A recent report has revealed that Russia has lost 1,500 tanks since it invaded Ukraine last year. Putin miscalculated his invasion which he thought would take no more than one month. The Dutch monitoring group said that Russia invaded Ukraine with 3,000 tanks and has lost around 1,500 till this day.
Two massive earthquakes have shocked Turkey and Syria. The death toll has reached 1800 and is still rising. The powerful earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria causing severe infrastructure damage. The first 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 local time at a depth of 17.9km and the second one at 13:24 local time.
Russia has been repeatedly accused of running a mass surveillance program that targets its own citizens especially those who tend to disagree with Putin. Recently, A Hacker group has released 128 gigabytes of documents showing how Putin is illegally monitoring citizens across Russia.
Boris Johnson, the former British Prime Minister, claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike on phone before the invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied the allegations.
The Russian Hacking team has attempted to hit 3 US nuclear research laboratories. The hacking group is known as Cold River and according to US cybersecurity experts, they targeted US research laboratories back in summer last year. Cold river targeted Brookhaven (BNL), Lawrence Livermore national laboratories (LLNL) and Argonne (ANL).
Russian troops that are fighting in Ukraine are being offered free sperm freezing facilities by the health ministry. Now Russian soldiers that are involved in Russia’s special operation in Ukraine can freeze their sperm in Cryobanks. The Russian health ministry will provide financial assistance along with medical insurance to its soldiers.
A common man can’t comprehend the devastation Russia has been facing by the hands of Ukrainian forces. Putin has been consistently bombing the energy infrastructure to subjugate the Ukrainians, but everything is firing back. Now Putin is putting his own soldiers behind bars, who are refusing to fight for him.
The head of the Russian private military company, Wagner, has revealed that the company has a former US general helping the Russian war against Ukraine. The PMC has been involved in as many as four continents securing Russian interests in multiple regions of the world.
Two civilians were killed in a missile strike on Tuesday in the Polish town of Przewodow, near the Ukrainian border. Poland is a member of NATO and President Biden made clear in recent months that the US will defend every inch of NATO territory.
Joe Biden’s administration will resume talks with the Russian counterpart amid serious tensions between both countries. Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons multiple times after its invasion of Ukraine. The Talks will take place in Cairo, Egypt in the near future. Both the countries came together several times in the past to limit the quantity of nuclear arsenals.
The Biden administration has secretly encouraged Ukraine to signal it is open to negotiations with Russia, reports the Washington Post. Previously Ukraine has held a position whereby it would not negotiate with Russia as long as Putin remained in power.
Ukraine claims that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently under control by Russian troops, has 15 days before it will run out of backup energy to power its generators.
