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Zelensky in Washington: Ukraine’s leader heads to US for first foreign trip
Add a CommentUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is on his way to Washington, where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. It’s his first foreign trip since the Russian invasion in February. The White House has also confirmed the … Read more →
Putin watches first Russian nuclear drill since invasion of Ukraine
Add a CommentVladimir Putin has overseen annual nuclear exercises by Russia’s strategic nuclear forces at a time of heightened tensions with the West over his eight-month-long war in Ukraine. Ballistic and cruise missiles were launched in the Far East and Arctic, the … Read more →
Russia invasion: Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine – US
Add a CommentRussian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, US intelligence agencies believe. Moscow’s troops have been so weakened by combat, however, that US officials assess they are only capable of making slow territorial gains. It means the … Read more →
Pope Francis says NATO started war in Ukraine by ‘barking at Putin’s door’
Add a CommentSince the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try … Read more →
More than 30 killed in missile strike on station – Ukraine
Add a CommentThe state rail company says more than 30 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in a Russian rocket strike on Kramatorsk train station. Kramatorsk was one of the easternmost stations still operating in Ukraine, and the governor … Read more →
Advanced US anti-tank drone training for Ukraine
Add a CommentThe US has trained a small number of Ukrainians to use advanced anti-tank drones, a senior US defence official said on Wednesday. The Switchblade, which can easily be carried by one person, has the ability to hover over a target … Read more →
Ukraine and Russia participate in first prisoners of war exchange
Add a CommentUkraine and Russia on Thursday exchanged prisoners of war for the first time in the conflict, exactly one month after the fighting began. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced Thursday that the swap occurred after it … Read more →
Western leaders meet to discuss Ukraine support
Add a CommentUS President Joe Biden joins fellow Western leaders in Brussels on Thursday for three summits on Russia’s war in Ukraine, a month after the invasion began. Nato, the G7 and the EU are all holding meetings, in a display of … Read more →
Ukraine war not behind Kenya’s inflation – Embassy
Add a CommentThe Russian embassy in Kenya has blamed Western sanctions for the rising cost of living in the East African nation. This is after Kenya’s presidential spokesperson, Kanze Dena, had blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the soaring fuel and food … Read more →
US Journalist and filmmaker killed in Ukraine
Add a CommentA US journalist working in Ukraine has been shot dead in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, police say. Brent Renaud, 50, was a journalist and filmmaker who had previously worked for the New York Times. Kyiv’s police chief Andriy … Read more →
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