Russia has handed back the bodies of 6,060 Ukrainian servicemen under agreements reached at Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul earlier this month, Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Monday. Moscow is ready to hand over another 2,239 bodies, the Russian defense ministry said. Russia has so far received the remains of 78 of its own soldiers … Read more
Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, triggering fires and injuring 17 people, including two children, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said early on Thursday (June 5, 2025). Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said seven apartment buildings had been damaged in the 1 a.m. strikes. Two buildings sustained … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the “possibility” of direct talks with Ukraine in a meeting with a US envoy, the Kremlin said, while President Donald Trump claimed the warring parties were “very close to a deal”.But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again rejected suggestions that Ukraine give up Crimea, and the talks between Putin … Read more
An overnight attack by Russia targeted energy facilities in Ukraine’s western Rivne and Ternopil regions, local officials said on Tuesday (December 3, 3024). The head of Ternopil’s regional defence headquarters, Serhiy Nadal, said a drone struck an energy facility, leaving part of the city without power. Rivne Governor Oleksandr Koval said emergency services were working … Read more
A handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 1, 2024, shows Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attending an event to mark the national “Defenders Day” in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Photo by Handout/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP … Read more
“Kuleba’s resignation request will be discussed by lawmakers at the next plenary meeting,” Speaker of Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned on Wednesday (September 4, 2024), following an announcement last week from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that a Cabinet reshuffle was imminent. “Kuleba’s resignation request will be discussed by … Read more
Ukraine on Saturday said Russia had launched a “massive” overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the west and south, adding that at least seven persons died in strikes elsewhere. Russia launched 16 cruise missiles from land, sea and air as well as 13 attack drones, aiming at energy infrastructure in several regions, Ukraine’s military said. … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a war that is now in its third year, officials said on June 20. With no … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on June 14 to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Such a deal appears a nonstarter for Kyiv, which … Read more
Former U.S. President Trump speaks to members of the media after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York. | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald Trump becomes first former U.S. President convicted of felony crimes Donald Trump became the first former President … Read more