The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." MPs will be able to ask questions and learn more about the details of the agreement in meetings with Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko May 6-7 MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8 Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations the regional military administration reported "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5 Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote and the candidate from the ruling coalition "It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said set to operate within the Council of Europe will focus on Russia's political and military leaders up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests "We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5 by Nate OstillerUkrainian priest Stepan Podolchak in an undated photo who was reportedly killed by Russian forces in the village of Kalanchak (Kalanchak Military Administration/Facebook). Russian forces reportedly killed a Ukrainian priest in the town of Kalanchak in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast the town's military administration said on Feb Podolchak was kidnapped from his home two days earlier by Russian forces, representatives from Kalanchak's military administration told the Suspilne media outlet "Today, it was discovered that (the Russians) killed the brightest person I was lucky enough to meet in my life," the military administration wrote on Facebook Podolchak continued to hold services in the Ukrainian language under Russian occupation and refused to be transferred to work under the Moscow Patriarchate Kalanchak is located around 30 kilometers from the administrative border with occupied Crimea Russian forces have occupied it since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022 Nate Ostiller is a former News Editor at the Kyiv Independent He works on special projects as a researcher and writer for The Red Line Podcast and focused primarily on digital misinformation Nate has a Master’s degree in Russian and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow and spent two years studying abroad at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine Participants of the rallies posted relevant reports in a video posted on Facebook by Oleg Gorbovskiy people marched with Ukrainian flags towards the city center They were singing the national anthem of Ukraine Slogans against the Russian occupiers were heard from the crowd: "Henichesk is Ukraine!" where local residents came to the buildings occupied by the Russian soldiers and demanded that they leave Ukraine local residents also went out to the streets to protest against the invasion pro-Ukrainian rallies against Russian invaders also took place in Kherson Nova Kakhovka and Novooleksiyivka on March 6 While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Kalanchak is the most northern point of Crimea we saw Russian tanks in our garden and we didn’t understand what is happening Russian soldiers were getting into people’s homes They were kicking them out and occupying the homes That’s the reason we couldn’t stay there any longer because the full area was under occupation We were living under occupation for five months and then we decided to get away from there So we were trying to use different means of transport to get out of there On the way out we were seeing the fights between the Ukrainian and Russian army and it was a very terrifying picture the territory is still under Russian occupation We were living on the MS Ambition for 5 months and then the Scottish Government has arranged for us to move to Saltcoats We are very happy with the accommodation we have been provided I would like to say my appreciation to Scotland for all the support and care we are both pensioners and did not expect to receive so much support and help We are living in very good conditions and really appreciate everything you have done for us Me and my wife have been going to museums and nice places in Glasgow I’ve started volunteering in the community gardens in Ardrossan I’ve been a beekeeper in Ukraine for 15 years I started to do beekeeping not long before I reached pension age I would like to say my appreciation towards the Council accepted us and greeted us with open hearts Our Refugee Support Service visits asylum hotels across Scotland to make sure residents are aware… Gurinder is in his late 70s and has serious health problems Our Refugee Support Service welcomed more than 400 people to Scotland’s biggest ever refugee job… Stay up-to-date with our latest news, campaigns and events Sign up to our newsletter > Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The situation in Avdiivka remains difficult but under control as Russian troops attempt to capture the city According to the commander of the Tavria operational and strategic group intense fighting is taking place within the city and Ukrainian troops are doing everything to deter the enemy The planned reinforcement of units and maneuvering of troops in threatened areas continues with additional ammunition and munitions being allocated New positions and powerful fortifications are being prepared for various scenarios The commanders on the ground are performing the tasks necessary to stabilize the situation following the plan of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine The focus is on saving Ukrainian soldiers’ lives with ongoing efforts to destroy the occupier’s army and deplete their resources and supply and evacuation are still possible through a previously prepared reserve logistics artery According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine approximately 400,300 Russian occupiers have been eliminated by the Ukrainian defense forces between February 24 the Ukrainian defense forces have reported destroying the following Russian military assets: 6,465 main battle tanks and 1,528 units of specialized military equipment Ukrainian priest Stepan Podolchak was killed by Russian forces in the city of Kalanchak in the occupied part of the Kherson oblast He was abducted from his home two days before being killed by Russian security forces The Kalanchak military administration confirmed the news of his murder on February 15 Podolchak was known for conducting religious services in the Ukrainian language and for his refusal to transfer his parish to the Moscow Patriarchate Kalanchak is located near the administrative border with occupied Crimea and has been under Russian occupation since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022 The Special Operations Forces of Ukraine successfully destroyed and cleared Russian observation posts on the southern front The operations were conducted by the 73rd Naval Center for Special Operations which discovered a patrol boat and Russian observation posts during a reconnaissance mission in Kherson oblast Using thermal imaging drones equipped with explosives the UAV operator dropped them on the targets a Special Operations Forces team cleared the observation posts In addition to destroying and clearing Russian positions the special forces team also captured weapons and a boat This successful operation is expected to enhance control over the oblast in the future according to the Special Operations Forces Russian forces are conducting a tactical turning movement through Avdiivka likely to create conditions that would force Ukrainian troops to withdraw from their positions in the settlement Ukrainian forces have yet to fully withdraw from the settlement and continue to prevent Russian forces from making gains that are more significant than the current incremental Russian advances Geolocated footage published on February 15 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced to the southern outskirts of the Avdiivka Coke Plant in northwestern Avdiivka Additional geolocated footage published on February 15 indicates that Russian forces captured a Ukrainian fortified position south of Avdiivka that has long been a Russian sub-tactical objective and Russian milbloggers widely claimed that Russian forces effectively encircled nearby Ukrainian positions south of Avdiivka Recently geolocated Russian advances indicate that Russian forces have cut the last road in Avdiivka connecting southern and northern Avdiivka but Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesperson Dmytro Lykhoviy stated that Ukrainian forces are currently using prepared secondary ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to supply Ukrainian forces in southern and eastern Avdiivka Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces made further advances west of Avdiivka in an effort to cut dirt roads that Ukrainian forces are using to supply positions in Avdiivka from Lastochkyne and Sieverne (both west of Avdiivka) although ISW has not yet observed any confirmation of these claimed Russian advances Lykhoviy acknowledged that Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from unspecified positions in the Avdiivka area but stated that Ukrainian forces also continue to recapture some unspecified positions from Russian forces The spokesperson for a Ukrainian brigade previously deployed to the Bakhmut area stated on February 15 that elements of the brigade redeployed to Avdiivka and are counterattacking Russian positions within the settlement Russian forces may be able to complete the envelopment of some Ukrainian forces if the Ukrainian forces do not withdraw or conduct successful counterattacks The Russian offensive effort to capture Avdiivka underscores the Russian military’s inability to conduct a successful operational envelopment or encirclement in Ukraine Russian forces initially attempted to operationally encircle Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka at the start of the localized offensive effort in October 2023 but gradually shifted towards fighting through the settlement in a turning movement after failing to conduct the rapid maneuver required for envelopment or encirclement An operational encirclement is a maneuver in which attacking forces completely surround and then destroy an enemy grouping of forces Senior soldier Oleksandr Babak was killed while performing a combat mission near the village of Novoselivske in the Luhansk oblast on March 21 Oleksandr was born in the village of Hnylytsia he lived with his family in the village of Zidky he graduated from the Kharkiv Machine-Building College with a degree in Motor Vehicle Transport and went to work with his father the young man decided to join the army and signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine He served in the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Kosh Otaman Ivan Sirko he served as a driver of a machine gun platoon and then went to serve on the eastern front My children have never seen him because they were under occupation but they visited his grave and met their uncle there…” said Valeria Koshel “Oleksandr personified all the best human traits: kindness His death is an indescribable loss for our college and all of Ukraine We will remember Oleksandr as a devoted son of his homeland who gave his life in the defense of Ukraine,” the Kharkiv College said Senior soldier Babak was awarded the Order “For Courage” of the III degree The young fighter was buried in the village of Zidky Oleksandr is survived by his parents Yana and Vadym *Oleksandr’s story on the Heroes Memorial – a platform for stories about the fallen defenders of Ukraine [email protected] [email protected] FB: @uwcongress disrespectful demonstration of one's ethnicity towards the representatives of any nationality nor will we allow any foreign conflicts of this kind .. President Vladimir Putin has vowed not to allow foreign ethnic conflicts to be imported to Russia His pledge came during a March 30 briefing Putin received from Nikolai Patrushev According to the RIA Novosti state news agency Patrushev addressed “Western attempts to impose on Russia alien values and norms” that threaten the country’s political stability specifically when it comes to ethnicity and religion Patrushev recommended that Russia fight against such actions Putin said ethnic and religious identity is an “extremely sensitive matter” and must be treated with “delicate and tactful actions.” disrespectful demonstration of one's ethnicity towards the representatives of any nationality,” he said “nor will we allow any foreign conflicts of this kind to be transferred to our land.” Russia is notorious for discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities and its decades-long record in this regard has been well documented Russia has an extremism law criminalizing any incitement of ethnic and religious hatred. However, as the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has shown year after year in its annual reports this law has more often been used to prosecute and punish members of ethnic and religious minorities than to support and protect them “No steps have been taken to adopt comprehensive civil and administrative legislation against discrimination,” the ECRI reported in 2019 It also noted that “[s]ignificant amounts of racist hate speech are expressed by politicians and religious leaders” and that such “[i]ntolerant public discourse remains unchallenged and unpunished.” Georgians and Ukrainians in Russia have also been the victims of intolerance and government-led discrimination due to Moscow’s political and military interventions in their countries Russia is home to nearly 70 ethnic groups, with ethnic Russians the largest group and recognized in the country’s constitution as the predominant one. Putin personally proposed constitutional reforms in March 2020 that enhance Russian ethnicity and Russian Orthodox Church dominance in the country’s law; Russia’s parliament promptly approved “Immigrants and ethnic minorities — particularly those who appear to be from the Caucasus or Central Asia — face governmental and societal discrimination and harassment. Constitutional amendments establish the primacy of the Russian language within the state, favoring by implication ethnic Russians,” the rights group Freedom House wrote in its 2021 report on Russia Many in Russia, including government officials, reacted to last year’s BLM protests with racist slurs and mockery of U.S authorities’ inability to suppress the movement Russian media repeatedly described the incident as “importing the American BLM to Russia.” The Tatars are a large ethnic minority in Russia and even have their own republic inside the country They have played a prominent role in modern European politics as natives of the Crimean Peninsula The Circassians, on the other hand, are what scholars call a “hidden nation.” As an ethnic group native to the North Caucasus, the Circassians fought Russian colonization for more than 100 years and were nearly wiped out by Tsarist Russia in late 19th century More than third of the Circassians were killed or deported to the Ottoman Empire their descendants live divided between three southern Russian regions and struggle to preserve their identity and culture The Circassians also suffer from the trauma of centuries-long slavery under the Ottoman Empire and elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa A gas pipeline is seen on the North Crimean Canal in Kalanchak Record-high energy prices in Europe may initially help Russia convince the European Union to accept the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and pressure European utilities to sign long-term contracts with state-run gas giant Gazprom But the crisis ultimately risks encouraging European states to further reduce their reliance on Russian gas calls that Russia has been manipulating the European gas market by withholding supplies for political ends have increased in tandem with European electricity and gas prices While Europe’s historic energy crunch is the result of numerous factors reports suggest that a Kremlin-coordinated effort by Gazprom to withhold supplies is part of the problem European governments have made similar accusations several times over the past two decades But regardless of the merits of the current accusations Gazprom will seek to exploit the high price environment and is well-positioned to benefit from the gas shortage State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience of Ukraine The Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious An Orthodox priest was executed by Russian forces last month according to reports from occupied southern Ukraine a 59-year-old priest of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine circulated on 15 February with the announcement: “Tortured to death by Russian soldiers.” Podolchak lived in the village of Kalanchak Russian soldiers had broken into his home on 13 February and taken him to an unknown location his wife was “invited” to identify the body of her husband suggested that the Russian troops killed him because he “held liturgies in Ukrainian and prayed for Ukraine” The image of Fr Stepan Podolchak circulated announcing his death Podolchak’s was not the first alleged murder of a Ukrainian clergyman since the Russian invasion on 24 February 2024.  In a statement on the second anniversary of the invasion chairman of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance said that 30 Ukrainian priests had been killed by Russians in and 26 were imprisoned.  director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group which documents Russian war crimes against Ukrainian religious communities the fate of the abductees is largely unknown Most are priests of the autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine or pastors of Protestant churches Those who managed to return to government-controlled territory of Ukraine have reported being subjected to severe torture “In Berdiansk, on 16 November 2022, Russians took away two priests of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church They were accused of allegedly setting up a weapons depot for local partisans Even Pope Francis appealed to the Russian authorities regarding the fate of these priests but his appeal was ignored,” Mr Zakharov said or their refusal to collaborate with Russian religious centres.  “Several Ukrainian religious figures testified that Russian prison officials tortured them or treated them inhumanely for refusing to be forced to learn the anthem of the Russian Federation,” Mr Vasin said “Ukrainian religious leaders were subjected to beatings torture and even attempted rape by the Russian military or representatives of the occupation authorities for refusing to collaborate and submit to Russian religious centres.” He continued: “The Russian military and representatives of the special services could not believe that Ukrainian religious leaders not connected with the Ukrainian special services.” Russia has been accused of sponsoring the attacks on Ukrainian religious leaders by Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas and Crimea – particularly the self-styled Russian Orthodox Army and the Cossack Army – since 2014 A report last November by the Evangelical charity Mission Eurasia said that relations between religious organisations and the occupation authorities had deteriorated dramatically since February 2022 from “get-to-know-you” talks to the seizure of buildings serious repression of religious minorities began in the summer of 2022 “Russian soldiers started to raid prayer houses made lists of the church members who were present and collected their personal and biometric information the faithful were forbidden from conducting any activity in their religious community’s premises occupation authorities sawed off crosses and used the premises to house their administrative institutions.” Several Ukrainian organisations have documented other war crimes particularly the destruction of religious buildings of various denominations The project has documented each case to be taken to Ukrainian and international courts Mr Khalikov told The Tablet that some of the destruction was the result of mass shelling by Russian troops but there had been several instances when Russian forces had directly shelled religious buildings Either would constitute a war crime: it is illegal to target religious buildings and also to target civilian settlements with ordinance with a large diameter such as MLRS (Multi-Launch Rocket Systems) or prohibited weapons (such as cluster bombs) – which affect damage non-military and heritage assets “There are cases when a church is the only building And there is no nearby object that the Russians could aim at and miss We also know that there is Russian intelligence working: people saw drones flying over the church and then there was a hit,” Mr Khalikov said The church is an object protected by international law they should have avoided shooting at it.” International law forbids both attacks on religious buildings and their use for military purposes but Mr Khalikov said Russian troops had used churches as bases and firing positions we have repeatedly recorded that they used churches as headquarters the bell tower could be used as sniper points Such cases occurred in several regions where the Russian army entered so there is a systematic policy in this regard,” he said in comments at the end of January Most of the churches destroyed or damaged in the war – 272 buildings – belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church historically subordinate to the Moscow Patriarchate “In defence of religious values Russians hit Orthodox churches first and foremost without much care for their integrity,” said Mr Khalikov Get the latest news and special offers delivered to your inbox Subscribe Advertise Jobs About us Permissions Help Contact us "The newly built high-security Chonhar and Kalanchak entry and exit zones started to operate from 12:00 today They are already operating according to schedule The next one will be the equipment of service zones," Kravtsov said Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Yuriy Husyev said on September 20 that the construction of new Chonhar and Kalanchak checkpoints had started in the Kherson region on the administrative border with the Autonomous Republic of Crimea the war in Ukraine is a fight for resources most of the water in Crimea has been piped in from Ukraine through the North Crimean Canal – but Kyiv stopped the supply when Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014 Moscow officials tried to reassure the population that they could solve the problem There was talk of building a water pipeline from Russia Crimean agriculture and industry started to suffer from drought and once-fertile fields By 2017, Russian officials had admitted that the area of irrigated land in Crimea had shrunk by 92 per cent Crimeans started to receive tap water hourly Already a subscriber? 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Log in Ukrainian police and National Guard servicemen take part in an exercise involving simulated protests near Kalanchak village The special tactical training exercises for a timely and effective response to a situation with destabilizing factors were conducted in the Kherson region which is located close to the administrative border with the Crimea peninsula More than one thousand law enforcement officers State Migration Service and a helicopter group Church leaders plead with Russian president to no avail Video showing Russian military vehicles crossing into Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast from Crimea through the Kalanchak border control point early on Thursday morning Video showing Russian military vehicles crossing into Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast from Crimea through the Kalanchak border control point early on Thursda.. THE Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning came despite days of diplomatic efforts and special pleading from religious leaders As late as Tuesday, as Russian forces were poised to enter eastern Ukraine for what President Putin originally described as peacekeeping duties, the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) appealed urgently for “an end to the dangerous geopolitical competition that has precipitated this crisis for de-escalation and reduction of tensions and for respect for international law and established national borders.” The WCC statement urged a “peaceful resolution of long-standing tensions and divisions” under international law The military invasion early on Thursday brought instant condemnation from political leaders in the UK and around the world President Joe Biden said: “The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces “President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering “Russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring and the United States and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way Boris Johnson said: “President Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction by launching this unprovoked attack on Ukraine The UK and our allies will respond decisively.” said that President Putin’s actions “will have horrendous and tragic consequences that will echo throughout the world and throughout history” At an emergency session of the UN security council — chaired by Russia which holds the rotating presidency — the UN secretary-general appealed directly to the Russian president: “President Putin – stop your troops from attacking Ukraine announced that Russia would be hit with “a package of massive and targeted sanctions” later on Thursday and stop the access of Russian banks to the European financial market These sanctions are designed to take a heavy toll on the Kremlin’s interests and on their ability to finance the war.” Church leaders in the region were more or less divided along national lines in the run up to war the leader of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church accused the Kremlin of “expanding its aggression using the rhetoric of protecting Orthodoxy” and said that Russia’s occupation of Crimea and Donbas already showed how “bloodshed there can be only one answer to the Kremlin’s aggression: united resistance The Ukrainian people may have different beliefs History has repeatedly shown that only a sovereign independent Ukraine is a space where citizens of different political views There was unusual unity with the Primate of Ukraine’s Moscow-linked Orthodox Church He warned on Monday that war would be a “grave sin before God” saying in a website message that his Church had “consistently supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine” A Pentecostal pastor and former Red Army soldier who runs rehabilitation centres for orphans and drug addicts in Mariupol also urged parents of Russian servicemen not to be “fooled by Kremlin villains” he said: “My own children have been seeing war on the front line from their bedrooms for eight years — their whole childhood has been a war Your sons could be thrown into a hellish massacre started by the Kremlin — and then even I will have no choice but to take up arms and defend my children.” Among other Ukrainian statements, the Muslim mufti of Crimea urged Muslim soldiers in the Russian army to desert and return home warning that a war would force them to “fight Muslims defending Ukraine and their homes CHURCH leaders in Ukraine have urged the international community to ensure a lasting peace in their country as a Russian military build-up on its eastern border fuelled new fears of a full-scale war welcomed President Putin’s address on Monday in which he said that modern Ukraine was “entirely created by Russia and had “never had a tradition of genuine statehood” opened “new horizons” for modern Russian statehood “The president’s language restores the completeness of our perception of Russian history “We are no longer 30 or 100 years old — we are now more than 1000 years old again and we very much hope the president’s speech marks the beginning of treatment for our amnesia.” Bishop Tutunov also serves as Vicar to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. 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Serhiy and other neighbors would offer them food and since most of them came from other towns and villages in the region they would ask if they needed a car to get home many people knew that there was a Russian torture center here," said Andriy Vitaliy Serdyuk is the only resident of the neighborhood who was detained at 3 Teplo Energetikiv Street He was a prisoner of the Russian army from August 27 to 30 Like he did every day of the Russian occupation during which they controlled the city of Kherson from March 2 to November 11 was going to his son's house when the soldiers arrived His son had joined the Ukrainian forces at the beginning of the war and had sent his wife and their two sons to Poland Serdyuk would feed the dogs and cats who now lived alone in the garden and check that everything in their house was in order You have 79.33% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article merci de contacter notre service commercial