April 08 2022 - 21:00
Russians bury dead soldiers as Kremlin admits major losses in Ukraine
Russian families buried relatives killed in Ukraine with automatic gun salutes and military brass bands on Friday, a day after the Kremlin admitted for the first time that it had lost significant numbers of troops.
Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine on Feb. 24 on what it calls a "special operation". Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the losses were "a huge tragedy for us."
In the southern garrison town of Vladikavkaz, near the Caucasus mountains, relatives gathered for the funeral of Vitaly Dyadyushko, one of two soldiers buried on Friday in the town's Vostochnoe cemetery.
One weeping woman dressed in black kissed the face of the soldier, who lay in an open casket, flanked by soldiers in dress uniform holding rifles. A Russian Orthodox priest waved incense over the coffin.
Dyadyushko, from the nearby settlement of Arkhonskaya, left behind four sisters and a mother, said local leader Alexander Kusey.
"He was from a large family, and he was the only one who provided for it. I don't know how the girls will do without him now, he helped a lot," he said.
"He was not married, he did not have a chance, he was young, very young. It's a shame when the young pass away before their time."
As the coffin was lowered into the ground, a military brass band played the national anthem and an honour guard fired a salute using automatic weapons.
Shortly afterwards, mourners gathered for another funeral, that of 41-year-old Ruslan Kozayev. One elderly woman, in tears, gently touched his face.
Elsewhere in the cemetery, more than 20 fresh graves for soldiers who died in Ukraine were visible.
-Reuters
UKRAINE WRAP | Russians bury dead soldiers as Kremlin admits major losses in Ukraine
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April 08 2022 - 21:00
Russians bury dead soldiers as Kremlin admits major losses in Ukraine
Russian families buried relatives killed in Ukraine with automatic gun salutes and military brass bands on Friday, a day after the Kremlin admitted for the first time that it had lost significant numbers of troops.
Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine on Feb. 24 on what it calls a "special operation". Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the losses were "a huge tragedy for us."
In the southern garrison town of Vladikavkaz, near the Caucasus mountains, relatives gathered for the funeral of Vitaly Dyadyushko, one of two soldiers buried on Friday in the town's Vostochnoe cemetery.
One weeping woman dressed in black kissed the face of the soldier, who lay in an open casket, flanked by soldiers in dress uniform holding rifles. A Russian Orthodox priest waved incense over the coffin.
Dyadyushko, from the nearby settlement of Arkhonskaya, left behind four sisters and a mother, said local leader Alexander Kusey.
"He was from a large family, and he was the only one who provided for it. I don't know how the girls will do without him now, he helped a lot," he said.
"He was not married, he did not have a chance, he was young, very young. It's a shame when the young pass away before their time."
As the coffin was lowered into the ground, a military brass band played the national anthem and an honour guard fired a salute using automatic weapons.
Shortly afterwards, mourners gathered for another funeral, that of 41-year-old Ruslan Kozayev. One elderly woman, in tears, gently touched his face.
Elsewhere in the cemetery, more than 20 fresh graves for soldiers who died in Ukraine were visible.
-Reuters
April 08 2022 - 12:58
Russian crab craze in South Korea stirs ethical debate over Ukraine crisis
Plunging prices for Russian crab have South Koreans flocking to seafood markets and restaurants but some consumers are questioning whether to boycott the imports on concerns the purchases indirectly support Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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April 08 2022 - 11:13
Over 30 killed, 100 wounded in Russian rocket strike on Ukrainian station, rail company says
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It said two Russian rockets had struck a station in the city of Kramatorsk which is used for the evacuation of civilians from areas under bombardment by Russian forces.
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April 08 2022 - 11:00
Russian inflation to continue rising due to base effect, c.bank says
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April 08 2022 - 09:40
Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for offensive
Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before an anticipated major offensive.
Russia's six-week long incursion has seen more than 4 million people flee abroad, killed or injured thousands, turned cities into rubble and led to sweeping sanctions on its leaders and companies.
In a symbolic move, the UN General Assembly suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, expressing “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis”. Russia then quit the council.
April 08 2022 - 09:12
Borodianka razed: Ukraine's Zelenskiy says situation 'more dreadful' than Bucha
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the situation in the town of Borodianka was “significantly more dreadful” than in nearby Bucha, where Russian forces' suspected killing of civilians has been broadly condemned.
In Borodianka, about 60km (37 miles) northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, families looking for relatives watched diggers search through the rubble of an apartment block. Most of the building was charred and its middle section had been razed to the ground, leaving a gaping hole.
“My mother, my brother, brother’s wife, his mother and father-in-law, are still there, as well as other people who were there in the basement,” resident Vadym Zagrebelnyi told Reuters.
April 08 2022 - 08:12
Turkish drone is so effective, Ukrainian troops are singing about it
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April 08 2022 - 06:20
UN suspends Russia from human-rights body over Ukraine
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April 08 2022 - 06:15
Ukraine braces for new assault
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April 08 2022 - 06:00
US Treasury's Adeyemo on starving Russia's 'war machine'
The United States is ramping up sanctions against Russia to deprive Moscow's ‘war machine’ of money and components needed to sustain its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Reuters
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