The U.K. on Friday sanctioned Russian military intelligence units and officers it said were behind preparations for a 2022 bomb attack on a theater in southern Ukraine that killed hundreds of civilians.

The U.K. on Friday sanctioned Russian military intelligence units and officers it said were behind preparations for a 2022 bomb attack on a theater in southern Ukraine that killed hundreds of civilians.
The UK sanctions Russian spies linked to Mariupol strikes.
The UK has laid a raft of sanctions against Russian military intelligence officers involved in targeting Ukrainian civilians and carrying out cyber attacks against Britain.
They were involved in the bombing of the Mariupol Theatre in 2022 as well as efforts to support the war in Ukraine and destabilise Western allies.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Seeing war through the lens of Putin’s narcissism — ‘Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman’ — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity — Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones — Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay — Russia’s crude exports fall to lowest level since February … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-9-2025/
Residents of Ukraine's #Mariupol deny russian claims occupied city returning to normal
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russia legally steals 20,000 homes in razed #Mariupol — then charges homeless victims for rent
Survivors of putin’s most brutal siege now face a deadlier trap: a rigged paperwork leaving them “homeless bums” whose stolen homes are sold to moscow buyers.
What 3 years of captivity in #Russia does to a defender of #Ukraine
Luckily he was able to be returned in a #POW swap
(he was a defender of #Mariupol, source: https://x.com/olddog100ua/status/1934462695970844974 )
The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation by Tom Mutch, 2025
It painstakingly documents the immense human catastrophe wrought on Ukrainian society and the divisions between those who fought and those who fled.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Key to Russia’s potential defeat lies in its economy — Russia makes a year’s worth of NATO ammunition in 3 months — Ukraine says it hit Russian MiG-31, Su-30/34 fighter jets following attack on airfield — US accuses Russian of laundering millions, helping Moscow obtain sensitive technology … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/tuesday-june-10-2025/
Geflohen aus Mariupol: Zwischen Heimweh und Hoffnung
Bis zum russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine betrieb Wjatscheslaw Dolschenko in Mariupol ein Museum. Doch nun ist alles zerstört. Er selbst musste fliehen - und hofft darauf, eines Tages zurückkehren zu können. Von A. Beer und E. Samowilowa.
Ukraine attacks elite Russian unit base nearly 7,000km away
#Ukraine's military intelligence agency was behind explosions near Desantnaya Bay in Russia’s #Vladivostok
2 blasts occurred early in morning at site where Russia’s 47th Separate Air Assault Battalion was stationed
The Brigade has been actively involved in #invasion of Ukraine, including battles in #Mariupol & #Vuhledar, #DonetskOblast, as well #KurskOblast
#Putin's war criminals continue exploding all over #Russia, as I expect they will for the next 30 years or so.
In Stavropol, Zaur Gurtsiev, who assisted the mass murder of civilians in #Ukraine's city of #Mariupol was blown up by planted explosives.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #SlavaUkraini
Moment of the explosion which killed Russian Major Zaur #Gurtiev in #Stavropol. He was involved in taking Mariupol.
Thursday, May 29, 2025
UN commission says Russian drone attacks against Kherson amount to crimes against humanity — Ukrainian Security Service charges captured Russian soldier with executing POWs — Ukrainian drones hit Russian cruise missile factory, SBU source says, in one of largest reported strikes of full-scale war — EU announces new Black Sea security strategy to counter Russian threats … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/thursday-may-29-2025/
In #Russia #Stavropol a war criminal Zaur Gurtsiev was killed - he headed aerial attacks on #Mariupol in 2022
Fire in #Moscow "Avangard" military factory, explosions in Moscow region, Vnukovo airport closed
#Ukraine defenders hold increasing
attacks into #Sumy oblast' onto #Lokna and #Belovody
restored control over #Otradne and #vesele on #Novopavlivka direction
and
signed an agreement on manufacturing long-range weapons worth €5b
Russian tank fires at a man in Mariupol
RT video of a Russian tank firing a residential buildings in Mariupol
The French TV channel BFM managed to film a video in occupied Mariupol entitled “I want to become an FSB agent”: the Russification of the young generation is underway in Mariupol.”