russian anti-Putin partisans said they were conducting a raid on the town of Shebekino a little over four miles across the Ukrainian border in Belgorod province, the second partisan attack inside Russia in less than two weeks. Since the start of the war, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recorded more than 8 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country. But the significance of the attack lay more in highlighting how, in stark contrast to Kyiv, Moscow has so far been shielded from the devastation that Putins invasion has inflicted. The remark conveyed a harder stance than what the U.S. has said: The Biden administration publicly opposes Ukrainian attacks inside Russia. And residential buildings and bridges were destroyed in Irpin, just outside Kyiv, on Tuesday and Wednesday as Russian forces inched closer to Ukraines capital city. All rights reserved. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. We don't know the Ukrainians will attack that way. Asked why she had volunteered for a combat unit, Heavy said she thought it would be interesting. He has demandedpreposterouslythat the Alliance pull back to its 1997 stance, when there were just 16 members, as opposed to 30 today. Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week. President Joe Biden takes questions after giving an update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C. Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line with Russian forces in the Lugansk region of Ukraine on February 25, 2022. Russia said it thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive and killed hundreds of troops in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, although Ukraine dismissed the claims. Putin is a nationalist first and foremost. Putin's subsequent announcement that he was putting Russia's nuclear forces on alerts, underscored the threat. Ukrainian forces fire a howitzer near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine. neo-Nazi splinter group in the mixed-martial-arts scene. It consists of 40,000 troops from a variety of NATO countries. Sign up now! The Russian President is widely thought to be one of the world's richest men, allegedly hiding much of his wealth in shell companies in various tax havens throughout the world. A missile attack in Kyiv on Thursday left two women and a child dead. Greg, I want to ask about the people in those satellite images from Maxar that we've been looking at. They were just words.". Here's how Ukraine looked justdays before Russian troops crossed the threshold: Since September last year, when Russia illegally annexed four regions of Ukraine, the country's territories resembled this: But parts of these areas highlighted in red are still under contention, with both sides gaining and losing territory. Then in 2014 he took back Crimea in Ukraine, and set up separatist movements in two heavily Russian provinces in the east, Donetsk and Luhansk. Retired General H.R. But does the flooding there make the potential military problem harder? Denis Kapustin, in black, the leader of an anti-Putin group of ethnic Russians, has been identified as a neo-Nazi by the Anti-Defamation League. Just digging deep. Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week. One man, Aleksandr Skachkov, was arrested by the Ukrainian Security Services in 2020 for selling a Russian translation of the white supremacist manifesto of the shooter in Christchurch, New Zealand, who killed 51 mosque worshipers in 2019. Few people could have imagined that the war would have stretched on for a full 12 months, but the conflict continues to grind on with no sign of reprieve any time soon. Russia reports several drone strikes on Moscow buildings as Kyiv is attacked again. Feb 28 (Reuters) - Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. NATO describes the Response Force as ''highly ready and technologically advanced." Have you got questions about the war in Ukraine that you want answered? A major contributor to those talks between the two countries collapsing was Russia refusing to honour humanitarian zone agreements to keep Ukrainian civilians out of harm's way. The group has strongly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and called Russia "the most significant and direct" security threat. Now, we should emphasize a couple of points. Since the 2014 Maidan revolution and the onset of war between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in the eastern Donbas region, many of them have made a home in Ukraine and are now fighting on the side of their adopted country. Im no stranger to hard times, Griner said from the lobby of the Footprint Center, home of her new team the Phoenix Mercury and the NBAs Phoenix Suns. Days later, Berlin announced it would send anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine, a stunning reversal of its long-held refusal to export weapons to conflict zones. Are other countries sending troops to fight? Early on, for example, Estonia wanted to send a batch of old howitizers in its possession to Kyiv. What happened last week. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/one-year-ukraine-russia-war-casualties-weapons-nato-nuclear/101934754, Reuters: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, AP: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service, Ben Roberts-Smith revealed as soldier accused in Brereton inquiry of directing killing of imam, Four toddlers sustain life-threatening injuries from French knife attacker, Australia in control against India after another dominant performance, Europe's last dictator celebrated this young tennis star. The aim of the incursions, the groups say, was to force Moscow to redeploy soldiers from occupied areas of Ukraine to defend its borders, stretching its defenses ahead of a planned Ukrainian counteroffensive, a goal which aligns with the broader objectives of Ukraines military. Mr. Kapustin has reportedly been banned from entering Europes visa-free, 27-country Schengen zone, but he has said only that Germany canceled his residency permit. Since the eviction notice, priests, monks and seminarians dressed in the traditional long black Orthodox robes have been seen loading icons and items of furniture on to trucks. I know this sounds so small but dying in practice and just hard workouts, you find a way to just grind it out, just put your head down and keep going and keep moving forward, she said. Putin in his pre-invasion speech said it was "madness" that the Baltics were ever allowed to leave the USSR. Success is inevitable because Biden and the allies have made it clear that Moscow will not meet military resistance from the West. In reality, far right groups in Ukraine are a small minority, and Ukraine has denied any involvement in the Russian Volunteer Biden, in his remarks the day the invasion began, said he believes Putin may have brought himself a world of trouble by invading Ukraine. What to watch. She has already been in combat once. Putin's aggression will also serve as a stark warning to countries formerly part of the Soviet Union of the possible repercussions of getting too cozy with the West. Russia has over $630 billion in hard currency reserves, and rakes in $14 billion per month in oil and gas exports. @VALERIEinNYT, A version of this article appears in print on, For Ukraine Military, Far-Right Russian Volunteers Make for Worrisome Allies, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/world/europe/the-leader-of-a-russian-group-involved-in-a-border-incursion-is-described-by-watchdogs-as-a-neo-nazi.html. How many people got away? The attack came less than 24 hours after four cruise missiles, apparently launched from the sea, hit civilian buildings in the city, killing at least one person and abruptly ending nearly four months of relative calm there. The Ukrainians are on the west side. INSKEEP: Yeah. You can read past recaps here. The Russian capital was this week hit by a large-scale drone attack for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer reported. ET: This story was updated to correct a reference to Bulgaria bordering Ukraine. Closing the conference of 46 European leaders held at a castle 12 miles (19km) from the border with Ukraine, the countrys president spoke of the importance of overturning Russians supremacy in the air with a sky shield involving a combination of Patriot missiles and F-16s. In the walled Lavra monastery on the riverbank in central Kyiv stand dozens of golden domed churches connected by winding cobbled streets. Russia kept up its assault on Kyiv. For questions or comments, contact WPRs Audience Services at 1-800-747-7444, email listener@wpr.org or use our Listener Feedback form. Shock and awe, Russian style. Moscow hit by large-scale drone All rights reserved. "Russian losses are beginning to approach around 180,000 dead or wounded soldiers," Norwegiandefence chief General Eirik Kristoffersen said in an interview with TV2. Infiltrating the area could be a first step towards trying to dislodge Russian forces from positions they are using to shell and shoot at Kherson. A statement from Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine's presidential chief of staff, and shared with Newsweek by Ukraine's embassy in Washington, outlined what Kyiv suspected were Moscow's goals. We have an update on the war in Ukraine. I interviewed an Army colonel stationed on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's far east, who wept as he confessed he wasn't able to buy his wife a birthday present a few weeks earlier because he had not been paid his wages in months. We don't know the cause of this dam break, but we do know that dams have been deliberately broken for various reasons in past wars. What Secretary of State Antony Blinken sees as Russia's strategic failings in Ukraine. Nearly 500 children have been killed in military attacks in Ukraine since the start of Russias full-scale invasion in February 2022. Obviously we can ask our comrades and friends for their assistance in planning, he continued. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR's State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day. The latest update on February 15 showed 8,073,182 refugees from Ukraine had been recorded across Europe, with 4,848,209 of those refugees registered for Temporary Protection or similar national protection schemes in Europe. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, airstrike obliterated an administrative building. The attack, on what is International Childrens Day in many post-Soviet countries, reportedly involved 10 Iskander short-range missiles, and there was a warning of only a few minutes before they hit. He wanted, says Douglas Wise, a former CIA officer and deputy director at the Defense Intelligence Agency, "to further divide our allies, and cement existing fissures and disunity within [the Alliance] and the EU. WebWATCH LIVE: State Department holds briefing amid Ukraine dam collapse crisis | Ukraine, dam On the same topic, Alex got. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Ukraine's "rightful place" is in NATO, and France is pushing for a clear path for Ukraine to join the alliance. Olga Guruli, who travelled to Russia hoping to arrange the repatriation of her godson and his brother from Russian-occupied Kherson province, was arrested, interrogated for two days and threatened with being sent to a penal colony before being deported to Belarus. Russia kept up its assault on Kyiv. What is Putin's endgame now? President Biden has a busy week hosting the Danish prime minister on Monday and the British prime minister on Thursday. Analysts expect that, once Kyiv falls, the military aggression will give way to a political settlement that puts a Russia-friendly government in place. Those comments have not been confirmed by the Ukrainian military. 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