Russia bans oil sales to countries that accept price cap
Kyiv/Bakhmut, Ukraine Reuters Russia announced on Tuesday it would ban oil sales to countries that abide by a price cap imposed this month by the West, giving its long-awaited response to the most dramatic step taken so far to limit Moscow’s ability to raise funds for its war in Ukraine. Under the price cap, which […]
Zelenskiy shows up stuttering Russian offensive by visiting frontline city
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Tuesday that conditions in Russian-held areas of Ukraine were “extremely difficult” and Ukraine’s leader showed up Russia’s faltering war by visiting a shattered frontline town that has long eluded capture by Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he made the surprise trip to rally Kyiv’s “superhuman” troops […]
Ukraine says half energy system crippled, Kyiv facing possible “shutdown”
Kyiv/Kherson, UkraineReuters Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine’s energy system, the government said on Friday, and authorities in the capital Kyiv warned that the city could face a “complete shutdown” of the power grid as winter sets in. With temperatures falling and Kyiv seeing its first snow, officials were working to restore […]
Putin demands all-Russia war effort as he declares martial law in occupied Ukraine
London, UKReuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed last month as its own territory but is struggling to defend from Ukrainian advances. In televised remarks to members of his Security Council, Putin boosted the security powers of all Russia’s regional […]
Russia opens investigation after gunmen kill 11 at Russian army base in new blow to Moscow’s Ukraine campaign
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia has opened a criminal investigation after gunmen shot dead 11 people at a military training ground near the Ukrainian border, authorities said on Sunday, as fighting raged in eastern and southern Ukraine. Russia’s RIA news agency, citing the defence ministry, said two gunmen opened fire with small arms during a firearms training […]
United Nations condemns Russia’s move to annex parts of Ukraine
United NationsReuters The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and called on all countries not to recognize the move, strengthening a diplomatic international isolation of Moscow since it invaded its neighbor. Three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly – 143 countries – voted […]
Putin finalises ‘annexation’ in Ukraine even as troops flee front
Lyman/Bila Tserkva, Ukraine Reuters President Vladimir Putin signed a law to incorporate four partially occupied Ukrainian regions into Russia on Wednesday, in what Kyiv called the act of a “collective madhouse” at a time when Russia’s forces have been fleeing from the front lines. The new law would incorporate around 18 per cent of Ukraine’s […]
Russia presses on with annexation plan despite battlefield setbacks
Kramatorsk/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin looked set to finalise his plan to annex four Ukrainian regions on Tuesday even as Ukraine pushed back his forces on two separate battlefield fronts, reducing the amount of seized territory Moscow controls. Russia has escalated its seven-month war with the annexation drive, a military mobilisation and warnings […]
Defiant Putin proclaims Ukrainian annexation as military setback looms
Updated: 8:20am, 1st October, 2022 (AEST)London, UKReuters A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia’s annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its “special military operation” even as he faced a potentially serious new military reversal. The proclamation of Russian rule over 15 per cent of Ukraine – […]
Putin to host Kremlin ceremony annexing parts of Ukraine
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host a Kremlin ceremony on Friday annexing four regions of Ukraine, while his Ukrainian counterpart said Putin would have to be stopped for Russia to avoid the most damaging consequences of the war. There was a warning too from United Nations chief Antonio Guterres who said the […]