UN chief, in Ukraine, says he’s worried by situation at nuclear plant on front line
Kyiv/Lviv, UkraineReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he was gravely concerned by the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power station after it came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine. Russia, which captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant soon after its 24th February invasion of Ukraine, said it could shut down the facility […]
Ukraine says fighting ‘deadlocked’ ahead of visit by UN chief
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian forces said on Thursday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while the death toll from Russian shelling of Kharkiv city in Ukraine’s north-east climbed as the nearly six-month war grinds on without let-up. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish […]
More Russian military police arrive in Syria under peace deal with Turkey
Moscow, Russia/Ankara. TurkeyReuters Around 300 more Russian military police have arrived in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday, under an accord between Ankara and Moscow which halted Turkey’s military incursion into north-east Syria. The deal, reached on Tuesday by Presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, requires that Russian military police and Syrian border […]
Erdogan says Turkey to resume Syria offensive if truce deal falters
Ankara, TurkeyReuters President Tayyip Erdogan said on the weekend that Turkey would press on with its offensive into north-eastern Syria and “crush the heads of terrorists” if a deal with Washington on the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the area was not fully implemented. Erdogan agreed on Thursday in talks with US Vice President Mike […]
Thousands flee, dozens killed in Turkish offensive on US-allied Kurds in Syria
Istanbul/Ankara, Turkey Reuters Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in north-east Syria for a second day on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing dozens, in a cross-border assault on US allies that has turned the Washington establishment against President Donald Trump. The offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces led by Kurdish YPG […]