Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

The AP Interview: Belarus admits Russia’s war ‘drags on’

MINSK, Belarus — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, but he said he didn’t expect the 10-week-old conflict to “drag on this way.” He also spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine but […]

Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

LVIV, Ukraine — Complaining that the West is “stuffing Ukraine with weapons,” Russia pounded railroad stations and other supply-line points across the country, as the European Union moved to further punish Moscow for the war Wednesday by proposing a ban on oil imports. Heavy fighting also raged at the Azovstal […]

Ukrainian prosecutor says Russia uses rape as a war tactic, calls Putin a war criminal

IRPIN, Ukraine, May 3 – Ukraine’s prosecutor general accused Russia on Tuesday of using rape as a tactic of war and described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the main war criminal of the 21st century”. Russia has previously denied targeting civilians and has rejected allegations that its forces […]

Live updates | EU on cusp of proposing new Russia sanctions

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top diplomat says the bloc’s executive branch is on the cusp of proposing a new raft of sanctions against Russia, including on oil. EU policy commissioners have been discussing the new sanctions and are set to send their proposals later Tuesday to the […]

Ukrainian evacuee recounts terror in the bunkers of Azovstal

BEZIMENNE, Ukraine, May 1 – Cowering in the labyrinth of Soviet-era bunkers far beneath the vast Azovstal steel works, Natalia Usmanova felt her heart would stop she was so terrified as Russian bombs rained down on Mariupol, sprinkling her with concrete dust. Usmanova, 37, spoke to Reuters on […]

Pelosi leads delegation to Kyiv and Poland; vows US support

WARSAW, Poland — A U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the courage of the Ukrainian people in remarks during a visit to Poland on Sunday, a day after a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymr Zelenskyy. The American legislators assessed Ukraine’s […]

Ukrainians in Romania help new refugee arrivals

BUCHAREST, Romania — Elena Trofimchuk fled Ukraine to Romania more than a month ago. She now sees Bucharest’s North Railway Station as a second home. She doesn’t live there, but it’s where she spends most of her day welcoming fellow Ukrainian refugees escaping from Russia’s war and helping them sort out tickets, […]

U.S. Speaker Pelosi visits Kyiv, Russia says it hit foreign weapons

Summary Pelosi says U.S. stands with Ukraine against ‘diabolic invasion’ Russia says it destroyed weapons supplied by Western nations Moscow steps up assault in Ukraine’s south, eastern Donbas Kharkiv residents warned to stay in bomb shelters on Sunday Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant KYIV, May 1 – […]

Some evacuated from Mariupol; US lawmaker Pelosi visits Kyiv

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The United Nations labored Sunday to get civilians out of the bombed-out ruins of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, while U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed she visited Ukraine’s president to show American support for the country’s defense against Russian aggression. Russia’s high-stakes offensive in coastal southern Ukraine […]

Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces fought Saturday to hold off a Russian advance aimed at capturing an eastern industrial region along with Ukraine’s last holdout in the southern city of Mairupol, where fighters and civilians hiding under a heavily damaged steel mill endure agonizing conditions. The United Nations continued trying […]

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