Symbolic fight?
The Bakhmutka River, which flows through the city center, is said to be the front line. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has successfully called for rockets and main battle tanks in the past, wants to keep Bakhmut at all costs. The city, in which fighting has been going on since late summer, is said to be strategically important. If the Russian troops succeed in conquering them completely, the road to the major cities of Slovjansk and Kramatorsk is open. The armed forces have already captured Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk in the same Donetsk region.
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Ukrainian soldier shot by Russians for shouting “Glory to Ukraine” slogan identified
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
As the Territorial Defense Regional Board of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “North” reported on the Facebook social network, on December 30. O. Macijevskis and four other soldiers clashed with larger enemy forces in the vicinity of Soledar.
Around 12 o’clock at noon, the connection with Oleksandr was lost. Reinforcements failed to break through to their positions due to constant mortar fire and heavy small arms fire.
“We don’t know the full details of that battle. It is not known who was killed and how, it is not known how Oleksandr was captured, unfortunately there were no witnesses, all of them were killed or disappeared,” the statement of the Territorial Defense Forces said.
Oleksandr’s mother, his son Mikhail and soldiers from his unit identified Oleksandr in the recently released video of the execution.
O. Macijevskis was born in 1980. in Moldova, where his mother was assigned to work in a shoe factory. Oleksandr later graduated from high school and electrical engineering college there. Later, the family returned to Nižina, his birthplace.
Until 2022 in February, Oleksandr worked according to his profession. On the first day of the war, he tried to sign up for the army, but he was rejected. Then he helped build fortifications, guarded a road post, prepared Molotov cocktails and once more persistently applied for the armed forces.
March 11 he was included in the territorial defense battalion of Nižin. Oleksandr diligently studied warfare and was appointed a sniper.
In December, when the battalion was regarding to leave for the east, Oleksandr did not tell his mother that he was going to an active combat zone because he did not want her to worry.
December 29 Oleksandr spoke with his mother on the phone for the last time. January 7 the phone was “in range” once more, but it was his comrades who called to inform the family of his death.
In February, during the exchange of the bodies of the dead, the remains of O. Macievsky were handed over to the Ukrainian side. He was buried in his hometown on February 14. And now, a few days ago, the mother saw with her own eyes how her son was killed.
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated that since the start of the war in Ukraine, no weapons have been exported from Serbia to any of the “conflict” countries.
“I can say this because the permit [ginklų] for export is given by my ministry,” he said.
“Serbia does not supply military equipment to any country if we think it might cause any problems.”
Russia demanded an official explanation from its ally Serbia on Thursday over reports that the Balkan country has supplied Ukraine with thousands of missiles.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed “special concern” over the reports, which were first reported by pro-government Russian media last month.
“We are following this story,” Zakharova said in a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website late Thursday.
She added that the possible supply of weapons to Ukraine is a “serious issue” in terms of relations between Serbia and Russia, among others.
It was announced in the media that one Serbian state arms factory recently supplied Ukraine with regarding 3.5 thousand missiles for the Grad salvo missile fire systems used by both the Ukrainian and Russian armed forces. These 122 mm caliber rockets were allegedly delivered to Ukraine via Turkey and Slovakia.
Serbian Defense Minister Miloš Vučević has denied that the country exported missiles to Ukraine, but did not rule out the possibility that they might have entered Ukraine through a third country.
“If private companies buy weapons in third-country markets and then sell them to other companies in other countries, it’s not a question for Serbia, it’s international trade,” he stated.
Serbia is Moscow’s closest ally in Europe. The countries share historical, religious and cultural ties, which have been greatly strengthened by decades of pro-Russian propaganda campaigns in this Balkan country.
Russia supports Serbia’s claims to the territory of its former province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008. And Serbia refused to impose sanctions on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
Western officials fear that Russia might take advantage of the tensions in Kosovo and try to destabilize the situation in the Balkans in order to divert at least some attention from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Prince “Turki Al-Faisal” stands and applauds the Ukrainian President after delivering his speech during the Munich Security Conference • Al-Marsad Newspaper
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Al-Marsad Newspaper: The former intelligence chief, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, stood up to greet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with applause following delivering his speech during the Munich Security Conference 2023.
On the sidelines of the conference, Prince Turki spoke regarding the double standards of the West and their way of dealing with the Ukraine war.
He said that the West does not treat Israel or Iran and their acts of sabotage in the region with the same approach that they ask us to do with Russia.
It is noteworthy that Zelensky said during his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday that Ukraine might achieve victory over the Russian forces thanks to its continued support.
He called for accelerating the delivery of advanced weapons to Ukraine to confront the Russian forces in the war with it, accusing Russia of continuing to smuggle its oil abroad and sell it.
Yesterday, Friday, the Munich Security Conference, which includes dozens of the largest leaders of countries, hundreds of ministers, members of the US Senate and many experts and decision-makers to discuss the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
Witness: Prince “Turki Al-Faisal” standing and saluting the Ukrainian President following delivering his speech at the “Munich” Security Conference pic.twitter.com/f2sRiktkaX
– Al-Marsad Newspaper (@marsdnews24) February 18, 2023