Daily Archives: July 2, 2022

Pro-Russia Rebels Claim to ‘Encircle’ Key City, Ukraine Denies

Fighting raged Saturday for Ukraine’s strategic Lysychansk, as Kyiv denied a claim by Moscow-backed separatists that they had encircled the eastern city. Clashes have been intense in Lysychansk, the last major city in the Luhansk region of the Donbas still in Ukrainian hands, located across the river from neighbouring Severodonetsk seized by Russia last week.…

Explainer: What is White Phosphorus and Is Russia Using it in Ukraine?

In a grainy, black and white video published Friday, a Russian jet swoops low over Snake Island in the Black Sea, recently vacated by Russian troops, and drops several bombs.  According to the Ukrainain military. the bombs contained white phosphorus.  Russia has deployed a huge array weapons in the four months of its ongoing military…