Moscow on Monday claimed to have captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, but acknowledged that tens of thousands of people in Russia’s border areas were affected by power outages caused by Kyiv’s drone attacks. Russia has been making some advances in Ukraine against weakened and outgunned Ukrainian forces, yet over two years of fighting […]
Ukraine has released previously unseen footage from its mission to liberate Snake Island from Russia as the country marks the two-year anniversary of the counter-attack. Swooping in on choppers and firing off rounds as soon as they land, the bodycam footage reveals how Kyiv’s forces captured the key Black Sea outpost on June 30, 2022. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security pact with the European Union at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday. Zelensky signed the accord in a ceremony alongside European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The agreement between the EU and Ukraine was drawn up after months […]
Ukraine is going to sign a security pact with the European Union, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday. Zelensky said the agreement was an important step towards Ukraine’s “historic goal of peace and prosperity” in the EU in a post on X, ahead of his arrival to an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacks on Ukraine’s power plants, the third time the global court has accused senior Russian leaders of war crimes. There is no immediate likelihood of either former Defense […]
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The prominent Belarusian human rights group Viasna on Tuesday denounced an extension to the detention of a Roman Catholic priest who was jailed after displaying the Ukrainian flag in a social media post. Andrzej Jukhniewicz was arrested in early May and charged with conducting an unauthorized picket for displaying the flag. […]
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defence minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. Former defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff General Valery Gerasimov are accused of war crimes and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts. The court said on Tuesday […]
By Anna Voitenko DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops trying to hold their ground on the eastern front in Donetsk region may still be outnumbered by Russian forces, but the “shell hunger” that plagued them for months as ammunitions started to run out is now behind them. One unit in Donetsk region, the focus […]
Ukrainian sea drones are laying mines to damage Russian ships in the Black Sea, the WSJ reported. Four ships, including missile corvette Samum and patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin, have been hit. Laying mines by naval drone is part of Ukraine’s unconventional warfare program. Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels are laying undersea mines that have already damaged […]
Russia accused Ukraine of injuring civilians in an ATACMS attack on Crimea on Sunday. Russia is likely placing military facilities near civilians to deter Ukrainian strikes, experts say. Sevastopol’s governor said four people were killed and 82 hospitalized as a result of the attack. Russia is likely placing military facilities near civilian areas in Crimea […]
Shrapnel from an intercepted US-made missile fired by Ukraine hit a beach packed with sunbathing tourists in occupied Crimea on Sunday. Russian officials said at least five people, including three children, had died of shrapnel wounds – and they expected the death toll to rise. A video shot by a tourist on the beach shows […]
Six people have died in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks, while the second day of Russia’s aerial bombing of Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv has killed at least one person. Among the dead were five people – including two children – were killed by falling debris when five Ukrainian missiles were shot down on […]