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VLADIMIR Putin has suffered a major blow as the Russian Wagner Group is now admitting “prisoners with serious medical concerns” in a desperate attempt to bolster numbers, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
Putin’s private Wagner Group has been mass-recruiting inmates from Russia’s infamous prisons, where drug use is widespread and diseases often spread through the sharing of dirty needles.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence have released their latest intelligence update saying: “On 27 October 2022, Russian mogul Yevgeny Prigozhin posted online, apparently admitting allegations that his private military company, the Wagner Group, had altered its standards & was recruiting Russian convicts suffering from serious diseases including HIV & Hepatitis C.
“The role of Wagner Group has evolved significantly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In previous conflicts, it maintained relatively high recruitment standards, with many of its operators having previously served as professional Russian soldiers.
“The admission of prisoners with serious medical concerns highlights an approach which now prioritises numbers over experience or quality.”
Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates…
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Russia using ‘mobilised reservists’
Russia is using “mobilised reservists” in its battle on the Dnipro River due to “extremely low” manpower, British intelligence suggests.
Madman Vladimir Putin is reportedly sending these “poorly trained” soldiers to their deaths, as he desperately attempts to hold onto land in the region.
According to the MoD, Russia will need to recruit “higher quality” soldiers if it hopes to secure the location.
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Russia’s defence minister confirms 82,000 conscripts have been sent to Ukraine
Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed during a meeting with Putin that 82,000 conscripts have been sent to Ukraine.
Guardian Online reports that he confirmed the Russian Army was no longer recruiting civilians, which the Russian President admitted was “inevitable”.
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Ukrainian finance minister suggests country needs $38bn for post-war reconstruction
Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko said he will have to look for other sources for his country’s post-war reconstruction as the state budget will not be enough.
“We are currently looking for resources for critical recovery…We are talking about roughly $38bn a year,” minister Serhii Marchenko told Suspilne, Ukraine’s national public broadcaster.
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Remains of an 18th century Russian statesman have been removed from Kherson
The latest UK intelligence update has revealed that the remains of an 18th century Russian statesman have been removed from his tomb in Kherson.
The update added that the significant removal of Prince Grigory Potemkin’s remains from the cathedral to the east of Dnipro, indicates plans from Putin to “expedite withdrawal” from the area.
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Stop sending weapons, Ukrainian minister warns Iranian counterpart
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has claimed he requested Iran halt providing Russia with weapons in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian.
“Today, I received a call from Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian,” Kuleba wrote in a tweet late on Friday.
“I demanded Iran to immediately cease the flow of weapons to Russia used to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure in Ukraine,” he wrote.
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20 Russian soldiers killed in Luhansk region by Ukrainian troops
20 Russian soldiers have been killed and 30 others wounded by Ukrainian troops in the village of Chervonopopivka in the Luhansk region, said the Head of the Luhansk Military Regional Administration.
Serhiy Haidai wrote in a post on Telegram: “Almost every day, we make sure of the accuracy of Ukrainian artillerists as enemy ammunition depots, barracks, and equipment are burning.
“Another strike was launched in the area of Kreminna. Up to 20 enemy soldiers were eliminated and about 30 occupiers were wounded in Chervonopopivka.”
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Zelensky accuses Moscow of turning Kherson ‘into a zone without civilisation’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of attempting to transform the Kherson region “into a zone without civilisation” by dismantling the whole healthcare system and other vital infrastructure there during his video address late on Friday.
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Russian MP warns against sending poorly trained recruits to Ukraine
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was warned by a Russian MP not to send poorly equipped troops to Ukraine.
BBC News reports that Maxim Ivanov said it was unacceptable to send recruits to places such as Donetsk unprepared.
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Zelensky slams Russia’s ‘poorly equipped’ troops fighting in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his video address on Friday that Russia’s mobilised soldiers “are so poorly prepared and equipped, so ruthlessly used by the command” that Russia “may soon need a new wave” of mobilisation.
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41,000 Russian reservists fighting in Ukraine
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that 41,000 of those 300,000 reservists called up had already been sent to fight in Ukraine, BBC News reports.
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Russia prepares for Kherson battle by ending civilian pull-out
Russian officials have reiterated that an operation to move civilians out of the occupied city of Kherson ahead of a Ukrainian counteroffensive has been completed.
BBC News reports that 70,000 civilians have crossed to the left of the Dnipro river.
“We’re preparing Kherson for defence,” one Russian militia commander said.
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Nord Stream attack to be raised at Security Council by Russia
Russia said it will bring up the blasts with the UN.
“The Russian side intends to draw the attention of the international community, in particular through the UN Security Council, to the series of terrorist attacks against Russia in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, including the involvement of Great Britain,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.
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100 prisoners of war exchanged
Russia’s defence ministry spoke about the negotiations.
It said Ukraine had handed back around 50 individuals.
50 people from either side have bee exchanged.
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Russia plays ‘hunger games’
Ukraine’s foreign minister said Russia used “false pretext” in Crimea strikes to allow it to pull out of it’s grain deal.
“I call on all states to demand Russia to stop its hunger games and recommit to its obligations,” Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
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Russian schoolgirls sew balaclavas for soldiers
The soldiers were complaining that they are being sent to fight without the proper equipment.
“We sew for our men,” the school wrote on its VKontakte social media page.
“As part of the action to help the mobilised, students at School no. 4 in Sobinki have been sewing balaclavas for soldiers participating in the Special Operation during technology lessons and extracurricular activities,” reports the Telegraph.
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US lowering ‘nuclear threshold’ with newer bombs in Europe, Russia claims
Moscow confirmed on Saturday that Russia would consider in its military planning the accelerated deployment of modernised US B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe, which would reduce the “nuclear threshold”.
“We cannot ignore the plans to modernise nuclear weapons, those free-fall bombs that are in Europe,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told state RIA news agency.
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Internet groups aids Ukraine in identifying Russian missile strikes
An online intelligence group has launched an investigation into strikes on Ukraine, to help in war prosecutions.
The Intelligence group Bellingcat, has written a report called The Remote Control Killers Behind Russia’s Cruise Missile Strikes on Ukraine.
It hopes to have three technical engineers from Russia prosecuted for being behind the strikes against Ukraine, reports USA Today News.
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Britain’s MoD accuses Russia of ‘inventing’ stories
Moscow accused Britain of being involved with “fictitious” strikes on Crimea’s Sevastopol.
The Ministry of Defence responded via Twitter: T”o detract from their disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence is resorting to peddling false claims of an epic scale.
“This invented story, says more about arguments going on inside the Russian Government than it does about the west.”
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What has Russia said about halting it’s grain agreement with Ukraine?
The Kremlin released a statement that it will have an “indefinite” pause on the agreement after it accused Ukraine of striking Crimea.
It released a statement from it’s foreign ministry: “In connection with the actions, which cannot be qualified otherwise than as a terrorist attack, of the Ukrainian armed forces, led by British specialists, directed, among other things, against Russian ships that ensure the functioning of the specified humanitarian corridor, the Russian side cannot guarantee the safety of humanitarian dry-cargo ships participating in the ‘Black Sea Initiative,’ and suspends its implementation from today for an indefinite period of time.”
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister: We ‘warned’ of Russia’s ‘plans’
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Ukrainian soldiers build ‘sauna’ in the trenches
The Ukrainian official Twitter account asked @thisisFINLAND to rate their makeshift sauna.
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Russia claims on warship was damaged in strike
The attack on Sevastopol was reported to have happened yesterday, with nine drones being involved.
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Russia was “peddling false claims of an epic scale”.
Russia said the attack had not damaged “civilian infrastructure”.
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UN in emergency talks with Russia over grain deal breach
Russia has suspended it’s end of the deal with Ukraine and Turkey, allowing grain shipments to leave Odesa.
“It is vital that all parties refrain from any action that would imperil the Black Sea Grain Initiative which is a critical humanitarian effort that is clearly having a positive impact on access to food for millions of people around the world,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
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Russia plays ‘hunger games’
Ukraine’s foreign minister said Russia used “false pretext” in Crimea strikes to allow it to pull out of it’s grain deal.
“I call on all states to demand Russia to stop its hunger games and recommit to its obligations,” Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
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Russia ‘faked terror attacks’, accuses Ukraine
Explosions on the Crimean peninsula have been accused of being faked, Ukraine says.
As a result of the “attacks” Russia is withholding its agreement with Ukraine over grain exports.
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