Moscow court jails elderly doctor for 5½ years for criticising invasion of Ukraine to patient
Ukraine facing ‘50,000 Russian troops’ in border area as North Korea ratifies defence pact with Moscow, when it seized more than 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory, failed to force Moscow to redeploy troops from eastern Ukraine to defend the area. Political and military officials in Kyiv argue, however, that the operation has prevented Moscow from reinforcing its contingent in Ukraine.
Paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova, who was jailed for 5½ years on Tuesday for spreading 'fake' information about the Russian army, pictured in a Moscow court as she awaits the verdict. Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Imagessaid that in Kursk “our men are holding back a fairly large grouping of Russian troops – 50,000 of the occupier’s army personnel, who ... cannot be deployed to other Russian offensive directions on our territory.
Kyiv says thousands of North Korean soldiers are also in Kursk alongside Russian forces, and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un signed a decree on Monday to ratify a mutual defence treaty with Moscow. Russia’s autocratic presidentIn another sign of deepening authoritarianism in Russia, a Moscow court on Tuesday jailed paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova for 5½ years for spreading “fake” information about the Russian army.
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