LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a sign of the toll Moscow’s invasion is having on Russian troop levels, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday for the military to enlist 130,000 more recruits. In a decree dubbed “Reunification Day,” highlighting Russia’s unrecognized annexation of Ukrainian oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson last year, Putin…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the opening days of the war in Ukraine, the fractious American public is remarkably united in opposition to Russia’s invasion, with 74 percent saying the breach is not justified and 76 percent expressing an unfavorable opinion of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. Yet in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled the start of a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning local time, announcing that Russian troops would enter Ukraine’s Donbas region. The territory is held by Russian-backed separatists, and Putin declared it independent of Ukraine earlier this week. “I have decided to conduct a special military…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hopes to sign a military technical cooperation deal with Russia at talks with President Vladimir Putin this month that will help it fight Boko Haram militants, Nigeria’s ambassador in Moscow said on Friday. The Nigerian leader is due to meet Putin on the sidelines of a Russia-Africa summit…