Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital and outskirts of Lviv

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the capital Kyiv and the outskirts of the western city of Lviv, as world leaders pushed for an investigation of the Kremlin’s repeated attacks on civilian targets, including schools, […]

EXCLUSIVE Russian invasion spurs European demand for U.S. drones, missiles

WASHINGTON, March 17 – European governments have approached the U.S. government and defense contractors with a shopping list of arms including drones, missiles and missile defenses as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drives renewed demand for U.S. weaponry. Germany, which is nearing a deal for 35 Lockheed Martin […]

Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Mariupol theater

KYIV, Ukraine — Rescuers searched for survivors Thursday in the ruins of a theater ripped apart by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol, while a ferocious bombardment left dozens dead in a northern city over the past day, authorities said. Hundreds of civilians had been […]

Live updates: War suspends Europe rover mission to Mars

PARIS — Europe won’t be attempting to send its first rover to Mars this year because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The European Space Agency confirmed Thursday that it is indefinitely suspending its ExoMars rover mission with partner Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation. The ESA had previously […]

Nurse cares for surrogate children in Kyiv as war stops her seeing her own

KYIV, March 16 – Ukrainian nurse Oksana Martynenko and her colleagues have 21 babies to look after at a makeshift clinic in a residential basement on the outskirts of Kyiv – all of them surrogates whose parents cannot come to collect them because of the war. All the […]

Both sides in Russia-Ukraine conflict talk of compromise

Summary ‘Close to an agreement’ says Russia’s Lavrov Russia describes status for Ukraine similar to Austria, Sweden Zelenskiy calls for help in speech to U.S. Congress Kyiv seeks ceasefire, withdrawal, security guarantees KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine, March 16 – New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a […]

Zelenskyy pleads to US Congress: ‘We need you right now’

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia. But he acknowledged the no-fly zone he has sought to “close […]

European leaders visit Kyiv; Zelenskiy hints at NATO compromise

Summary Updates with Zelenskiy comments, EU official, details Czech, Polish, Slovenian leaders head to Kyiv Zelenskiy aide says war over by May Apartment in capital hit by shells Russia calls TV news broadcast protest “hooliganism” LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV, March 15 (Reuters) – Three European prime ministers headed to Kyiv […]

Russia steps up bombardment of Kyiv, civilians flee Mariupol

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia stepped up its bombardment of Kyiv on Tuesday, devastating an apartment house and other buildings, while civilians in 2,000 cars fled Mariupol along a humanitarian corridor in what was believed to be the biggest evacuation yet from the desperately besieged seaport. On the diplomatic […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to address U.S. Congress on Wednesday

March 14 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a joint letter to lawmakers. “The Congress remains unwavering in our commitment to supporting Ukraine as they face […]

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