FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 9 - The Untold Story

Russia-Ukraine war: only 500 of 70,000 residents left in Bakhmut, mayor says – as it happened

Figure, reported by Ukrainian news agency, comes after months of bitter fighting for control of the town

The Guardian - AU · May 31, 2023

Ukraine forces shell settlements in Russia's Belgorod border region - governor

The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said on Monday that several frontier settlements were being shelled simultaneously by Ukrainian forces.

Reuters · May 29, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘We haven’t started yet to act very seriously,’ says Kremlin ambassador – as it happened to UK

Andrei Kelin tells BBC: ‘It is an idealistic mistake to think that Ukraine will prevail’

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2023

Paramilitary group behind raid from Ukraine into Russia vows more incursions

Commander of forces who claim responsibility for raid on Belgorod says ‘yet again there will be a spot where things will get hot’

Evening Standard · May 25, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Belarus says transfer of nuclear weapons from Russia has begun – as it happened

Comments from Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian president, come as Russia and Belarus sign new deal for storage of nuclear weapons

The Guardian - AU · May 25, 2023

A look at the Free Russia Legion, the pro-Ukrainian group that attacked Belgorod

A cross-border incursion into the Russian region of Belgorod on Monday put the Free Russia Legion under the spotlight, prompting questions about this mysterious paramilitary unit of anti-Putin Russians.

France 24 · May 24, 2023

Wagner chief warns of revolution and says 20,000 fighters killed in Bakhmut

Yevgeny Prigozhin says children of Russian elite ‘shook their arses’ in sun while sons of poor returned in coffins

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023

‘We are Russians just like you’: anti-Putin militias enter the spotlight

The paramilitaries who raided Belgorod include guerrillas with far-right connections, anti-Kremlin veterans and former members of Russia’s security services

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023

Russian private army Wagner Group has lost 20,000 troops in battle for Bakhmut, says leader

Yevgeny Prigozhin said about 20 per cent of the 50,000 Russian prisoners recruited to fight in the 15-month war died in the eastern Ukrainian city

Evening Standard · May 24, 2023

Pro-Kyiv Russian group says it 'didn't lose a single soldier' in cross-border raids on Belgorod

FRANCE 24 spoke to exiled Russian opposition figure Ilya Ponomarev, the political representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion. This Ukraine-based paramilitary group of Russian volunteers has been involved in cross-border incursions into Russia's Belgorod region in the past last few days. Ponomarev claimed the pro-Ukrainian, anti-Putin group "didn't lose…

France 24 · May 24, 2023