Five children were in hospital, including three boys who were in a critical condition. Ukraine: Ukrainian rescuers outside the city of Dnipro on Sunday recovered the body of a two-year-old girl from the rubble left by a Russian strike on a residential area. On the other side of the border, Russian authorities asked villagers living […]
Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory KYIV: Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Saturday. “We strongly believe that we will succeed,” Zelenskiy told the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t know how long it will […]
The Ukraine war has killed tens of thousands. Kyiv/Moscow: Russia said on Thursday it had repelled more cross-border attacks from Ukraine while its aerial assaults on Kyiv killed another three people including a nine-year-old girl and her mother locked out of an air raid shelter. Both sides are trying to sap morale and weaken military […]
Russia has intensified its crackdown on dissenting voices. President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that certain “ill-wishers” were stepping up efforts to destabilise Russia and urged members of his cabinet not to allow this “under any circumstances”. He said Russia’s Security Council would discuss ensuring security in the context of what he said were “extremely […]
In May, the US had said it would allow Chinese airlines to hike passenger services. (Representational) Washington: Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials. Russia has barred US airlines and other foreign carriers from flying […]
Local residents react near the body of a person killed in a Russian missile strike in Kyiv. Kyiv: A nine-year-old girl, her mother and another woman were killed in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday after the air raid shelter they rushed to failed to open, witnesses said. Police opened a criminal investigation […]
Russia said it destroyed Ukraine’s last major warship, the ‘Yuri Olefirenko’. (File) Moscow: Russia on Wednesday claimed it destroyed the last major warship of the Ukrainian naval forces, which it said was stationed in the southern port of Odesa. “On May 29, a high-precision strike by the Russian Air Force on a ship anchorage site […]
The Pentagon said the $300 million package includes munitions for Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. Washington: The Pentagon announced a new $300 million arms package for Ukraine on Wednesday, including air defense systems and tens of millions of rounds of ammunition. The Defense Department said the latest shipments will bring the total value of […]
The two people injured are in intensive care in a “serious condition”, Governor said. Moscow: One person was killed and two others injured on Tuesday in a Ukrainian bombardment on a centre for displaced people in the border region of Belgorod, the regional governor said. “Ukrainian armed forces fired artillery at a centre for displaced […]
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is the biggest nuclear power plant of the Europe. Washington: U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday asked Ukraine and Russia to respect five principles to safeguard Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, suggesting he had not secured their agreement on protecting the facility. Grossi has […]
