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Ukraine: Russia loses its 58th officer to ongoing war

Ukraine: Russia loses its 58th officer to ongoing war

By Biodun Busari Russia has lost its 58th officer to the ongoing war with neighbouring Ukraine as tank commander Lt. Col. Yegor Meleshenko was killed. Meleshenko was killed in Donbas region as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces continue to suffer heavy casualties. According to a report by Daily Mail, Tuesday, Meleshenko, a tank battalion commander […]

Russia captures Lysychansk, Ukraine eastern city

Russia captures Lysychansk, Ukraine eastern city

Ukraine’s military has confirmed that the eastern city of Lysychansk has fallen to Russian forces. “After heavy fighting for Lysychansk, the defence forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw from their occupied positions and lines,” the army general staff said. Earlier Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces had captured Lysychansk and taken full […]

Higher landing costs linked to Russia-Ukraine war

Higher landing costs linked to Russia-Ukraine war

By Miftaudeeen Raji Higher landing costs as currently being witnessed has been linked to the global energy crisis as a result of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. A trade and finance expert, and lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Adebayo Adedokun, made the assertion in an interview with Vanguard. Adedokun stated […]

Russian missiles kill 19 in Ukraine’s Odesa region

Russian missiles kill 19 in Ukraine’s Odesa region

Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in the small town of Serhiivka, […]

Ukraine: Why Russia abandoned Snake Island in Black Sea

Ukraine: Why Russia abandoned Snake Island in Black Sea

This tiny, rocky outcrop in the north-west of the Black Sea was seized by Russia on the first day of its invasion of Ukraine, and it has played an outsized role in the war ever since. After more than four months of repeated Ukrainian bombardment, Russian forces have abandoned Snake or Zmiinyi Island, as it […]