A combat medic, pouring with sweat after carrying the wounded out from their positions, paced the room anxiously as doctors worked on the men, before heading back to the front line. “Around 10 rockets from a grenade launcher landed nearby,” the soldier, Batya, 51, said, describing the attack on their …
Read More »Ukraine?s Counter-offensive failing despite all the weapons from the West – Putin
Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture occupied territories is failing even with Western military support, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, July 21. Ukraine’s forces have recaptured 300 square kilometers of occupied land as part of their summer counteroffensive, Britain’s defense minister said last month. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces this week …
Read More »Putin Asserts Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has ‘No Chance’ at Economic Forum
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia wrapped up what was for him an extraordinary and sometimes rambling week of upbeat commentary on the Ukraine war by asserting on Friday that Russia was so assured of prevailing against the Ukrainian counteroffensive that he had ruled out using nuclear weapons. Dropping what …
Read More »Nowhere to run: Residents point at Ukraine’s bomb shelter problem
Kyiv, Ukraine – The shock wave kicked Leonid Kobizhinsky off his bed. The 65-year-old woke up on the floor of his apartment in eastern Kyiv before dawn on Thursday seconds after a hypersonic Russian cruise missile was shot down above the nine-storey building. Minutes earlier, air raid sirens started wailing, …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelenskyy appears to confirm loss of Bakhmut to Russia
BREAKINGBREAKING, Speaking at G7 summit in Japan, the Ukrainian president appears to confirm that Russian forces now control the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Sunday that Russia has taken control of the city of Bakhmut after a bloody eight-month battle by Moscow’s Wagner private army, with the support …
Read More »Ukraine’s president Zelensky to make audacious trip to Japan to attend G7 talks in person
War,-time Ukranian President, Volodymyr Zelensky will make an audacious trip halfway around the world to appear in person at the Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, this weekend, a Ukrainian official said, as he tries to win commitments for continued arms and aid from the world’s wealthiest democracies. Details …
Read More »The chief of Ukraine’s Supreme Court has been detained and accused of taking a $2.7 million bribe.
The chair of Ukraine’s Supreme Court was removed from his post after being arrested in a bribery investigation, two anti-corruption bodies said on Tuesday. The agencies did not identify the chair by name, but said it was the Supreme Court chief. On Tuesday, Vsevolod Knyazev was dismissed as chief justice …
Read More »British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges more weapons as he meets Ukraine’s Zelensky in surprise visit (photos)
The UK will send hundreds of air defence missiles and armed drones to Ukraine plus more Storm Shadow cruise missiles, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday, May 15 following a surprise visit by Ukraine’s Volodimir Zelenskyy. The meeting between Zelensky and Sunak is part of his tour of Western …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to Netherlands: Media
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the Netherlands, local media reported, on an unannounced visit expected to include meetings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as well as members of the country’s parliament. Dutch news agency ANP reported that Zelenskyy, making his …
Read More »We don’t have enough weapons for that – Ukraine?s Zelensky rejects Russia’s allegations of an attempted assassination on Putin
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has denied Moscow’s claim that his country attempted to assassinate Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Russia said two drones were shot down over the Kremlin. Russia said Wednesday, May 3 it had shot down two drones targeting Putin’s Kremlin residence in what it called a Ukrainian …
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