Two dozen world leaders are gathering in Russia on Tuesday for the opening of a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western “hegemony.” The summit is the biggest such meeting in Russia since it ordered troops into Ukraine and comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin…
A Russian guided bomb struck a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, late on Wednesday, starting fires and injuring at least 10 people, local officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike, the latest in a long series of attacks on the city, underscored the need for more help from Ukraine’s Western…
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that the situation on the front line of the war against Russia was “very, very difficult,” and Ukraine’s forces had to do everything they could over the autumn period.“Reports on each of our frontline sectors, our capabilities, our future capabilities and our specific tasks: The situation is very,…
Russian Ambassador Albert P. Khorev told in his brifing on Ukraine that today is an important date in the history of Russia. President Putin has signed treaties on accession оf the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions to the Russian Federation two years ago, On September 30, 2022. Ambassador also told…
Debris from a downed drone was found outside Ukraine’s parliament building on Saturday morning after the country’s defense systems largely succeeded in fending off a widescale drone attack launched overnight by Russia. Ukraine managed to shoot down 58 of the 67 Shahed drones launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a Telegram post on Saturday. The…
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, Sept 6 – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautioned on Friday there was “no one capability” that would turn the war in Ukraine in Kyiv’s favour after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to let his forces use its long-range weapons to strike Russia. At a regular meeting of Ukraine’s allies…
KYIV, Aug 31 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior U.S. officials in Washington on Saturday. Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the use…
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said more than 200 missiles and drones were used in an attack that ranged from Kyiv to Odesa to Ukraine’s West. Moscow launched more than 200 missiles and drones across a wide swath of Ukraine on Monday, damaging energy facilities and sending residents of Kyiv into basements and subways to seek…
