Ukraine Diary of a survivor of Azovstal: "There was no food or water, we drank from the toilets"
Ukraine
has lost communication with the defenders of the
Azovstal steelworks,
the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in the port city of
Mariupol
in the
war in Ukraine
, due to increased Russian attacks, as
Russia
continues its slow offensive in
Donbas
.
For its part,
Russia
has announced as of this Thursday and for three days the opening of a humanitarian corridor in the
war in Ukraine
to evacuate civilians from the territory of the besieged
Azovstal
steel mill in
Mariupol .
reported the Defense Ministry.
According to the Russian
Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters
, the corridors in the
war in Ukraine
will be opened on May 5, 6 and 7 for "humanitarian reasons".
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US intelligence instructed Ukraine on how to take down Russian generals
The United States provided intelligence that helped Ukrainian forces kill many of the Russian generals who died in the
Ukraine war , the
New York Times
has reported ,
citing top US officials.
Thus, Washington officials would have provided
Ukraine with details about expected Russian troop movements and the location and other details about
Russia
's mobile military headquarters
, and
Ukraine
would have combined that assistance with its own intelligence to carry out artillery and other attacks. who have killed Russian officers, according to the newspaper.
Ukraine claims to have killed around 12 Russian generals on the battlefield, according to the
New York Times.
While US officials have not specified how many generals would have died with their collaboration.
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Russia tests launch of nuclear-capable missiles
Russia
has said its forces have rehearsed a
simulated launch of
nuclear - capable missiles in the western enclave of
Kaliningrad
, amid its military campaign in
Ukraine
.
The announcement came on the 70th day of Russian military action, which has left thousands dead and more than 13 million displaced, in Europe's worst refugee crisis since
World War II
.
After sending troops to Ukraine in February, Russian President
Vladimir Putin
has made veiled threats suggesting his willingness to use his country's tactical nuclear weapons.
During military games in the Baltic Sea enclave between Poland and Lithuania on Wednesday,
Russia
tested simulated "electronic launches" of its nuclear-capable Iskander mobile ballistic missile system, the defense ministry said in a statement.
Russian forces practiced single and multiple attacks on targets that emulated missile launch systems, airstrips, protected infrastructure, military equipment and command posts of a simulated enemy, according to the statement.
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