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The president of Shakhtar Donetsk announced he is to give £22 million (886 million baht) to the Ukrainian war effort after the transfer of Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea . Shakhtar chief Rinat Akhmetov sold Mudryk to the London club over the weekend for a record transfer fee in Ukrainian football of £89m. The donation serves as a financial boost for Shakhtar, who have been forced to leave their home in Donetsk. However, Akhmetov, who is considered to be Ukraine’s wealthiest businessman, according to Forbes, emphasized that without the country’s soldiers, there would be no football. Akhmetov announced that the funds will be directed toward a project called “Heart of Azovstal,” which aims to assist “Mariupol defenders and the families of fallen soldiers.” Related news Porsche celebrates 30 years in Thailand with multi-coloured 911 model (video) 29 mins ago Motorcyclist crashes into religious vendor stall in Pattaya, gets seriously injured 46 … [Read more...] about Shakhtar president donates £22 million of Mudryk Chelsea transfer fee to Ukraine war effort

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 386. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation. As Russian attacks continue, particularly in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka and Shakhtar sectors, Ukrainian forces have killed 1,040 Russian troops in the past 24 hours. Russia also lost 12 tanks, 11 APVs, 11 artillery systems, three anti-aircraft systems and one MLRS. Ukraine counts more than 162,000 Russian killed-in-action since the invasion began. Donetsk region. A Russian missile attack on the city of Kramatorsk on March 14 killed at least one person and wounded six others. The missile also damaged buildings, a kindergarten, a museum and an administration office. Dnipropetrovsk region. The town of Marhanets came under heavy Russian fire yesterday . Two women … [Read more...] about Monday, March 16. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

This handout photograph taken and released by the Russian presidential press office in Sevastopol on March 18, 2023, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), talking to Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev (L), as he visits the Chersonesos Taurica historical and archeological park on the 9th anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia. AFP MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him over the Ukraine conflict. Turkey announced the extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to export grain following Russia’s offensive, but Kyiv and Moscow disagreed over the length of the extension. Putin’s surprise visit to Crimea was his first to the peninsula since he sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 last year, apart from when he drove across the bridge … [Read more...] about Putin visits Crimea as Ukraine grain deal extended

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On March 17, 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova. According to the ICC statement , Vladimir Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute ).” If further adds that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes, (i) for having committed the acts directly, jointly with others and/or through others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), and (ii) for his failure to exercise control properly over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts, or allowed for their commission, and who were … [Read more...] about ICC Judges Issue Arrest Warrants Against Vladimir Putin And Maria Lvova-Belova For Crimes Against Children

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Fighting rages north and south of Bakhmut as Russian regiments race against time, and their dwindling combat power , in a desperate effort to surround the ruined city and cut off its Ukrainian garrison. The Ukrainians meanwhile have dug in in the most defensible quarters of Bakhmut. With supplies of heavy artillery running low, they’re picking their targets carefully—aiming to kill as many Russians as possible with as few weapons as possible. Which side makes the most efficient use of precious military resources might ultimately prevail in Bakhmut, a city with a pre-war population of 70,000 that anchors the front line in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. A dramatic strike on a Russian patrol base in Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut, on or before Sunday underscores the Ukrainians’ selective violence. As a drone from the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade watched , a powerful munition or … [Read more...] about Ukrainian Troops Tap Their Best Firepower To Kill Russians On Bakhmut’s Vulnerable Flanks

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 393. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation. Zaporizhzhia. Two Russian missiles struck a residential high-rise in Zaporizhzhia yesterday, killing one civilian and injuring more than 30 others. Some of the victims are still receiving hospital treatment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack. Kyiv region. A Russian drone attack in Rzhyshchiv overnight killed nine people , wounded seven more and destroyed portions of a dormitory. A building at a professional college also suffered damage and then caught on fire. On a visit to the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region yesterday, President Zelenskyy met Ukrainian soldiers and issued national awards to “our heroes.” Zelensky also visited a medical facility treating … [Read more...] about Thursday, March 23. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

A view shows a residential building, cars and a church damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the frontline city of Avdiivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 20, 2023. REUTERS FILE PHOTO KYIV — Ukraine shut the eastern town of Avdiivka to non-military personnel on Monday, describing it as a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as Kyiv tried to break the back of Russia’s flagging winter offensive before a counter-assault of its own. A Ukrainian general said Kyiv was planning its next move after Moscow appeared to shift focus from the small city of Bakhmut, which Russia has failed to capture after several months of the war’s bloodiest fighting, to Avdiivka further south. The Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff said in a Monday evening update that Russian forces were still trying to storm Bakhmut and had shelled the city and surrounding towns. Front lines in Ukraine have barely budged for more than four months despite a Russian winter offensive. The … [Read more...] about Ukraine shuts ‘post-apocalyptic’ battlefield town to civilians

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 397. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation. National. Zaporizhzhia. A 19-year-old injured in Russia’s attack on an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia on Mar. 22 died in the hospital, reported the state news agency Ukrinform . The boy had sustained an open craniocerebral injury during the attack, and despite the efforts of medical professionals he was unable to recover. He is the second person to die as a result of the attack, which also injured more than 30 people. Donetsk region. The city of Sloviansk was shelled by Russian S-300 surface-to-air missiles in the morning of Mar. 27 , the regional administration said . According to preliminary information, at least one person is confirmed dead and 25 injured. Administration facilities, … [Read more...] about Monday, March 27. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

A delicate outline of a house has materialized in the icy darkness of Antarctica. Like a child’s line drawing built at full scale, stainless steel pipes have been welded together into the shape of a typical house from a Ukrainian village. It’s an art installation at the Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica, where scientists and researchers spend months studying the polar environment in near isolation and thousands of miles from home. Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago, this remove has made the experience even more lonely. The installation is called Home. Memories , and seeks to make the station a home away from home for the polar researchers. Designed by Kyiv-based architecture firm Balbek Bureau , the rectangular shape of a rural house is rendered in thin stainless steel tubes, with quaintly decorated windows, a shallow pitched roof, and a chimney. Based on a composite of homes typical of the Ukrainian … [Read more...] about This polar art installation is a stunning ode to Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Drone footage over Bakhmut, Donetsk region shows devastation amid fierce fighting during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine in this still image obtained from social media video released March 26, 2023. 93rd Mechanized Brigade “Kholodny Yar” via REUTERS KYIV — Ukraine is aiming to exhaust and inflict heavy losses on Russian forces trying to capture the small eastern city of Bakhmut, the commander of Ukrainian ground forces said in a video posted on Tuesday. In a video showing him addressing soldiers in what appeared to be a large industrial warehouse, General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russia was continuing to focus on the Bakhmut area after months of battle. Moscow sees capturing Bakhmut as vital to its efforts to establish complete control over the Donbas industrial region in eastern Ukraine. “They do not stop trying to surround and capture the city,” Syrskyi said in the video posted on the Telegram messaging app. “As of today, our main task is to wear down the … [Read more...] about Ukraine aims to exhaust Russian troops in Bakhmut–general