Ukraine reports Monday that it has downed 13 of the 15 explosive drones that Russia fired at night. The drones were Iranian-made. The supplies of Western anti-aircraft guns help Kyiv effectively repel such attacks. “The Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with Shahed-131/136 drones from the north,” the Ukrainian army said. “In […]
Ukraine has launched a long-awaited counter-offensive to liberate the country’s south from Russian occupiers. One of the targets is Kherson, the only major city captured by Russian forces west of the Dnieper River, which flows through the center of Ukraine. The southern command of the Ukrainian army calls on residents […]
“The fierce battle for the Lugansk region continues.” That says the commander of the Ukrainian army Valeriy Zaluzhny. Russia has concentrated its main forces in the north of the region, and is trying to attack simultaneously from nine directions, Zaluzhny says. The Russians use airplanes, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery […]
The Ukrainian nuclear authorities do not want the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to send experts to investigate the Ukrainian nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhya. According to the Ukrainian nuclear energy producer Energoatom, this would legitimize the Russian occupation of the plant. IAEA chief […]
Germany wants to supply Ukraine with multiple rocket launchers and a modern anti-aircraft system to fight against the Russian aggressor. During the budget debate, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also promised the Ukrainian armed forces a modern tracking radar. According to the British secret service, the Russian military is still gaining […]
The Russian-appointed administration in the Kherson region, in southeastern Ukraine, is going to ask Moscow to place a military base in the region. A local government official has said so, according to the Russian state news agency RIA. “There should be a Russian military base in the Kherson region,” […]
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is confident that G7 leaders will reach an agreement on financial aid to Ukraine. He said this Thursday at the start of a two-day meeting of finance ministers and leaders of the central banks of the rich industrial countries. Lindner said that the country […]
Russian authorities say a Russian civilian has been killed on Russian soil for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. According to the governor of Belgorod, this happened in that border region during shelling. Three were also injured. “At the moment there is one fatality. […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry claims that Israeli mercenaries are fighting in the war in Ukraine. Sputnik, a spokesman, told the Russian radio station that the Israelis are “practically shoulder to shoulder with the Azov battalion”. The Russian information has not been independently confirmed. Russian state media often describes the […]
The United States says it has reliable information that Russian soldiers executed their Ukrainian opponents when they tried to surrender. Beth Van Schaack, the US special envoy for international criminal law, said this on Wednesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss Russian war crimes and […]
