Ukraine hails “historic step” as EU takes Kyiv closer to membership
Brussels, Belgium/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised as a “historic step” a recommendation by the European Union executive on Wednesday to invite Kyiv to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, even as it fights to repel Russia’s war. The recommendation by the European Commission is an important milestone on Kyiv’s […]
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, driving up global grain prices
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain. The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail and halted ships as they prepared to arrive there to […]
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 […]
Russian missile attack kills 11 in Ukrainian President’s hometown
Kryvyi Rih, UkraineReuters Eleven civilians were killed in a Russian missile attack that struck an apartment building and warehouses in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, local officials said. Emergency services said four were killed in the apartment block and seven at the warehouses, where officials said a private company stored […]
Doomed or sign of hope?: Pope Francis’ mission for peace in Ukraine is underway
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi returned from Kyiv on Tuesday where he was sent by the Pope to promote a just peace in Ukraine. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports…
Ukraine says five killed, 13 missing in flooding since dam destroyed
Updated 9am (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine was evacuating more people on Friday from southern areas where officials said at least five people had been killed in flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app that four people had died and 13 people were […]
Rescuers race to save pets in submerged Ukraine city after dam collapse
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Rescue workers are scrambling to save thousands of animals trapped by floodwaters in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson following the destruction of the vast Kakhovka dam some 60 kilometres upstream. Many dogs, cats and other pets are in peril after owners abandoned them when fleeing floodwaters unleashed by the collapse of […]
Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from breached dam
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across a swathe of the south on Wednesday after the destruction of a huge hydro-electric dam on front lines between Russian and Ukrainian forces, with their presidents trading blame for the disaster. Residents slogged through flooded streets carrying children on their shoulders, dogs in their […]
Russia says it thwarted major attack in Ukraine but lost some ground
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack formed the beginning of Ukraine’s long-anticipated counter-offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was enigmatic in his nightly video, hailing “the news we have been waiting for” in Bakhmut in the east. […]
Zelenskiy expected in Rome to meet Pope Francis, Italian officials
Rome, Italy Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected in Italy on Saturday for talks with government officials and Pope Francis, who in late April said that the Holy See is involved in a peace mission to end the war with Russia. The trip, Zelenskiy’s first to Italy since Russia invaded on 24th February, 2022, […]