Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalation in the war were dashed by attacks from both sides and Moscow boasting of its gains throughout May. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was meanwhile in Stockholm to sign security agreements with Sweden, Iceland and Norway as the […]
Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners again for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalation in the war were dashed by early morning attacks from both sides. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was meanwhile in Stockholm to sign security agreements with Sweden, Iceland and Norway as the West kept up its support […]
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out in favour of allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to attack Russian positions on Russian territory, as the question was discussed elsewhere in Europe. “We think that we should allow them to neutralise the military sites from which the missiles are fired and basically the military sites from which […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened Europe with “serious consequences” if Ukraine is allowed to use long-range precision weapons supplied by the West against Russian territory in the future. “These NATO representatives, especially in Europe and especially in the small countries, should realise what they are playing with,” said in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kiev on Tuesday morning and made a plea for more international support to protect the country’s skies from Russian airstrikes. “To protect Ukraine from the hail of Russian missiles and drones, it urgently needs more air defence,” she said at the start of her seventh visit to Ukraine […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kiev on Tuesday morning in a show of support for Ukraine, in a visit which had not been previously announced for security reasons. The German minister called for more international support for Ukraine’s air defence in view of the current Russian offensive. This is Baerbock’s seventh trip to […]
Russia’s air defences have shot down 10 US-made ATACMS missiles over the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday morning. It was not possible to independently verify the claim. The Defence Ministry also reported that 17 Ukrainian drones and other projectiles were shot down over the Russian […]
The Ukrainian military conceded on Monday that Russian forces are making progress in their offensive in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Moscow’s troops have been engaged in a concerted push into the region, raising alarm among Ukrainians and their Western allies that a large-scale assault on the major city of Kharkiv is coming. Kharkiv city, the […]
Two Ukrainian men who were stabbed to death in the southern German state of Bavaria, allegedly by a Russian citizen, were members of the armed forces, according to information from Kiev. The two men had been in Germany for medical rehabilitation after sustaining injuries during the war, Ukrainian media reported. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba instructed […]
Two Ukrainian men who were stabbed to death in the southern German state of Bavaria, allegedly by a Russian citizen, were members of the armed forces, according to information from Kiev. The two men had been in Germany for medical rehabilitation after sustaining injuries during the war, Ukrainian media reported. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had […]
Former UK defence secretary Ben Wallace has called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to agree to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, as he continues to resist this step despite repeated pleas from Kiev. “I think the reason is you can’t incrementally help Ukraine, you know, a bit of this and a bit of that. […]
Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher visited Kiev on Monday in a show of support for the Ukrainian capital. The German politician arrived in Kiev by train from Poland early on Monday, following an invitation from Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The trip had not been previously announced due to security reasons. In April 2022, two months after the […]