Greater Manchester man fighting for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine exposed
A man from Oldham is fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Ben Stimson is in the Donbas region with Vladimir Putin's forces, the Mirror reports.
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A man from Oldham is fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Ben Stimson is in the Donbas region with Vladimir Putin's forces, the Mirror reports.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke to FRANCE 24 from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which was again hit by Russian missiles overnight on May 9.
Ukrainian border guards released a video on Monday purportedly showing their forces fighting in the embattled city of Bakhmut, amid claims by Russian forces that they have captured the city.
Victory over the battle for Bakhmut remains unclear as Ukraine continues to counter Russian claims of taking more territory in the area.
What Ukraine needs right now is ammunition. That was the assessment of NATO defence ministers in Brussels this week as they monitored Russia's bloody bid for Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region. For years, alliance members thought cyberdefence and counter-insurgency were the priority. They didn't expect an old school, full-scale ground war in Europe.
Russia claimed on Tuesday it had captured the village of Blagodatne, just north of Bakhmout in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine has officially admitted to withdrawing troops from the eastern town of Soledar on Wednesday, after a months-long bloody battle.
He recruited them from Russia's prisons to fight in Ukraine and on Thursday he thanked for them their service and relieved them of military duty as heroes.