Tag: Ukraine War
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Air raid alert shatters first day of school in Kyiv
Hours after Russian ballistic missiles shook Kyiv overnight, balloons floated above a schoolyard in the Ukrainian capital’s Obolon district on Tuesday. Bleary-eyed parents and children in ... -
Russian attack on Ukraine leaves 16 dead, 100 injured
Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 16 civilians and wounding more than 100 ... -
Middle Europe faces stray Ukrainian drones as Kyiv targets Russian oil exports
Over the past months, Ukrainian drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot ... -
Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace
Ukrainian and European officials accused Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the ... -
Trump doesn’t want ‘wasted meeting’ with Putin as he confirms talks on Ukraine war are off for now
President Donald Trump said yesterday [Macau time] his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he didn’t want it ... -
Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions
A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at ... -
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and European leaders meet with Trump on ending Russia’s war
Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting today [Macau time] at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings an extraordinary cadre of European leaders ... -
Russia batters Ukraine with more than 700 drones, the largest barrage of the war
Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks, part of Moscow’s ... -
How Ukraine can cope with the US pause on crucial battlefield weapons
The decision by the United States to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine has come at a tough time for Kyiv: Russia’s bigger army is making ... -
Beijing calls Zelenskyy’s remarks on Chinese fighters ‘irresponsible’
China yesterday described as “irresponsible” accusations by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russia is actively recruiting Chinese citizens to fight alongside its forces in the Ukraine ... -
Beijing rejects claim significant numbers of Chinese troops fighting alongside Russia
Ukraine’s claim that significant numbers of Chinese nationals are fighting alongside Russia’s invading army is “totally unfounded,” a Beijing official said yesterday. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... -
US holds separate talks with Russian and Ukrainian representatives
US negotiators worked to hammer out details of a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine yesterday, meeting with representatives from Russia a day after holding separate talks ... -
Trump and Putin agree to an immediate ceasefire for energy infrastructure in Ukraine conflict
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call yesterday [Macau time] to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in ... -
Ukrainians wake up to Trump’s pause on all military aid
Ukrainians woke up yesterday to news that the Trump administration has paused military aid for their fight against Russia’s invasion, days after a disastrous Oval Office ... -
Russia seems to have time on its side as talks start
When Russian troops rolled into Ukraine three years ago, they brought their parade uniforms with them on the push to Kyiv. President Vladimir Putin expected a ... -
Europe tries to muscle up as US plots mediation
European leaders took steps yesterday [Macau time] to answer assertive U.S. efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, as France announced a meeting of continental leaders ... -
Russia captures UK national fighting alongside Ukraine in the Kursk region, report says
The Russian military have captured a British national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in Russia’s partially occupied Kursk region, state news agency Tass reported yesterday, citing unidentified ... -
Troops sent to Russia may be pleased to be there, even as they face ferocious fighting
The thousands of young soldiers North Korea has sent to Russia, reportedly to help fight against Ukraine, are mostly elite special forces, but that hasn’t stopped ... -
N.Korea sends FM to Russia as its troops train to fight in Ukraine
North Korea said yesterday its top diplomat is visiting Russia, in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations say the ... -
NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine
NATO yesterday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been ... -
Moscow adaptability to US sanctions stymied their effectiveness, economists say
Waves of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine haven’t inflicted the devastating blow to Moscow’s economy that some had expected. In ... -
A woman is killed near Moscow as over 140 Ukrainian drones target Russia, officials say
Over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, killing at least one person and injuring eight, officials said yesterday, in ... -
US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion
The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said yesterday [Macau time that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could ... -
Kyiv mourns as rescuers make last-ditch efforts at children’s hospital hit by Russian missile
Rescue operations stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a Russian missile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday, adding that ... -
Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities reported Saturday, ... -
78 countries agree Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be basis of any peace
Nearly 80 countries called yesterday [Macau time] for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, ... -
Russia says it has captured five villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city ... -
Worst-ever Israel-Hamas combat as Russian attacks on Ukraine grind on
A boy, his face coated in fresh blood, screams as rescuers try to pull him out of the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli ... -
US announces new weapons package for Ukraine, as funds dwindle and Congress is stalled on aid bill
The U.S. yesterday (Macau time) announced what officials say could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation that ... -
US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid ‘kneecap’ to Ukraine
The Biden administration yesterday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, ... -
600 days into the war, Russia’s assault on a key Ukraine city appears to be weakening
A dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials said, as ... -
The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
The Netherlands and Denmark announced yesterday they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an important motivation ... -
Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Odesa
In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to discuss Moscow’s ... -
Presidents of South Korea and Poland hold talks on security, war in Ukraine
The South Korean president began a visit to Poland for two days of talks and meetings on global security, the war in neighboring Ukraine, and developing ... -
Nine killed as Russian missile slams into pizza restaurant in east Ukraine city
A Russian missile attack that hit a crowded pizza restaurant in an eastern Ukrainian city killed at least nine people, including three children, authorities said yesterday, ...
