Russia has ordered its troops to withdraw from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine in a further blow to its campaign amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive, according to official sources.
The president of russia vladimir putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, which would allow for the full mobilization of country’s reserve forces , edition.cnn.com reports, citing western officials.
The Chief Directorate of Intelligence periodically receives information that the crimes are being committed there [in the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine – UT] right now – people are disappearing, people are being executed, women are being raped.
Award-winning Russian author Zakhar Prilepin said the unit in which he served "killed many people" and that he has no regrets having fought in the Donbas w