Multiple explosive-laden Ukrainian drones targeted the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday, hitting several parts of the facility, Russia’s nuclear energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. Russia Today reported citing a Telegram post by the facility’s Russian management, “One kamikaze UAV struck near the power plant’s canteen, damaging a …
Read More »Report: Ukraine Facing Acute Ammunition Shortage
The Ukrainian army is facing an acute shortage of ammunition, hampering its offensive operations while Russia does not seem to have the same problem, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing troops deployed on the frontline. According to a Ukrainian soldier fighting in the Southern sector of the front, artillerymen …
Read More »Hopes Rise for Avoiding World Hunger: First Ukrainian Grain Shipment Leaves Odesa
The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out from the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing food crisis. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni …
Read More »Political Scientist: Muslim refugees faced higher degrees of discrimination than Ukrainians
The warm welcome Americans and Europeans have given Ukrainians in 2022 contrasts sharply with the uneven – and frequently hostile – policies toward Syrian refugees in the mid-2010s. Political scientist David Laitin has highlighted the role that religious identities play in this dynamic. As he pointed out in a recent …
Read More »Missiles Destroy Ukrainian Oil Refinery
Russian attacks have destroyed an oil refinery in the central Poltava region and struck “critical infrastructure”, most likely oil facilities, near the port city of Odesa, local officials said on Sunday. Russian forces have attacked Odesa, the main base for Ukraine’s navy, alongside other Ukrainian Black Sea ports such as …
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