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Russian elite voice growing anger as losses mount in Ukraine
Russian elite voice growing anger as losses mount in Ukraine
by  AFP

A growing list of failings and defeats in Ukraine have spawned angry outbursts from Russia's elite, who still support the "military operation" but have gone as far as to suggest army chiefs should face the firing squad. - Capital punishment - Solovyov, who is under EU sanctions, said certain members of the army's top ranks deserved to face a firing squad.

Ukraine troops eye 'light at end of tunnel' on southern front
Ukraine troops eye 'light at end of tunnel' on southern front
by  AFP

They lived for months in fox holes, pounded by Russian artillery, on a frontline frozen in stalemate. According to Yaroslav, 400-800 Russian soldiers recently arrived as reinforcements in their area after the mobilisation decreed by Moscow last month.

West bracing for defeat against China at UN rights vote
West bracing for defeat against China at UN rights vote
by  AFP

Western countries trying to pass an unprecedented resolution at the UN's top rights body targeting China for widespread abuses were scrambling Thursday for votes and bracing for possible defeat. But after weeks of frenzied lobbying from both sides, Western diplomats appeared to be bracing that the resolution will not pass in the 47-member council.

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