Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (AP image) KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Saturday the planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.“ The Trump-Putin meeting, scheduled for Friday in Alaska, is seen as a potential breakthrough. Trump had previously […]
Russia strikes Ukrainian prison (Representative image) Russia struck a prison in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region late Monday(local time), killing at least 17 inmates and injuring more than 80 others.Russia used four guided aerial bombs to target Bilenkivska Correctional colony, according to the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine, reported AP.At least 42 inmates were hospitalized […]
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (AP images) US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Ukraine will receive Patriot missile systems as part of a new American military aid package, a move warmly welcomed in Kyiv as it faces relentless Russian drone and missile attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly requested more Patriot systems in […]
Ukrainian drones targeted St. Petersburg on Sunday, Russia said, forcing the airport to close for five hours as Vladimir Putin marked Russia’s Navy Day in the city, despite the earlier cancellation of its naval parade due to security concerns. Russian defence ministry said air defence units downed 291 Ukrainian drones Sunday. Source link
Russia launched strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Monday, killing a person and leaving a shop and a kindergarten school on fire, AFP reported, citing officials. A video, going viral on social media, showed the school on fire after Russia hit a building. There are also a few videos showing that the entrance of one […]
Russia on Tuesday said that it needed time to respond to US President Donald Trump’s ‘serious’ ultimatum regarding the Ukraine war, while expressing willingness to speak with the Ukrainian side over the timing of the third round of direct negotiations. Trump issued a 50-day deadline to Russia on Monday for reaching a peace agreement with […]
KYIV: Foreign minister Johann Wadephul made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, in a show of continuing support for Ukraine’s fight to repel Russia’s invasion as US-led international peace efforts fail to make progress.Wadephul was due to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.Wadephul said in a statement that […]
US President Donald Trump (Left) and BBC Ukraine correspondent Myroslava Petsa (Right) US President Donald Trump paused for an emotional moment with a Ukrainian reporter, who asked whether they would supply Patriot missiles in the war against Moscow, after she revealed that her husband is currently serving on the front lines.At the closing press conference […]
Russia launched another large drone attack on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and causing damage to a maternity facility in Odesa’s southern port, according to regional authorities’ reports on Tuesday.The overnight strikes came after Russia launched the largest drone attack against Ukraine on Monday, part of heightened military activities that Moscow claims are in response to Ukraine’s […]
Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia and Ukraine are gearing up for a new round of direct peace talks in Istanbul next Monday, amid growing international pressure and rising scepticism about Moscow’s intentions.Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov informed US state secretary Marco Rubio during a phone call that Moscow was finalising its proposals for the […]
