Tag: volodymyr zelenskyy
Russia tries to signal normalcy as Ukraine forces advance
SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE: Russia announced plans on Thursday to stage elections in occupied parts of Ukraine in just three months, Moscow’s latest bid to signal it…
Kyiv: Russia steps up aerial strikes on Ukraine, killing at least 6 amid Kyiv counteroffensive
KYIV: Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa and shelled the eastern Donetsk region early Wednesday, killing at least six…
Deadly Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine
KYIV: Deadly Russian missile strikes hit southern and eastern Ukraine on Wednesday as Ukrainian air defences fought back against Moscow’s intensified attacks.Russia fired four Kalibr…
UN nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’
KYIV: The largest nuclear power plant in Europe faces “a relatively dangerous situation” after a dam burst in Ukraine and Kyiv launches a counteroffensive to…
Ukraine: Putin hints of new effort to gain territory in Ukraine after cross-border strikes
KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order Russian troops to try to carve out more land in Ukraine for a buffer…
Ukraine: From GPS-guided bombs to electronic warfare, Russia improves its weaponry in Ukraine
MOSCOW: Ukrainian troops are probing Russian defences as spring gives way to a second summer of fighting, and Kyiv‘s forces are facing an enemy that…
Russia shells boats in Ukraine flood rescue, three dead – governor
KYIV: Russian forces shelled three small boats taking elderly residents to safety from inundated areas of southern Ukraine, killing three people and wounding 10, the…
Ukraine announces retaking village in southeast, first gain of offensive
KYIV: Kyiv announced on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have retaken a village in the war-torn country’s southeast, the first reported gain of the offensive.Ukraine‘s ground…
As Canada PM visits Kyiv, Zelenskyy says counteroffensive ‘taking place’
ZAPORIZHZHIA: In the south, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on an unforgiving landscape, table-flat farmland with little cover for troops trying to advance. And 60 miles…
Zelenskyy says Ukrainian counterattacks are under way, but stays coy on details
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive operations were taking place in Ukraine, but told reporters that he would not say…