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Ukrainian forces continue operations on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast amid reported difficult conditions in the area as part of an apparent effort to set conditions for future Ukrainian operations and the resettlement of west

Ukrainian forces continue operations on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast amid reported difficult conditions in ...

Russia is trying to capture the village of Synkivka in Kharkiv Oblast, hoping to pave the way for the blockade of nearby Kupiansk, Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on Dec. 11. Moscow has been concentrating a large force at the Kupiansk-Lyman axis in northeastern Ukraine since the summer, and heavy engagements and shelling have been a common occurrence.

 

The Russian Defence Ministry said the attack had been “foiled” and did not report any damage or casualties on the peninsula which is frequently targeted by Ukraine.

“The guys took vodka and food, drank with their colleagues, and ate. And many were poisoned,” said the Russian report of the Ukrainian partisans bearing gifts.

Ukrainian partisans claim they duped Russians into accepting "goodies" laced with poison at a military checkpoint in Crimea.

From the theft of artefacts at the British Museum to a hammer attack on Velázquez’s “The Rokeby Venus”

In the early days of the full-scale invasion as Russian troops were occupying large swaths of territory outside of Kyiv, one local village resident was relieved to see what he thought were Ukrainian troops. The resident, Ivan Drozd, shouted the common Ukrainian salute  "Slava Ukraini!" (Glory to Ukraine!) to the soldiers, not realizing they were Moscow’s invading forces. The Russian troops immediately arrested Drozd on the spot, his partner Hanna Mushtukova told the Kyiv ...

Ordnance is not the only way Ukrainians have been eliminating Russian occupation troops. A spate of poisonings by suspected partisans has taken its toll on Moscow’s forces as well.