Day: January 4, 2023
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Russia’s Military Leadership Feels Pressure From Makiivka Fallout
The Ukrainian New Year’s missile strike on Makiivka has led to a usually reticent Moscow admitting its largest single loss of life since it sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and has been met with anger among the Russian population. The strike’s rising death toll intensified criticism of Russia’s military high command, with even…
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Ex-Russian Space Chief Sends Macron Shrapnel That Almost Killed Him
The former head of Russia’s space agency Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday that he had sent a piece of shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that injured him in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine last month to French President Emmanuel Macron. Rogozin, an outspoken public figure who has also served as Russia’s…
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Death Toll From Ukrainian Strike on Makiivka Rises to 89
The death toll from a Ukrainian New Year strike in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine has risen to 89, Moscow said on Wednesday, after Russians gathered to mourn the troops in a rare public display of anger and grief. The Russian Defense Ministry announced the recovery of further bodies from the rubble of a vocational school in…