Updated: Lviv clears up after Russian missile strike in western Ukraine – seven dead
Updated: 11am (AEST)Lviv, Ukraine Reuters A Russian missile slammed into a residential building in Lviv in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least seven people in a city that is far from frontlines and home to thousands displaced by war. The roof and top floor of the building were destroyed in what Lviv’s mayor called […]
Essay: Downing of US drone in Russian jet encounter prompts counter claims of violations in the sky
International law expert ASHLEY S DEEKS, in an article first published on The Conversation, explores the arguments around the recent encounter between a US drone and Russian aircraft in the Black Sea…
US general says drone crash part of Moscow’s increasing aggression
Washington DC, US/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Washington’s top general said on Wednesday the crash of a US surveillance drone over the Black Sea after being intercepted by Russian jets was part of Moscow’s increasingly aggressive behaviour as the two countries traded blame over the incident. Russia, in turn, told Washington to keep well away from its […]
Ukraine port of Odesa not operating after Russian drone attack on energy facilities – minister
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The Ukrainian port of Odesa was not operating on Sunday after the latest Russian attack on the region’s energy system, Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky said, but added that grains traders were not expected to suspend exports. Two other ports – Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi – authorised to export grains from Ukraine under a deal […]
Turkey oil tanker logjam snarls Russia oil sanctions
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkey emerged as a critical stumbling block to a complex international plan to deprive Russia of wartime oil revenues as the number of tankers waiting to exit the Black Sea through Turkish straits continued to rise on Friday. Ankara has declined to scrap a new insurance inspection rule it implemented at the beginning […]
Russia attacks in east Ukraine, appears to scale back war aims; Griner released in prisoner swap
Near Bakhmut, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces attacked settlements in eastern Ukraine from the ground and air, officials said on Thursday, in support of the Kremlin’s apparently scaled-back ambition to secure only the bulk of Ukrainian lands it has claimed in the war. Fighting was under way along the entire line of demarcation in the Donetsk […]
UN chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into grain deal
Kyiv, Ukraine/New York City, USReuters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern on Sunday over Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in a UN-brokered deal that had allowed grain shipments from Ukraine, as he delayed a foreign visit to try to revive the agreement that was intended to ease a global food crisis. Russia, […]
UNESCO supports Ukraine bid to put Odesa on World Heritage list
Paris, FranceReuters United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it supported a bid by Ukraine to put its port city of Odesa on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Following a meeting of Ukraine Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the agency’s Paris headquarters, UNESCO said it had mobilised experts to […]
Ukraine says fighting ‘deadlocked’ ahead of visit by UN chief
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian forces said on Thursday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while the death toll from Russian shelling of Kharkiv city in Ukraine’s north-east climbed as the nearly six-month war grinds on without let-up. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish […]
Updated: Breakthrough at Ukraine grain export talks as heavy shelling continues
Updated: 10.30am (AEST)Istanbul, Turkey/United Nations, New York Reuters Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul that aim to resume Black Sea grain exports blocked by Russia and ease the risk of starvation faced by millions, but an end to the war remained far off as heavy shelling continued. Turkey’s Defence […]