Ten Ukrainians who had been held prisoner for years were released from Russian captivity on Friday with the mediation of the Vatican, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Part of the group arrived overnight by helicopter at Kyiv International Airport, which has been closed since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. It was the first time […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten Ukrainians who had been held prisoner for years were released from Russian captivity Friday with the mediation of the Vatican, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Part of the group arrived overnight by helicopter at Kyiv International Airport, which has been closed since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. It was […]
The European Union has extended emergency rules to shelter people who fled the war in Ukraine until at least March 4, 2026. “Day after day, Russia terrorises the Ukrainian people with its bombing,” Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole de Moor, who chaired talks to prolong the rules, said in a statement. […]
Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked a top commander accused of “killing more Ukrainians than any Russian general”. The Ukrainian president said he was replacing Lt-Gen Yurii Sodol, as the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces, in his nightly address to the nation late on Monday. The dismissal came after Bohdan Krotevych, chief of […]
(Bloomberg) — Russia is guilty of torturing, beating and numerous other human rights violations of Ukrainian nationals since it occupied Crimea in 2014, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Most Read from Bloomberg There were 43 cases of disappearances or abductions between 2014 and 2018 and the forced relocation of some 12,500 Crimean […]
KHOTIV, Ukraine (AP) — Despite war-time restrictions, Ukrainians marked midsummer with festivals that featured frenetic folk dancing, flower decoration and jumping over bonfires. The festival of Ivana Kupala on Sunday was held as Ukrainians start their third summer at war, with Kyiv and other cities hit by regular blackouts and remaining under nightly curfew. An […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainians in Warsaw jumped over a bonfire and floated braids to honor the vital powers of water and fire on the Vistula River bank Saturday night, as they celebrated their solstice tradition of Ivan Kupalo Night away from war-torn home. Hundreds joined the event, most of them war refugees. “We are […]
A large majority of Ukrainians continue to view Volodymyr Zelensky as their legitimate president, despite his extended tenure without elections since Russia invaded the country in 2022. According to a survey published on Monday by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology, 70% of the 2,011 respondents believe that Zelensky should remain in office until the […]
Small drones packed with explosives have proven to be a major threat to armored vehicles in Ukraine. Both sides of the conflict have built cages around their tanks to give them added protection. One Ukrainian operation is making protective screens for Kyiv’s arsenal of US-made M1 Abrams tanks. American-made M1 Abrams tanks were built to […]
A group of international partners, including Germany, announced the launch of a worker training programme for Ukraine aimed at preparing young people with skills to help rebuild the country. The initiative plans to train 180,000 people in skills needed for Ukraine’s reconstruction, according to German Development Minister Svenja Schulze, who announced the initiative on Tuesday […]
France plans to start training Ukrainian pilots and mechanics for the promised Mirage fighter jets immediately, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. “The priority is to start training pilots and mechanics immediately. This will begin in France in the next few days,” Macron said at […]
FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) — Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in the camp for prisoners of war. But Ukraine allows Alexander to call home to his family in Kursk, a Russian city about 60 […]