Ukraine announces “humanitarian corridor” for ships stuck in Black Sea ports
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” in the Black Sea on Thursday to release cargo ships trapped in its ports since the outbreak of war, a new test of Russia’s de facto blockade since Moscow abandoned a deal last month to let Kyiv export grain. At least initially, the corridor would apply to vessels […]
UN chief, in Ukraine, says he’s worried by situation at nuclear plant on front line
Kyiv/Lviv, UkraineReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he was gravely concerned by the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power station after it came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine. Russia, which captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant soon after its 24th February invasion of Ukraine, said it could shut down the facility […]
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 […]