Zelenskyy calls Russian missile strike a strategic message to US, NATO, Ukraine

Zelenskyy calls Russian missile strike a strategic message to US, NATO, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a Russian non-nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile strike, calling it a strategic message to Ukraine, NATO, and the US. He claimed that Putin views Ukraine as a training ground and fears normalcy and dignity. Zelenskyy accused Putin of disregarding human dignity, freedom, and life, while seeking weapons in Iran and North … Read more

Video: Why Are North Korean Troops in Russia?

Video: Why Are North Korean Troops in Russia?

Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the … Read more

Analysis: High on symbolism, Modi’s Ukraine visit expected to smoothen bilateral relations

Analysis: High on symbolism, Modi’s Ukraine visit expected to smoothen bilateral relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a bilateral meeting, at Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv. File | Photo Credit: ANI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his visit to Ukraine, Russia rained missiles on Ukraine over the weekend. The visit which was high on symbolism saw some sharp … Read more

PM Modi going to Ukraine can be helpful to getting us to an end to conflict: White House

PM Modi going to Ukraine can be helpful to getting us to an end to conflict: White House

Washington DC: Calling India a strong partner of the US, White House said that the United States welcomes any other country willing to be helpful in trying to end the conflict in Ukraine and Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to Kyiv can contribute to achieving a peaceful resolution aligned with Zelenskyy‘s vision. National Security Communications … Read more

As Modi heads to Moscow, intense interactions with Russian President, discussion on Ukraine war at top of agenda

As Modi heads to Moscow, intense interactions with Russian President, discussion on Ukraine war at top of agenda

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive Moscow on July 8 to a particularly warm and special welcome at a private dinner hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin at his Dacha or estate in the Moscow suburb of Novo-Ogaryovo. The meeting … Read more

France’s far right may win big in EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

France’s far right may win big in EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen isn’t on the ballot at the weekend’s European Parliament election but she’s likely to emerge as one of its biggest winners. Polls expect her National Rally party to be the top vote-getter in France, trouncing President Emmanuel Macron‘s moderate pro-business party. And across Europe, the anti-immigration, nationalist ideas Le … Read more

G7 officials make progress but no final deal on money for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

G7 officials make progress but no final deal on money for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

Frankfurt: Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies said they had moved toward agreement on a US proposal to squeeze more money for Ukraine from Russian assets frozen in their countries. But the ministers left a final deal to be worked out ahead of a June summit of national leaders. “We are making … Read more

Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance

Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance

Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armoured vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. With the war in Ukraine now in its third year and a vital … Read more

Russia systematically tortures Ukraine POWs, U.N. commission says

Russia systematically tortures Ukraine POWs, U.N. commission says

The UN body has previously documented a few cases of ill-treatment by Ukrainian forces of Russian detainees . File. | Photo Credit: AP A United Nations commission of inquiry on Ukraine said on March 15 that it had gathered more evidence that Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war, documenting rape threats and the use … Read more