Updated: Russia says 20 killed, 10 injured in Ukraine attack on bakery in occupied east
Updated: 4:30pm (AEDT) Reuters Russia’s emergencies ministry said its workers had retrieved the bodies of 20 people from the rubble following a Ukrainian attack on a building housing a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the occupied eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk on Saturday. The ministry shared video of emergency workers lifting two bloodied […]
US defence chief Austin visits Kyiv, announces more military aid
Kyiv, UkraineReuters US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin announced $US100 million in new military aid to Ukraine during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, pledging long-term American support amid growing concerns about the sustainability of vital US assistance. Austin announced the aid package after a day of meetings with Ukrainian officials, with the latest […]
StrangeSights: Fake tanks; Polish politicians spar over worms; and, pups bring joy in Turkey
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia acknowledged on Monday that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes, drawing demands from Russian nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing soldiers alongside an ammunition dump. Russia’s defence ministry said 63 soldiers had died in the fiery blast which destroyed a […]
Ukraine war: Six months that shook the world
Reuters looks at key moments during six months of conflict in Ukraine…
Russia accuses US of direct Ukraine war role, grain ship anchors off Turkish coast
Istanbul, Turkey/London, UK Reuters Russia on Tuesday accused the United States of direct involvement in the Ukraine war while the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Moscow’s invasion anchored safely off Turkey’s coast after a problem-free journey. Russia said it was responding to comments by Vadym Skibitsky, Ukraine’s deputy head of military […]
Russia’s war aims in Ukraine widen; Ukrainian First Lady appeals to US Congress
Reuters Russia’s military “tasks” in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as its forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine. Lavrov also told state news agency RIA Novosti that Moscow’s objectives will expand still further if the West keeps supplying Kyiv with long-range weapons such as the […]