Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Russian logistics hub ablaze, Moscow blames Ukraine

Summary Gas still flowing to Europe despite Putin threat to cut it off Hopes for evacuations from Mariupol but aid not allowed in Workers collect the bodies in recaptured Irpin IRPIN, Ukraine, April 1 (Reuters) – A fuel depot was ablaze at one of Russia’s main logistics hubs […]

War in Ukraine fuels fears among draft-age Russian youths

As Moscow’s forces bog down in Ukraine, many young Russians of draft age are increasingly jittery about the prospect of being sent into combat. Making those fears particularly acute is an annual spring conscription that begins Friday and aims to round up 134,500 men for a one-year tour […]

Ukraine strike on Russian territory reported as talks resume

KYIV, Ukraine — Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from the shattered and encircled city of Mariupol was thrown into jeopardy and Russia accused the Ukrainians of a cross-border helicopter attack on an oil depot. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod […]

Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup

KYIV, Ukraine — Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in […]

Russia hits near Kyiv, other city despite vows to scale back

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pounded areas around Kyiv and another Ukrainian city overnight, local officials said Wednesday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. The shelling further tempered optimism about possible progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war. Russia did […]

Russia promises to scale down operations near Kyiv and north Ukraine

Summary Moscow’s pledge comes at peace talks with Ukraine Kyiv proposes neutral status with guarantees Russia’s invasion has been halted on most fronts Traumatised Ukrainians scavenge in besieged cities ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, March 29 (Reuters) – Russia promised on Tuesday to scale down military operations around Ukraine’s capital […]

Live updates: U.S. general says more forces may be needed

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will likely need to add more permanent or rotational forces in Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. European Command leader told Congress Tuesday, without detailing when or how many. Gen. Tod Wolters, who also serves as NATO’s supreme […]

Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON — Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War era. Close to half of Americans […]

Russia shifts focus to try to grind Ukraine’s army in east

KYIV, Ukraine — With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine’s military in the east in the hope of forcing Kyiv into surrendering part of the country’s territory to possibly end the war. The bulk […]

U.S. has no strategy of regime change in Russia, Blinken says

JERUSALEM, March 27 – The United States has no strategy of regime change for Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Sunday after President Joe Biden a day earlier said Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”. “I think the President, the White House made […]

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