Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy himself visited Avdiivka in December. (File) Kyiv: Russian forces are intensifying efforts to seize the small eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka as Moscow’s war in Ukraine grinds on. The fighting is reminiscent of the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut, which fell to Russia last May after months of grinding … Read more
The US Senate this week approved $60 billion of funding for Ukraine. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s new army chief said Wednesday the situation on the front line was “extremely difficult” as delays to much-needed US military aid cast a shadow over how long Kyiv’s troops can hold out. The 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front line has barely moved … Read more
Russia said Saturday that Ukraine had used Western weapons in the strike. (File) Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday blasted a Ukrainian strike on a bakery in the occupied eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, which officials say killed at least 28 people including a child on Saturday. The strike came almost two years into Russia’s grinding … Read more
The rebels say the attacks are in solidarity with the Palestinians. (File) Dubai: Container shipping through the Red Sea has dropped by nearly one-third this year as attacks by Yemen’s Huthi rebels continue, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. “Container shipping… has declined by almost 30 percent,” said Jihad Azour, director of the IMF’s Middle … Read more
“Our people are back. 207 of them”: Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post. (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Wednesday, just a week after Moscow said Kyiv had shot down a plane carrying dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers. Russia’s defence ministry said 195 of its soldiers … Read more
Ukraine has also not confirmed or denied Russia’s central claim that Kyiv shot down the plane (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s SBU security service on Thursday opened a criminal probe into the downing of a Russian military plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Kyiv has not said whether captured Ukrainian soldiers were killed … Read more
As Ukraine faces another harsh winter, the mouse problem is expected to intensify: Report (File) Kyiv: The war-ridden frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine are grappling with a nightmarish resurgence of rats and mice, echoing the haunting conditions of World War I trench warfare, CNN reported. The infestation, fuelled by a static war situation and … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a late-night meeting on the eve of Orthodox Christmas, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his unwavering commitment to support soldiers who “with arms in hands” defend Russia’s interests.Addressing the families of Russian soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict in Ukraine, Putin called for greater assistance to those actively engaged in … Read more
Russian defence ministry warned the attack would “not go unpunished”. (File) Moscow: Russia said Saturday that a Ukrainian strike killed at least 14 people and injured 108 in the city of Belgorod, a day after Russian strikes killed dozens in Ukraine. Belgorod lies about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border with Ukraine and has … Read more
Ukraine said Russia had fired 158 missiles and drones on Ukraine. (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war. Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were … Read more