Ukraine President Zelensky was addressing the heads of the IMF and World Bank on Wednesday. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an appeal to the heads of the IMF and World Bank on Wednesday and renewed his call to confiscate Russian Central Bank assets held around the world andRead More →
Russian shelling of the eastern Ukraine town of Sloviansk on Monday. (Representational) Kyiv: Russian shelling of the eastern Ukraine town of Sloviansk on Monday killed at least two people and wounded more than two dozen others, authorities said. “As of 13:00, there are two dead and 29 wounded in Sloviansk,”Read More →
Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the soldier the Hero of Ukraine title. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s SBU security services on Sunday confirmed the identity of a Ukrainian soldier killed by a hail of bullets, in an execution video that went viral. SBU investigators named the soldier as 42-year-old Oleksandr Igorovich Matsievsky, a sniperRead More →
Volodymyr Zelensky backed Georgia protest and called for “democratic success”. Kyiv: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for “democratic success” in Georgia where thousands of protesters rallied against a controversial “foreign agent” bill reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics. “There is no Ukrainian who would not wishRead More →
UN chief will meet Zelensky “to discuss the continuation of the grain export scheme in all its aspects. Kyiv: UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived in war-torn Ukraine Tuesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his third trip since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the United Nations announced. Guterres “is currently inRead More →
The battle for Bakhmut is now the bloodiest of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. (File_ Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday the capture of the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut was key to launching a further offensive in the wider region. “This city is an important defensiveRead More →
Ukrainian General said that the Bakhmut and surrounding areas were under “constant attacks” Kyiv: Ukraine’s top military commanders have vowed to keep defending the besieged city of Bakhmut, where Russia is hoping to make its first major wartime gain in more than half a year, and will strengthen their defences,Read More →
“We need to hurry up. We need speed — speed of our agreements, speed of our delivery.” Munich: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky today urged allies to “hurry up” with their support for Kyiv, saying lives were in the balance. “We need to hurry up. We need speed — speed ofRead More →
Zelensky argued that not many Russian athletes had spoken out against the war. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has called for a boycott of the 2024 Paris Olympics over the possible participation of Russian athletes, said Friday their presence would be a “manifestation of violence.” “The mere presence ofRead More →
France, Italy and the US on Friday all promised fresh deliveries of weapons to Ukraine (File) Kyiv: Ukraine fought off a fresh Russian assault on the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, its leaders said Saturday, as it endured a fresh wave of shelling in the disputed Donetsk region. Officials meanwhileRead More →
