Analysis – Ukraine waits for West to tip balance against Russia after 100 days of war
Kyiv, UkraineReuters After 100 days of war, Ukraine is fighting for time, trying to hold out against overwhelming Russian fire on its eastern front long enough for Western weapons to arrive and give it a badly needed edge. With casualties mounting and some delays in Western capitals with deliveries, Ukrainian officials fear the relief may […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy eyes “inflection point” in war as Russia tightens grip on key target
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia tightened its grip on a key target in a battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region while President Volodymir Zelenskiy pleaded for more Western arms to help Ukraine reach an “inflection point” and prevail in the war. Zelenskiy told Luxembourg’s parliament via videolink on Thursday that Russian forces now occupied about […]
Russians reach centre of Ukraine industrial city; US to give Kyiv advanced rockets
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian forces fought their way into the centre of Ukraine’s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region. But in a boost for Ukraine, locked in a grinding struggle against Russia’s invading army, the United States announced a new $US700 […]
Impacts of war: How Africa is bearing the brunt of palm oil’s perfect storm
ANGE ABOA and JOE BAVIER, of Reuters, report on how the knock-on effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have impacted the palm oil industry in countries like the Ivory Coast…
Russian forces disperse pro-Ukraine rally, tighten control in occupied Kherson
Kyiv, RussiaReuters Russian forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a pro-Ukraine rally in the occupied city of Kherson on Wednesday, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said, as Moscow tightened its grip over the southern Ukrainian region. Local authorities say Russia appointed its own mayor of Kherson on Tuesday after its troops took over the […]
“A great pity”: Ukrainian village faces a churchless Easter
Lukashivka, Ukraine AP A single metal cross remains inside the church of shattered brick and blackened stone. Russian soldiers used the house of worship for storing ammunition, residents said, and Ukrainian forces shelled the building to make the Russians leave. There will be no Orthodox Easter service here Sunday in this small village in northern […]
Russia pushes offensive, collects corpses in “liberated” Mariupol
Kyiv/Mariupo, Ukraine Reuters Russia pressed its new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Friday while in the port city of Mariupol, teams of volunteers collected corpses from the ruins after Moscow declared victory there despite Ukrainian forces holding out. Ukraine’s general staff said Russian forces had increased attacks along the whole frontline in the east of […]
Explainer – Mariupol, the ruined port city that Russia says it has “liberated”
Reuters The port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, reduced to a wasteland littered with bodies by nearly two months of siege and bombardment that Ukraine says killed tens of thousands of civilians, is a big strategic prize for Russia. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared the city “liberated” after nearly two months […]
Head of Ukraine’s Orthodox church asks faithful to forgo night Easter services
Reuters The head of Ukraine’s Orthodox church asked clergy and the faithful on Wednesday to forgo night Easter services in areas of the country affected by fighting, fearing Russian bombardments will continue during the Orthodox Easter period. Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, takes part in a memorial service for Ukrainian servicemen […]
Russia sets new Mariupol ultimatum in ‘Battle of Donbas’ as West pledges more help
Kyiv/Kharkiv, UkraineReuters Russia was intensifying its attack on Ukraine’s east on Tuesday as it seized a frontline city and sought a decisive victory in Mariupol, prompting Western governments to pledge more arms and sanctions. Thousands of Russian troops backed by artillery and rocket barrages were advancing in what Ukrainian officials called the Battle of the […]