“Ukraine – Russia”

The story goes back to early 2000’s when German’s then Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder decided to develop strategic relations between Berlin and Moscow. He went so far as to offer partnership to Russia in EADS, a multinational European defense and aerospace powerhouse. In November 2004, Schroeder called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “flawless democrat.” Unsurprisingly, in 2004, Schroeder hailed Turkey’s Islamist autocrat, then prime minister (now president) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a “great reformer.”

Russian Spetsnaz forces in Ukraine are equipped with a weapon that allows them to knock out all electronic devices within an area of six miles or more, experts believe, and they may be ready to use it as frustration mounts over a series of battlefield defeats.

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) strike would disable Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and deal a hammer blow to its ability to defend itself, experts say.

In extraordinary scenes, crowds of jubilant residents greeted Ukraine’s armed forces as they reached the centre of Kherson, as Russia’s retreat from the key strategic city appeared to have descended into chaos.

A crowd of residents, some tearful, raised Ukrainian flags around the central Svoboda Square, and gathered to greet the first troops to reach the city centre, embracing the arriving Ukrainian soldiers.

…and another was destroyed.pic.twitter.com/yYFBa2Bp6I

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 10, 2022

The ongoing war in Ukraine is “not in the interest” of Europe, a French General has claimed, saying that the continent has aligned itself too much with American interests on the issue.

General Pierre de Villiers, who formerly served as the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, argued on Wednesday that European nations should be pushing for a de-escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying that the continued conflict is not in the interests of Europe.

The quiet part is being said out loud more and more. God forbid it is proven that the US had a hand in destroying the NordStream pipelines.

U.S. officials are increasingly worried about keeping their allies on board with Washington’s approach to countering Russia in Ukraine as economic pressures grow across Europe.

American officials based in Europe are issuing internal warnings to Washington colleagues that some countries with populations that support Russia are growing angry over sanctions and blame the U.S. for rising costs. That sentiment could put pressure on European leaders to pull back support for the sanctions, officials said in internal reports circulated throughout the administration in recent days and viewed by POLITICO.

The NordStream pipeline sabotage seems more like a hostage taking everyday.

These Germans are trying to dance the cold away amid Europe's energy crisis as part of an initiative called 'Let's move – Tanzt Euch warm,' which translates to 'warm up by dancing' pic.twitter.com/V76iiGeJsz

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 10, 2022

The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine.

Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, also suggested that around 40,000 civilians had died after being caught up in the conflict.

The estimates are the highest offered yet by a Western official.

He also said that signs Kyiv was willing to re-enter talks with Moscow offered “a window” for negotiations.

#Ukraine: Western Precision Artillery in action – 155mm M982 Excalibur striking and destroying/damaging a Russian cargo truck, MT-LB and two T-62 tanks in the South. pic.twitter.com/MsWk9PjkPr

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 9, 2022

Iryna Rybakova’s photographs have been published throughout the world’s media, yet using her camera is only one part of her job as a junior lieutenant and press officer with the Ukrainian military.

A picture shows Russian troops held in a Putin ‘punishment camp’ for brave mobilised heroes who refuse to fight in his illegal war.

The enlistees were dumped in a cellar in Donetsk region where they are ‘starved’ and ‘threatened with mass execution by firing squad’.

Independent Russian media outlet The Insider highlighted the plight of 21 refuseniks illegally held in the Donetsk People’s Republic, which Putin has annexed.

Bad timing …

#Ukraine: A concealed Russian T-72B3 tank was hit by Ukrainian indirect fire in #Kherson Oblast. pic.twitter.com/vNh8k1kz3o

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 8, 2022

On a quiet industrial estate in Kharkiv, the mangled and charred remains of more than 1,000 Russian rockets and artillery shells are being collected.

Each chunk of metal evidences the scale of Moscow’s daily long-range attacks on Ukraine’s second-largest city and the surrounding region.

When The Telegraph visited the “graveyard” for Russian missiles, Dmytro Chubenko held one particular remnant of a strike on a civilian target aloft.

Ukrainian forces are closing in on Kherson, while Russian forces are building up defences inside it.

Both sides see the city, in the south of the country, as important to control. However, military experts say a battle for it could prove very costly.

Before the war, Kherson had a population of about 380,000.

It is on the banks of the Dnipro river, near the Black Sea coast.

It is also close to the Crimean peninsula – a part of Ukraine which Russia annexed in 2014 and which contains a number of its military bases.

#Ukraine: Artillery fire from the Ukrainian 63rd Mechanized Brigade hit a Russian fuel dump consisting of multiple parked tankers; you can see the result. pic.twitter.com/DNgAg1DmMS

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 4, 2022

Russia installs ‘dragon’s teeth’ barriers to slow advance of Ukrainian forces

Russia is stepping up its efforts to build substantial obstacle barriers to slow the advance of Ukrainian forces in key locations it is defending, including around the devastated city of Mariupol, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.

Its intelligence assessment on Tuesday said the Russian military was using two plants in occupied Mariupol to produce large numbers of “dragon’s teeth” – pyramidal concrete blocks designed to slow advancing military vehicles.

Looks like 3 crew got out.

#Ukraine: The destruction of an apparent T-80BV tank of the Russian Army filmed by a drone operated by the 22nd Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion, presumably in the East. It is claimed that a TM-62M AT mine was used. pic.twitter.com/x0y2kKgNLN

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 8, 2022