Tag: Ukraine
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Officials: Russian missiles kill at least 20 in Ukraine
Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 20 people and wounded about 90 more yesterday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country’s president ... -
Minister: Ukraine needs assurances to resume grain exports
The Ukrainian foreign minister says grain exports from his country’s ports won’t resume without security guarantees for ship owners, cargo owners and Ukraine as an independent ... -
Ukraine granted extra EU aid of 1 billion euros
European Union nations yesterday approved fresh aid for Ukraine as the country faces growing economic damage from Russia’s invasion. Finance ministers from the 27-nation EU gave ... -
Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree yesterday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow’s ... -
EU chief warns of danger of complete cut-off of Russian gas
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday that the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of ... -
Zelenskyy praises IOC for supporting bans on Russian sport
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the IOC for supporting a ban on Russian teams and athletes competing in most Olympics sports, ahead of a court ... -
Russia declares victory in embattled Donbas region of Luhansk
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of ... -
Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine
Russia’s defense minister said Russian forces took control yesterday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal ... -
Ukraine’s leader pushes for fuller NATO embrace, more arms
Ukraine’s president chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to fight off Russia, as the leaders of the ... -
Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine
Russian long-range bombers struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk with a missile on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... -
‘Everything is on fire’: Ukraine region weathers bombardment
Russian attacks laid down a curtain of fire yesterday across areas of eastern Ukraine where pockets of resistance are denying Moscow full military control of the ... -
Morale is concern as NATO chief warns war could last ‘years’
Four months of brutal fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British ... -
In Ukraine, mines take lives even after fighting moves on
The truck driver had the radio on, his daughter’s stuffed toy keeping him company, and was bouncing his lumbering vehicle down one of the innumerable dirt ... -
The battle of Donbas could prove decisive in Ukraine conflict
Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial ... -
Ukraine’s leader says his troops keep defying predictions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing ... -
More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms
Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an “endless caravan of death” inside the devastated city of Mariupol, authorities said yesterday [Macau time], while ... -
Ukrainian forces could pull back from embattled eastern city
Ukrainian forces battling Russian troops in a key eastern city appeared on the cusp of retreat yesterday, though the regional governor insisted they are still fighting ... -
UK pledges missiles to Ukraine; new US ambassador in Kyiv
Britain pledged yesterday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in equipping the embattled nation with advanced weapons for ... -
Biden says US sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
The Biden administration says it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems, a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for ... -
Russian troops storm city amid eastern Ukraine bombardments
Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city yesterday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic footholds ... -
Russia presses Donbas attacks as Polish leader praises Kyiv
Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Poland’s president traveled to Kyiv to support the country’s European Union aspirations, becoming the first foreign ... -
Zelenskyy urges ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in Davos talk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech yesterday to corporate executives, government officials and other elites on the first ... -
Mariupol fighters in Russian hands; both sides claim wins
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, including wounded men carried out on stretchers, left the vast steel plant in Mariupol where they mounted a dogged last stand and ... -
In Ukraine and internationally, scenario darkens for Russia
Europe pushed yesterday to sharpen and expand its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden following Finland in seeking membership of NATO and European Union ... -
G7 warn of Ukraine grain crisis, ask China not to aid Russia
The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis which threatens poor countries, and ... -
Russians stymied in Ukraine; Finland favors joining NATO
Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faced a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO and a defending ... -
Finland moves toward joining NATO amid Russian threats
Finland’s leaders yesterday came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment on the ... -
Ukraine cuts Russia gas at one hub, underlining risk to supply
Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian natural gas yesterday through one of the hubs that feed Western European homes and industry, while a Kremlin-installed official in ... -
No end in sight for Ukraine war as Russian leader hails Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday yesterday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or ... -
Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady
Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the ... -
Official: US gave intel that helped Ukraine sink Russian warship
The U.S. says it shared intelligence with Ukraine about the location of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva prior to the strike that sank the warship, an ... -
Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks
Heavy fighting raged yesterday at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol, as Russian forces attempted to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture ... -
Aid workers prep stretchers, toys for Mariupol evacuees
Aid workers prepared hot food, wheelchairs and toys yesterday for civilians slowly making their way to relative safety from the pulverized remnants of a steel plant ... -
Ukraine admits ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ fighter pilot is a myth
On social media, the “Ghost of Kyiv” was a military hero, an ace fighter pilot hailed for supposedly shooting down multiple Russian planes. The tales began ... -
Russian offensive in east gathering momentum as Guterres surveys destruction
Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum yesterday as the United Nations’ chief surveyed the destruction in towns outside Kyiv that experienced some of the worst ...
