According to one report, Russia is reorganizing its military operations in Ukraine, including changing its top leadership.
General Alexander Dvornikov, who led the Russian invasion of Syria, will now lead the Ukrainian invasion, according to the BBC.
“This particular commander has a lot of experience in running Russian operations in Syria. So we would expect overall command and control to improve,” a source told the outlet.
Upcoming holiday, Kremlin comments point to dramatic Russian escalation in Ukraine: expert
Multiple actions by Russia in recent days, along with an upcoming holiday culturally significant within the country, suggest Russia may escalate its invasion of Ukraine in the near future, an expert tells Fox News Digital.
Rebekah Koffler, a former U.S. DIA Russia-focused intelligence officer and the author of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America,” told Fox News Digital on Friday that May 9, the day the Russia celebrating victory over Germany in World War II is a date by which Putin feels pressure to achieve some kind of victory in Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy addresses “excuses” countries have for delaying aid
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s nightly address on Friday contained news about the Russian attack on the Kramatorsk railway station and renewed calls for international action.
In a specific statement, Zelenskyy addressed “excuses” that countries have for delaying essential aid to Ukraine.
“Any delay in the delivery of such weapons to Ukraine, any apology can only mean one thing: the responsible politicians want to help the Russian leadership more than us Ukrainians,” he said.
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“Do not look away. Be horrified”: Ukraine shares archive documenting over 4,800 Russian war crimes
The Ukrainian government has set up a website to archive alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces during the invasion of their country.
According to the website, over 1,500 civilians were killed and another 2,200 injured in the war.
“Russian troops have destroyed more than 6,800 civilian infrastructure facilities,” says the archive, referring to power plants, schools and kindergartens that were fired upon.
“The main target of the Russian military is Ukrainian civilians. And here are the aftermath,” the archive continues, with dozens of before-and-after photos showing the carnage and devastation caused by the war.
“We drove through the city, bodies were lying around. women, men, children. We tried to distract our kids in the car so they wouldn’t look. It’s terrible,” a witness is quoted as saying in the archive.
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Zelenskyy again calls on the international community to hold Russia accountable
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the Russian military of committing “war crimes” and has again called on the international community to hold them accountable after an attack on a civilian train station that killed at least 52 people.
“Like the Bucha massacres, like many other Russian war crimes, the rocket attack on Kramatorsk should be one of the indictments before the tribunal that must be held,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader said he will try “every minute to establish who did what, who gave what orders, where the missile came from, who transported it, who gave the order and how this strike was arranged”.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The Russian rocket attack on the Kramatorsk train station in Ukraine has killed more than 50 people
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the Russian military of deliberately attacking a train station in Kramatorsk, killing at least 52 people and injuring more than 100 others.
Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Friday that his government is trying “every minute to determine who did what, who gave what orders, where the missile came from, who transported it, who gave the order and how this strike was arranged.”
Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Goncharenko painted a horrifying scene, saying: “There are many people in a serious condition, without arms or legs.”
Russia has denied involvement in the attack, instead blaming Ukraine. Russian officials said it didn’t take advantage of the missile that hit the station.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Psaki calls the Russian attack on the Ukrainian train station a “horrific atrocity” that the US is investigating
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to reports that Russian troops bombed a train station, killing dozens, during a White House briefing on Friday.
“What we’ve seen over the past six weeks or more has been described by the President himself as a war crime,” Psaki said. “This is deliberately attacking civilians. This is another horrifying atrocity committed by Russia, hitting civilians trying to evacuate and get to safety.
Psaki stopped calling the attack on the train station a war crime, but said the United States is investigating what happened.
“Obviously, attacking civilians would certainly be a war crime,” Psaki said. “And we have already labeled a number of actions that we have seen so far as war crimes. But we will support efforts to investigate exactly what happened here.”
Russia to mobilize 60,000 reservists as it targets eastern Ukraine: senior defense official
Russia is stepping up its war effort in eastern Ukraine, and a senior US defense official told reporters Friday Moscow could seek to recruit up to 60,000 troops for combat.
The official said the Pentagon has seen “indications” that Russia plans to begin a “mobilization phase” while it refits troops in Russia and Belarus.
Moscow said last week it was withdrawing troops in good faith from areas around the capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv.
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