UK WORKING ‘FLAT OUT’ TO FREE DEATH SENTENCE BRITONS
UK FOREIGN SECRETARY LIZ TRUSS HAS SAID SHE WILL DO “WHATEVER NECESSARY” TO FREE TWO BRITONS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER FIGHTING IN UKRAINE.
AIDEN ASLIN, SHAUN PINNER, AND A MOROCCAN, SAAUDUN BRAHIM, DENY CHARGES OF BEING MERCENARIES.
THEY WERE SENTENCED THIS MONTH BY THE SELF-PROCLAIMED DONETSK PEOPLE REPUBLIC IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
MEANWHILE, ALL BRIDGES TO THE EMBATTLED UKRAINIAN CITY OF SEVERODONETSK ARE DESTROYED.
THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS – AND TROOPS – AND THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.
THE UK SAYS RUSSIA’S MILITARY IS LIKELY TO HAVE MADE SMALL ADVANCES IN THE KHARKIV REGION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL WEEKS,
Russia vs Ukraine: Zelensky laments high human cost of War
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the intense battle for Sievierodonetsk is taking a “terrifying” toll on Ukraine.
He lamented that the human cost of the battle is very high and the battle for the Donbas will be remembered in military history as one of the most violent battles in Europe.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai says all three bridges to the embattled eastern city of Sievierodonetsk have been destroyed, however saying that Russia had not “completely captured” the city and “a part of the city” was under Ukrainian control.
KEY DONBAS CITY ‘COULD BE CUT OFF’ IF FINAL BRIDGE DESTROYED
A UKRAINIAN REGIONAL GOVERNOR SERHIY HAIDAI HAS SAID SEVERODONETSK WILL BE “CUT OFF” FROM THE REST OF UKRAINE IF RUSSIA DESTROYS THE LAST REMAINING BRIDGE TO THE CITY.
South Africa Bus Accident Leaves 15 Dead, 37 Others Injured
FIFTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 37 INJURED THIS FRIDAY WHEN A BUS AND A TRUCK COLLIDED ON A SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHWAY NEAR THE CAPITAL PRETORIA
Liverpool Reject Bayern’s £30m Bid for Sadio Mane
LIVERPOOL HAVE REJECTED A DEAL WORTH £30MILLION FOR SENEGAL FORWARD, SADIO MANE FROM BAYERN MUNICH.
Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans
PEOPLE IN THAILAND CAN NOW GROW CANNABIS PLANTS AT HOME AND SELL THE CROP AFTER THE NATION REMOVED MARIJUANA FROM ITS BANNED NARCOTICS LIST.
SEVERODONETSK: ZELENSKY TIES FATE OF EAST UKRAINE TO BATTLE FOR CITY
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS SAID THAT FIGHTING FOR THE CITY OF SEVERODONETSK MAY DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY.
AS COMBAT RAGED IN THE INDUSTRIAL BELT WITH RUSSIAN AND SEPARATIST FORCES ZELENSKY SAYS IN MANY RESPECTS, THE FATE OF THE DONBAS IS BEING DECIDED THERE,”.
HE SAYS HIS TROOPS WERE INFLICTING MAJOR LOSSES ON ENEMY FORCES.
BUT A UKRAINIAN TOP OFFICIAL SAYS UKRAINIAN FORCES HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK TO THE OUTSKIRTS AFTER RUSSIA “STARTED LEVELLING THE AREA WITH SHELLING AND AIR STRIKES ALTHOUGH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THE RUSSIANS COMPLETELY CONTROL THE CITY,” HE ADDED.
Tanzania: Opposition Party criticize plan to renovate stadium
Opposition parties in Tanzania have criticized the government’s plan to use taxpayers’ money to renovate stadiums, including some owned by the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM.
Ukraine war: Another Russian general killed by Ukrainian forces
RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA HAS CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF ONE OF MOSCOW’S TOP GENERALS DURING HEAVY FIGHTING IN UKRAINE’S EASTERN DONBAS REGION.
MAJ GEN ROMAN KUTU-ZOV WAS KILLED LEADING AN ASSAULT ON A UKRAINIAN SETTLEMENT IN THE REGION.
HE HAD BEEN COMMANDING TROOPS FROM THE SELF-DECLARED DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC.
RUSSIA’S DEFENCE MINISTRY HAS NOT COMMENTED ON THE REPORTS.
HIS DEATH COMES AS RUMOURS CIRCULATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT A SECOND SENIOR OFFICER, LT GEN ROMAN BERDNI-KOV, COMMANDER OF THE 29TH ARMY, WAS ALSO KILLED IN FIGHTING OVER THE WEEKEND.
RUSSIAN COMMANDERS HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY FORCED TO THE FRONT IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE FORWARD THE INVASION AND MOSCOW HAS CONFIRMED THE DEATHS OF THREE SENIOR GENERALS.
KYIV CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED 12 GENERALS AND WESTERN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST SEVEN SENIOR COMMANDERS HAVE BEEN KILLED.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN CONFUSION OVER REPORTS OF THE DEATHS OF SEVERAL OTHER RUSSIAN OFFICERS. THREE GENERALS THAT UKRAINIAN FORCES CLAIMED TO HAVE KILLED HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN REPORTED TO BE ALIVE.
Troost-Ekong Speaks On Super Eagles’ Defeat To Ecuador
WILLIAM TROOST-EKONG SAYS THE SUPER EAGLES CAN BE PROUD OF THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE TWO FRIENDLIES AGAINST MEXICO AND ECUADOR.