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Ukraine war: Kim Jong Un ‘to visit Putin for weapons talks’

September 5, 2023 9:28 am Add a Comment

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC’s US partner CBS. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow … Read more →

Ukraine war: UK criticised for ‘lack of understanding’ of Wagner’s activities in Africa

July 26, 2023 10:18 am Add a Comment

The UK government has been sharply criticised by the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) for under-estimating the dangerous growth of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. In a scathing report, the cross-party committee of MPs accused the government of what it called … Read more →

Ukraine war: Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack

July 4, 2023 8:05 am Add a Comment

Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry says, forcing flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport. Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday’s attack, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the … Read more →

Ukraine war: More than 20,000 Russian troops killed since December – US

May 2, 2023 8:10 am Add a Comment

More than 20,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in fighting in Ukraine since December, the US estimates. A further 80,000 have been wounded, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, citing newly declassified intelligence. Half of the dead are from … Read more →

Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders worry about losing support

April 27, 2023 10:48 am Add a Comment

A year ago Volodymyr and his men were firing all 40 barrels of their BM-21 Grad rocket launcher in one go. Now they can only afford to fire a few at a time at Russian targets. “We haven’t got enough … Read more →

Ukraine war: Drone downed over Russia – Moscow

March 27, 2023 7:49 am Add a Comment

A Ukrainian drone has been shot down by Russian air defences, Moscow has said. The drone came down in the town of Kireyevsk – some 400km (249 miles) from the Ukraine border – on Sunday, the defence ministry announced. Russian … Read more →

Ukraine war: Zelensky urges US to help it defeat Russia

December 22, 2022 11:27 am Add a Comment

Ukraine is “alive and kicking” and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia’s invasion. US military aid to Ukraine was not charity, but an investment … Read more →

Ukraine war: Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks

October 6, 2022 8:23 am Add a Comment

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed the final papers to annex four regions of Ukraine – even as his military suffered further setbacks. The Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are “accepted into the Russian Federation” the documents say. But … Read more →

Ukraine war: North Korea supplying Russia with weapons – US reports

September 6, 2022 10:58 am Add a Comment

Russia has reportedly been forced to buy arms from North Korea as Western sanctions squeeze its ability to supply its invasion force in Ukraine. According to US media, Russia has bought millions of artillery shells and rockets from Pyongyang. Last … Read more →

Ukraine war: Zelensky suspends security chief and top prosecutor

July 18, 2022 10:59 am Add a Comment

President Volodymyr Zelensky has suspended the head of Ukraine’s spy agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general, citing many cases of treason in the two powerful organisations. He said more than 60 former employees were now working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied … Read more →