Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says report he is ill is fake news by Russian hackers

KYIV, July 21 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted a video on Instagram from his office on Thursday to reassure Ukrainians that he is well after what he said was a fake news report about his health by Russian hackers. Zelenskiy, 44, made his remarks on the same day […]

Ukraine graft concerns resurface as Russia war goes on

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of senior officials is casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the Biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with Russia: Ukraine’s history of rampant corruption and shaky governance. As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions of dollars in […]

Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east

VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine Sunday as a funeral was held for a 4-year-old girl killed in an earlier deadly strike elsewhere in the country. Liza, who had Down syndrome, was en route to see a speech therapist […]

Russia launches deadly strike on Ukrainian city a day after grain talks breakthrough

Summary Russian missiles hit central Ukrainian city Ukraine says at least 21 killed in strike No immediate comment from Moscow Russia denies targeting civilians Ukraine says it repels assaults in the east VINNYTSIA, Ukraine, July 14 – Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia far behind the […]

Ukraine reports striking Russian ammunition depot in south

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday that their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. The Ukrainian military’s southern command said a rocket strike targeted the depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka, about 35 miles (55 […]

Death and devastation as Russian rockets hit Ukraine apartment block

Summary Companies Rescuers race to save people trapped in apartment strike Blinken raises concern over China’s Russia alignment Canada returns Russian gas turbine despite Ukraine objections Zelenskiy fires several ambassadors, says new ones coming CHASIV YAR/KYIV, Ukraine, July 10 – At least 15 people were killed and two […]

G-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week. Yet instead of providing unity, the talks may well exacerbate existing divides over the Ukraine conflict. U.S. Secretary of […]

NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

BRUSSELS — The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals — and possible political trouble in Turkey. The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation in […]

‘Hell on earth’: Ukrainian soldiers describe eastern front

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Torched forests and cities burned to the ground. Colleagues with severed limbs. Bombardments so relentless the only option is to lie in a trench, wait and pray. Ukrainian soldiers returning from the front lines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region — where Russia is waging a fierce offensive […]

Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s troops together […]

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