Tag: volodymyr zelenskyy
Blinken announces $150 million in aid for Syria, Iraq at Saudi conference on combatting Islamic State group
DUBAI: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the U.S. would provide nearly USD 150 million in aid for areas in Syria and Iraq…
Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine
KHERSON: Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine…
Explainer: What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine – and what happened?
A huge Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across the…
Ukraine says 150 tonnes of engine oil in river after dam attack
KYIV: Ukraine on Tuesday said 150 tonnes of engine oil had spilled into the Dnipro River after an attack on the Kakhovka dam and warned…
Ukraine: Major Ukraine dam ‘partially destroyed’, villages evacuated: Key points
Ukraine on Tuesday accused the Russian forces of blowing up a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine that is Russia-controlled, alerting residents further…
Russia says US-built F-16s could ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that US-built F-16 fighter jets can ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will…
Ukrainian father pulls daughter’s body, wounded wife from apartment destroyed in Russian airstrike
KYIV: A Ukrainian man, with the help of rescuers, pulled out the body of his two-year-old daughter from the rubble of their apartment destroyed in…
Ukrainian president says at least 500 children killed by war
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia’s war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.Zelenskyy provided the number…
Macron to award top US general France’s highest honours
PARIS: United States Joint Chiefs chairman General Mark Milley will receive France’s highest medal of honour on Friday for his role in coordinating support for…
Macron to award top US general France’s highest honours
PARIS: United States Joint Chiefs chairman General Mark Milley will receive France’s highest medal of honour on Friday for his role in coordinating support for…