Russia has also resumed targeting Kyiv. (Representational) Kyiv: Ukraine claimed Sunday to have hit two Russian military ships stationed at the annexed peninsula of Crimea in overnight strikes, as it suffered another night of “massive” Russian aerial attacks. Ukraine’s ally and neighbour Poland said a Russian cruise missile headed forRead More →
The US Senate this week approved $60 billion of funding for Ukraine. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s new army chief said Wednesday the situation on the front line was “extremely difficult” as delays to much-needed US military aid cast a shadow over how long Kyiv’s troops can hold out. The 1,000-kilometre (620-mile)Read More →
Debris from a missile fell near Lyubimovka, said Russian Defence Ministry (Representational) Moscow: Russia on Wednesday said it destroyed 20 missiles launched by Ukraine over the Black Sea and the Moscow-annexed Crimea peninsula. “Air defence on duty destroyed 17 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea and another three over theRead More →
“Our people are back. 207 of them”: Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post. (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Wednesday, just a week after Moscow said Kyiv had shot down a plane carrying dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers. Russia’s defence ministryRead More →
As Ukraine faces another harsh winter, the mouse problem is expected to intensify: Report (File) Kyiv: The war-ridden frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine are grappling with a nightmarish resurgence of rats and mice, echoing the haunting conditions of World War I trench warfare, CNN reported. The infestation, fuelled byRead More →
Russian defence ministry warned the attack would “not go unpunished”. (File) Moscow: Russia said Saturday that a Ukrainian strike killed at least 14 people and injured 108 in the city of Belgorod, a day after Russian strikes killed dozens in Ukraine. Belgorod lies about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from theRead More →
Ukraine said Russia had fired 158 missiles and drones on Ukraine. (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war. Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcadesRead More →
Ukraine hopes to plug a $43 billion budget deficit next year mostly with foreign aid. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was confident the US would not “betray” his country by withholding crucial wartime funding as it fights off a Russian invasion. Aid for Ukraine hasRead More →
Russia has vigorously denied committing atrocities or targeting civilians in Ukraine (File) The Hague: A former Russian soldier has sought asylum in the Netherlands and wants to testify at the International Criminal Court about war crimes by Russia that he witnessed while fighting in Ukraine, a Dutch legal source toldRead More →
A school and cultural centre had been hit by HIMARS missiles in Donetsk (File) Moscow: A Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian attack while performing for Russian troops in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, according to her theatre. The Russian theatre where actress Polina Menshikh, 40, workedRead More →
