Ukraine War Day 353 According to Putin's Koch Wagner Stops Recruiting Prisoners Russia Bombed Nuclear Power Plants

Wagner stops recruiting prisoners in Russia The leader of the Wagner group of the russian mercenary army has claimed that the group no longer plans to recruit prisoners to fight in Ukraine According to the Financial Times, which reported on the matter, the leader of the group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, did not specify why it was decided to stop recruiting prisoners.

However, according to the newspaper, some of the bodies of the Russian security services have recently opposed the Wagner group and its leader Prigozhin According to the British Ministry of Defence, the reason behind the end of prisoner recruitment is the power struggle between the Wagner group and the Russian military leadership.

Wagner originally began operations in 2014 as a Russian auxiliary force in the early stages of the local conflict in Donbass The group then consisted largely of mercenaries, ex-soldiers and volunteers.

As Russia's offensive in Ukraine slowed last summer, Prigozhin began an extraordinary prison tour He promised the condemned prisoners an amnesty if they survived six months at the front.

Prigozhin quickly managed to recruit several prisoners into his ranks According to the US Department of Defense, of the group's 50,000-strong force, about 40,000 are made up of people who have been sentenced to prison.

The United States declared the Wagner group an international criminal organization last month Wagner has taken an increasingly prominent role on the bloodiest battlefields of the Ukrainian war.

The group helped Russia achieve a rare victory last month by capturing the town of Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region Wagner boss: Achieving Russia's goals in Eastern Ukraine may take years Yevgeni Prigozhin, head of the russian mercenary army Wagner, said that it may take one and a half to two years to take over the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.

Taking over these two regions of eastern Ukraine is one of Russia's most important goals in the war The matter was reported by Reuters.

- If we are going to reach the Dnipro river, it will take about three years, the Wagner boss estimated in an interview with Russian war blogger Semjon Pegov Prigozhin, who spoke in vulgar language, said in the interview that Russia must seize the city of Bah'mut in Donetsk, which Ukraine has managed to defend despite months of fierce Russian attack.

Prigozhin admits that capturing the cities is difficult and that the Ukrainian forces are well trained Pentagon: Russia may have lost up to half of its battle tanks Half of Russia's battle tanks have been either destroyed or captured by Ukraine, estimates US Deputy Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander.

The matter was reported by AFP Wallander, who spoke at the virtual event of the security policy think tank, did not speak about the exact number of tanks lost by Russia.

Ukraine expects tank deliveries from its western allies in the spring Great Britain has promised to deliver its Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine already in March, while efforts are being made to get Leopards to Ukraine in April, led by Germany.

For US Abrams, the delivery process is slower UN: n's draft resolution was published News agency AP has seen the draft resolution submitted to the UN General Assembly, which would guarantee Ukraine's "sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity".

The decision was made by Ukraine and its allies According to AP, the title of the draft is "The underlying principles of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine.

" Among other things, the draft calls for the exchange of prisoners of war and the release of those illegally detained The draft resolution in question is broader and less detailed than the peace plan drawn up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi in November 2022 in order to garner the widest possible support from the General Assembly.

According to Paulina Kubiak, spokesperson for the General Assembly, the emergency session of the General Assembly regarding Ukraine will begin on Wednesday the 22nd February.

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just one day before the anniversary of the war in Ukraine The draft resolution was distributed to all UN member states except Russia and Belarus.

Negotiations on the content of the draft began on Friday afternoon, diplomats say, according to AP IAEA: Power of two nuclear power plants reduced due to bombings The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA said it received information from the Ukrainian energy regulatory authority on Friday that the power of two nuclear power plants was reduced as a precaution due to continuous Russian bombings.

The IAEA said in a statement that the plants located in western and southern Ukraine "had reduced their power output as a precautionary measure due to the new bombing of the country's energy infrastructure" The bombing also caused a "shutdown" of the reactor unit at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in western Ukraine, the statement continued.

However, the IAEA added that its own on-site support and assistance operations had confirmed that "all nuclear safety systems at Khmelnytskyi are functioning as expected" brazilian president talks to Biden about peace talks Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he thinks world leaders should form a coalition aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

He expressed his thoughts to US President Joe Biden during their meeting at the White House on Friday The US media CNN reported on the matter.

Lula said that he also mentioned his thoughts to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz According to Lula, the coalition could be founded by a group of countries that are not directly involved in the war between Ukraine and Russia.

- I am convinced that it is necessary to find a way out, to end this war And I sensed the same concern from President Biden, the brazilian president told the press on Friday.

Lula also stated that if a country is attacked, the country has the right to defend itself However, he said he wanted to "correct the mistake Russia made.

" White House spokesman John Kirby said at a press conference Friday that while the U S.

administration "would like to see this war end today," Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine will negate that wish British newspaper: Putin will soon test the "Saatana 2" missile The launch of the Sarmat missile, known as the "Saatana 2" capable of carrying a Russian nuclear warhead, may be timed close to the anniversary of the war in Ukraine, reports the British newspaper Independent.

According to the newspaper's military sources, the launch of the Sarmat missile, described as "unstoppable", is expected to take place between February 15 and 25 Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to be preparing the missile to shock Western countries with its power According to military sources, it is a test launch.

The launch is said to take place at the Kura Test Range, which is Russia's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia says the British newspaper Independent.

According to the newspaper's military sources, the launch of the Sarmat missile, described as "unstoppable", is expected to take place between February 15 and 25 Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to be preparing the missile to shock Western countries with its power According to military sources, it is a test launch.

The launch is said to take place at the Kura Test Range, which is Russia's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia says the British newspaper Independent.

According to the newspaper's military sources, the launch of the Sarmat missile, described as "unstoppable", is expected to take place between February 15 and 25 Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to be preparing the missile to shock Western countries with its power According to military sources, it is a test launch.

The launch is said to take place at the Kura Test Range, which is Russia's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to be preparing the missile to shock Western countries with its power.

According to military sources, it is a test launch The launch is said to take place at the Kura Test Range, which is Russia's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to be preparing the missile to shock Western countries with its power According to military sources, it is a test launch.

The launch is said to take place at the Kura Test Range, which is Russia's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia .