More than 2,500 residents of the city of Mariupol have been killed since the Russian attack on Ukraine began on Feb. 24, the Ukrainian government reported. According to presidential adviser Oleksij Arestovich, the Russians besieging the city are not allowing humanitarian aid to enter the city. Russia claims that […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that volunteers should be able to fight against the Ukrainian army. At a meeting of the National Security Council, he said he supported that plan. Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu said 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East are ready to fight with Russian-backed militias in […]
Russian soldiers spent several hours on Sunday at a crossroads in a town west of Kyiv, where hundreds of civilians were trying to flee the capital. This is reported by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) based on eyewitnesses and image analyses. According to the local mayor, […]
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said in a fiery speech on Sunday evening that the Ukrainians will never forgive Russia: “We will find any bastard who shoots at our people.” Zelensky referred to Russian soldiers who targeted fleeing civilians last weekend. On the Irpin River near the capital Kyiv, […]
The death toll from airstrikes on Thursday in a residential area in the northern Ukraine city of Chernihiv has risen to 47, local authorities said Friday. In an earlier report, authorities spoke of nine dead. Rescue teams have had to suspend assistance to victims of the airstrikes due to […]
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky took to Twitter to give a sign of life by thanking Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine for supporting his country. Also, on behalf of his wife Olena, Zelensky says he is grateful “that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are standing by our […]
Delegations of Ukraine and Russia have started negotiations in Belarus. The government in Kyiv is sceptical but aims for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops, President Volodimir Zelensky’s office said. Russia did not want to give up its objective in advance. The Ukrainians arrived by helicopter at […]
Russia gathers troops at Gomel airport in Belarus for an attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukraine’s army chief of staff said Friday. Russian troops are advancing towards Kyiv from multiple directions. For example, there is fierce fighting in cities that are tens of kilometres away from Kyiv. Ukraine […]
The European Union will freeze Russian banks’ access to European financial markets, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. Also, the EU will use all means to prevent Russia from getting technology to modernise the country further. “Our punishment for the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be composed […]
Several Russian troops near the border with Ukraine are returning to their permanent army bases due to the completion of exercises, the Russian news agency Interfax reported based on the Ministry of Defense. The announcement comes at a time when other countries are deeply concerned about the threat of […]
