Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as Russia touts gains
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region on Saturday as Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repulsing the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Russia launched the armoured incursion early on Friday, an attack on a […]
Russian forces attack Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, striking on new front
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces launched an armoured ground attack on Friday near Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv in the north-east of the country and made small inroads, opening a new front in a war that has long been waged in the east and south. Ukraine sent reinforcements as fighting raged in the border areas […]
Ukrainian rescuers evacuate elderly and infirm as Russians close in
Toretsk, Ukraine Reuters Anzhelika Sharonova and her 86-year-old mother held out in their battered eastern Ukrainian town for as long as they could before finally fleeing this week with just a few bags between them. Russian forces are steadily advancing north and south of Toretsk as they press on multiple parts of the eastern front, […]
Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War II
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no-one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. As Russian troops advance against Ukraine’s Western-backed forces, Putin accused “arrogant” […]
Advancing in Ukraine, Russia to mark victory in World War II
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia on Thursday marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II as relations with the West spiral deeper into crisis over the advance of Russian troops against Ukraine’s Western-backed forces. Vladimir Putin, who rose to power just eight years after the Soviet Union broke up, will speak at […]
Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine power grid
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants and blackouts in multiple regions, officials said. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 attack drones used for the attack, which […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Cape Verde first African state to agree to attend peace summit
Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the island state of Cape Verde had become the first African country to agree to attend a world “peace summit” aimed at finding a solution to Ukraine’s more than two-year-old war against Russia. The summit, to which Russia has not been invited, is to take place […]
Ukraine says it caught agents for Russia plotting Zelenskiy’s murder
Reuters Ukraine’s state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other top officials as “a gift” for Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in the Kremlin on Tuesday. The two men were colonels in Ukraine’s state guard service recruited by […]
Putin sworn in for new term in ceremony boycotted by US
Moscow, Russia Reuters President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and other Western countries at which he said he was potentially open to nuclear talks with the West. Putin, in power as president or prime minister since 1999, […]
US, most EU nations to boycott Putin’s inauguration over Ukraine war
Paris, France/London, UK Reuters The United States and most European Union nations will boycott a Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by Kyiv. The varying diplomatic response by the […]