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UN finds that Russia executed 77 civilians
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 01 Jul 2023

On June 27 the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (UNHRMM) said that the civilians had been killed while in arbitrary detention. UNHRMM said that 864 people had been arbitrarily detained by Russia: most of them men. Most of these detentions were held to be forced disappearances. UNHRMM...

Ukraine claims to be advancing as diplomacy stalls
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 30 Jun 2023

On June 29 Ukraine said it is moving forward in Donbas. Ukraine is attacking around Bakhmut: a city Russia took at enormous cost in 2023. Russia says it killed 2 Ukrainian generals and 50 officers in a missile strike on Kramatorsk on June 27. Ukraine says all those killed were civilians. Russia i...

Russian bombardment of Ukraine allegedly hits restaurant
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 28 Jun 2023

On June 28 Ukraine said that 10 people were killed in the attack on Kramatorsk and 61 wounded. Russia said once again that it only ever hits miliary targets. The restaurant serves many soldiers so Russia might consider it military.  Through the weekend of turmoil in Russia, June 24-25, the bombar...

Prigozhin agrees to stop his march and move to Belarus
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 25 Jun 2023

On June 24 the head of Wagner ended his ''march for justice'' and said he would leave Russia in return for charges against him being dropped. He said he made the deal to avoid bloodshed. The President of Belarus brokered the deal. Wagner was said by many media to have caused the most serious chal...

Arrest warrant for Yevgeny Prigozhin
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 25 Jun 2023

On June 24 Yevgeny Prigozhin the warrant was for allegedly inciting an armed rebellion. Military vehicles have been put onto the streets of Moscow and other cities. The guard has been doubled at strategic locations. A 2 am on June 24 Prigozhin said that Wagner Group had returned from Ukraine to R...

Conference on rebuilding Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 24 Jun 2023

On June 21 the Ukraine Recovery Conference took place in London. The private sector is being looked to in order to rebuild the country after the war. The construction bill was estimated at USD 411 billion in March 2023. Rishi Sunak hosted the conference. Zelensky hosted by videolink. The UK will ...

Russia says Ukraine has hit a Crimean Bridge
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 23 Jun 2023

On June 23 Russia said Ukraine said British-supplied missiles. The parallel bridges were both damaged. Russia claimed that the United Kingdom ordered the attack. Russia posted footage of a hole in the bridge. The Russian-appointed Governor of Kherson said the bridge would be repaired soon. Chonga...

Kazakhstan offers to broker peace in Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 21 Jun 2023

On June 20 President Tokayev said he would like to see a ceasefire in Ukraine and said Kazakhstan would like to help to achieve this. He underscored that Kazakhstan cherishes its relationship with Russia. Russia is an ally of Kazakhstan in the CSTO and a member of the same economic bloc, the Eura...

Russian war deaths over 25,000 according to study
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 20 Jun 2023

On June 16 the BBC and a Russian media group called "Mediazona" published a report. They based it on media reports, social messaging posts, graves and names on memorials.  The 25,000 figure includes those fighting for Wagner Group. Some Wagner fighters are non-Russians. In September 2022 Russia s...

Ramaphosa in Moscow
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 18 Jun 2023

On June 17 the President of South Africa met Putin. President Ramaphosa was accompanied by the presidents of the Comoros Islands, Zambia and Senegal. Ramaphosa said that the war should end as soon as possible. Ramaphosa's 10-point peace proposal was said by Moscow to be difficult to implement. Ta...

Tight security and narrow domestic focus at SPIEF
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 17 Jun 2023

On June 14 the St Petersburg International Forum (SPIEF) opened. The forum was instituted in 1998. The 2023 edition was the least impressive yet. Gone are the days when major world leaders attended. It was known as Russia's Davos. Putin addressed the forum. Mobile phones were blocked before his s...

African leaders visit Kyiv
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 17 Jun 2023

On June 16 African leaders arrived as a part of a mission to negotiate peace. They are due to travel to Russia. The delegates are the presidents of South Africa, Senegal, Zambia and the Comoros Islands. When they arrived in Kyiv a barrage of missiles hit the city. Ukraine condemned the missile at...

Russian missiles strike Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 16 Jun 2023

On June 14 the missiles did little damage. US-supplied air defense systems fended off most Russian missiles. Russia fired Kalibr missiles from a warship. Ukraine claims to have shot them down. Ukraine says 3 people in Odesa were killed by the missile that got through. The United Nations noted tha...

Ukrainian offensive makes ground but Russia claims to capture US-made vehicles
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 14 Jun 2023

On June 13 Ukraine said it was moving forward in Zaporizhzhia. There is evidence that Ukraine has made headway but it is modest. There is no sign of a breakthrough against very well-entrenched Russians. On June 13 Russia showed footage of its troops on Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles and German...

Ukraine retakes villages
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 13 Jun 2023

On June 12 Kyiv said it has made progress in its counter-offensive but admits that Russian resistance is firm. Ukraine has shown footage of the Ukrainian flag being hoisted in villages it has retaken. These are in the Zaporizhzhia Region. Ukraine has also advanced in Donetsk. France has said that...

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