Category: Daily Summary
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 48
The fall of Mariupol may be within sight, as a thousand marines surrender in the besieged city. Mass Surrender In Mariupol Having been cut off from reinforcement or resupply for much of the conflict, large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol surrendered on April 12th, day 48. According to Russian sources, 1,026 marines from the…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 47
The big news of the day concerns an alleged Russian chemical attack against Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol. Mariupol Chemical Attack? Azov militants allege that a chemical attack has taken place in Mariupol. According to their statement, at approximately 8.40pm on 11th April (day 47), a Russian drone dropped an unknown substance on Azov soldiers, three…
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Ukraine Conflict: Days 44-46
While Russia continues to apply pressure across the East Donbas front, territorial gains on the ground are not forthcoming. Kramatorsk Station Missile Strike A Russian missile strike at Kramatorsk railway station on Friday 8th April, 10:30am local time, appears to have killed many civilians, with the publicly announced death toll standing at 57 dead and…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 43
Battle fronts remain static despite continued fighting over the past few days, with the Russians unable to achieve a breakthrough against Ukrainian forces in East Ukraine. Kherson Fires continue in Kherson, presumably from Ukrainian bombardment. This sector has remained relatively static despite continuous fighting. In addition, missile strikes damaged infrastructure in Odessa. Russian shelling continued…
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Ukraine Conflict, Day 41
Incredible drone footage shows at least one Ukrainian tank and artillery engaging a Russian column. The amount of live footage of combat operations emerging from this war is unprecedented, though most footage as a rule comes from the Ukrainian side (with all the biases that entails). Russia launched significant assaults in East Donbas during the…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 40
Since Russia abandoned the northern front, fighting has concentrated around the southern region, along a broad front from Kherson to East Donbas and Kharkiv. Two sectors have seen particularly intense operations: the front between Mykolaiv and Kherson in the west, and the broad front around Donetsk and Luhansk. In the latter sector, intense bombardments have…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 39
Extensive footage from the recaptured Kievan district of Bucha on day 39 shows evidence of ‘zachistka’, the systematic execution of all men of fighting age, whose bodies have been left outside their houses or dumped in the street. Some claim the body count may reach as high as 270 people. The excuse for this practice…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 37
The withdrawal of Russian forces from Kiev and Chernihiv continues into April 1st. As Ukrainian troops reoccupy the abandoned territory, unconfirmed reports emerge of executed civilian prisoners and poisoned warehouse stocks. A number of destroyed BMD Airborne Combat Vehicles are recorded in Hostomel, likely from the first days of the invasion. Russia Abandons the Kiev…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 36
Russia is withdrawing its troops north of Kiev and Chernihiv, signalling an end to this sector of their invasion. According to Ukraine, the counteroffensive south of Kryvih Rih has cleared 11 more villages of Russian troops. Following clashes south of Kryvih Rih, the Ukrainians claim to have secured the villages of Zahradivka, Kochubeivka, and Orlove.…
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Ukraine Conflict: Day 35
A column of Russian vehicles, including trucks carrying Tochka missiles, was filmed driving through snow in Belarus early in the morning of day 35. Satellite imagery shows a Russian camp established at Chaplynka airfield, just north of the Crimean regional frontier. Helicopters and entrenchments are visible. Eight residents were detained by Russian forces in Holoprystan,…