Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

April 9 – Ukraine is ready for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, a day after a missile attack in the east that officials said killed more than 50 civilians trying to evacuate. read more SUPPORT *Zelenskiy met […]

NATO eyes in the sky, keeping Europe out of Russia’s war

UEDEM, Germany — As Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine accelerated early this year, military planners at NATO began preparing to dispatch scores of fighter jets and surveillance aircraft into the skies near Russia and Ukraine. It was a warning to Moscow not to make the mistake of targeting […]

UK says Russian forces have fully withdrawn from northern Ukraine

April 8 – Russian forces have now fully withdrawn from northern Ukraine to Belarus and Russia, British military intelligence said on Friday. At least some of these Russian forces will be transferred to East Ukraine to fight in the Donbas, the Ministry of Defence said on Twitter. The […]

Strike kills 50 at Ukraine rail station crowded with people

KYIV, Ukraine — A missile hit a train station where thousands of people had flocked to flee in eastern Ukraine, killing 50 people Friday, Ukrainian authorities said, while warning they expect to find more evidence of war crimes in areas abandoned by Russian troops. Photos from the scene showed […]

United Nations suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 – The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” by invading Russian troops in Ukraine. The U.S.-led push garnered 93 votes in favor, while 24 […]

Ukraine pleads for weapons as fight looms on eastern front

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send “weapons, weapons and weapons” Thursday after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup for an offensive in the country’s east. Russia’s six-week-old invasion failed […]

U.S. sanctions Putin’s daughters and more Russian banks

WASHINGTON, April 6 – The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new package of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what President Joe Biden condemned as Russian “atrocities” in Ukraine. The new sanctions hit Russia’s Sberbank (SBER.MM), which holds […]

Ukrainians pore over grisly aftermath of atrocities

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine — Ukraine gathered its dead and collected evidence of Russian atrocities on the ruined outskirts of Kyiv, as the two sides geared up Wednesday for what could be a climactic battle by Moscow’s forces to seize the country’s industrial east. As the U.S. and its Western […]

U.S. to send drones with anti-armor warhead to Ukraine- Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON, April 5 – The United States will send a variant of the Switchblade drone that has an anti-armor warhead to Ukraine as quickly as possible, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. “The Switchblade 600 and 300 will move as quickly as they possibly can,” Austin […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells U.N. ‘accountability must be inevitable’

UNITED NATIONS, April 5 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council that “accountability must be inevitable” for Russia as he accused Russian troops of committing “the most terrible war crimes” since World War Two. Zelenskiy showed a short video of burned, bloodied and mutilated […]

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