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Elon Musk is now getting requests from military trapped in Ukraine for help. Money does go places and this is not anything new. The situation of Ukrainians is becoming bad to worse as we see many of them stuck in places of offensive. Right now, Russia is concentrating all its power in places like Mariupol that is home to sprawling Azovstal steel mill. In the mill, we know for sure that there are Ukrainian military is stuck along with its Commander in Chief, Serhiy Volyna. They are dead serious to get help from Musk; and in order to do this, they have even started a new Twitter account to contact him. "Help us get out of Azovstal to a mediating country. If not you, then who? Give me a hint," commander Serhiy Volyna tweeted to Elon Musk. Serhiy Volyna, commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade took to Twitter and said, “Elon Musk, people say you come from another planet to teach people to believe in the impossible. Our planets are next to each other, as I live where it ...

  After the gory scenes that have played themselves in Bucha of Ukraine, the world is wondering over the quality of military that Russia is holding onto. Retreating soldiers had tied civilians and gunned them down and then disposed their bodies in mass graves. These instances have shaken the Western world, so much so that Russia now stands excommunicated from the UN Human Rights Council. Sources have claimed that Russia has actually made use of The Kadyrovites, the troops of the Republic of Chechnya that are known to be exceptionally cruel. Videos of their war brutalities in Ukraine have surfaced as their leader Ramzan Kadyrov himself has been posting videos as trophies of their wins. He continues to be a Putin ally and has already been accused of human rights abuses such as torture and executions. Videos explicitly show how the Kadyrovites have been shooting in all directions while Ukrainian victims are dragged between corpses.   Ramzan apparently, is Putin’s protégé ...

The announcement made by Putin last week, shook the world. His  decision of military operation in Ukraine invited condemnations from  across the world. At the same time, on 24 February 2022, close to where Putin made this announcement, the Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was busy enjoying his breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow. One may call it lack of political maturity or bad timing, but this has reflected badly on Imran Khas as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. His visit to Moscow at the time when the whole world is looking Russia with disdain is been considered negative. He is also the first Prime Minister to visit Moscow after 1999, after Nawaz Shariff’s visit. It looks like his efforts to carefully build an image has all gone wasted at once. The government of Pakistan has many reasons to believe that the meeting with Putin is to strengthen the relationship between two countries and further develop mutual relationship in diverse fields. Imran Khas is...