Aborted peace deal could be basis for Ukraine talks, says Kremlin
An aborted 2022 peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be the basis for new negotiations but there is no sign that Kyiv is ready for talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...
Russian missiles pound Ukraine’s embattled energy system (Update)
Russia staged a major missile and drone strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure early on Thursday, damaging substations and power facilities in five regions and causing emergency power cuts for at ...
Russian missile attack kills four in Odesa district, governor says
An early evening Russian missile attack killed four people on Wednesday, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured seven in Odesa district in southern Ukraine, the regional governor said.
Oleh Kiper, ...
US general warns time running out for Ukraine without US aid
The top U.S. general in Europe told Congress on Wednesday that Ukraine will run out of artillery shells and air defense interceptors “in fairly short order” without U.S. ...
Gazans live on memories of past Eid festivals as war ruins special day
Palestinians visited the graves of loved ones killed in the Gaza war and prayed beside the wreckage of a mosque and in shattered streets as the devastating conflict cast a ...
UN nuclear watchdog’s board sets emergency meeting on Zaporizhzhia attacks
The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday at Ukraine and Russia’s request to discuss attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear ...
Ukraine races to fix and shield its power plants after Russian onslaught
When a Russian attack plunged a Ukrainian thermal power plant into darkness on March 29, 51-year-old Ihor did not have time to think.
He grabbed a flashlight and made his way ...
Russia says Ukraine struck nuclear plant, Kyiv denies attack
Russia said Ukraine struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station controlled by Russian forces three times on Sunday and demanded the West respond, though Kyiv said it had nothing to do ...
Zinchenko says he would answer call to fight in Ukraine
Arsenal full back Oleksandr Zinchenko says he would return to Ukraine to fight in the defence of his country if called up.
The 27-year-old has already donated one million pounds ...
Ukraine staged major attack on Russia’s Morozovsk military air base, Kyiv source says
Ukraine attacked Russia’s Morozovsk military air base in the Rostov region, destroying six Russian warplanes in a joint operation conducted by the SBU security service and military, a Kyiv ...
Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in ‘direct confrontation’
Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”, the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday.
NATO’s successive waves of eastern enlargement ...
Russia says NATO, at 75, has returned to Cold War mindset
Russia said on Wednesday that NATO had returned to a Cold War mindset as the alliance marks its 75th anniversary this week.
“Today, in relations with Russia, the bloc has ...
Russia says concert attack has sparked jump in army recruitment
Russia has seen a significant jump in the number of people signing contracts to join the armed forces since last month’s deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, ...
Pope deplores deaths in Gaza and Ukraine from ‘folly of war’
Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a fresh appeal for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, deploring the killing of aid workers in an Israeli airstrike and paying tribute to a Ukrainian ...
Ukraine lowers army draft age to 25 to generate more fighting power
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a bill on Tuesday to lower the mobilisation age for combat duty from 27 to 25, a move that should help Ukraine generate more fighting power in its ...
‘Hallmarks of genocide’ in Russian crimes across Ukraine
Ukraine’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday that Russian crimes across occupied Ukrainian territories, including the Bucha massacres, show a pattern of genocidal behaviour that should be tried domestically and ...
Ukraine says Russia has fired five Zircon missiles at Kyiv this year
Russia has used five of its new hypersonic Zircon missiles to attack Kyiv since the start of the year, the city’s military administration said on Monday.
The attacks are ...
Ukraine says Russian drone, missile attacks damage power facilities
By Pavel Polityuk
Massive Russian missile and drone attacks hit thermal and hydro power plants in central and western Ukraine overnight, officials said on Friday, in the latest barrage targeting ...
Queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva likely to be labelled a ‘foreign agent’ in Russia
Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a “foreign agent”, a move that would officially designate Russia’s ...
Kyiv’s top general says Ukraine needs fewer troops than expected
Ukraine’s military will need to mobilise fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion, Kyiv’s top general said on Friday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ...
Zelenskiy tells U.S. House speaker: quick passage of military aid is vital
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during a phone call on Thursday that it was vital that Congress passes a new military aid ...
Russia says evidence links concert hall attackers to ‘Ukrainian nationalists’
Russian investigators said on Thursday they had uncovered evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked ...
Kyiv to tighten security after ballistic missile attacks
Security measures in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv will be tightened after a spate of Russian ballistic missile attacks and threats of escalation, a city official said on Thursday.
Russia staged ...
Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then ...