Summary Sievierodonetsk battle key to eastern Donbas -Zelenskiy Ukraine claims advances in southern Kherson region Rising concern over food crisis as Russia blockades ports KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, June 9 – Ukrainian forces claimed on Thursday to have pushed forward in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, […]
NEW DELHI, June 8 – Russia’s Rosneft (ROSN.MM) is holding back on signing new crude oil deals with two Indian state refiners, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, as it has committed sales to other customers. Indian refiners have been snapping up cheap Russian oil, shunned by western […]
June 8 – The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia’s war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military […]
June 6 – Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street-by-street to win control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday in the pivotal battle of the Kremlin’s eastern Ukraine offensive. read more FIGHTING * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed for more weapons to arrive faster, saying things could become […]
LONDON, June 6 – Russia warned U.S. news organisations on Monday they risked being stripped of their accreditation unless the treatment of Russian journalists in the United States improves, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, some Russian state […]
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia took aim at Western military supplies for Ukraine’s government with early Sunday airstrikes in Kyiv that it said destroyed tanks donated from abroad, a claim denied by a Ukrainian official. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of long-range rocket systems to […]
Summary Britain holds third day of Platinum Jubilee celebrations Queen skipped Epsom Derby due to ‘episodic mobility problems’ Princes to speak at concert outside Buckingham Palace Harry and Meghan’s daughter, Lilibet, turns one LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s son and heir Prince Charles and her grandson […]
PARIS, June 4 – World number one Iga Swiatek confirmed her dominance of women’s tennis by sweeping aside American teenager Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 to claim her second French Open title in three years on Saturday. The 21-year-old Pole’s blend of power, poise and precision on the clay […]
ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — As soon as they had finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the cemetery workers readied the next hole. Inevitably, given how quickly death is felling Ukrainian troops on the front lines, the empty grave won’t stay that way for long. Col. Oleksandr […]
WASHINGTON — The question was posed in a private briefing to U.S. intelligence officials weeks before Russia launched its invasion in late February: Was Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made in the mold of Britain’s Winston Churchill or Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani? In other words, would Zelenskyy lead a historic […]
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