A Scottish man who travelled to Ukraine as a military instructor has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after admitting to working as a Russian spy.Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline in Fife, pleaded guilty in a court in Odesa to passing sensitive military information to Russia while Ukraine remained under martial law, according to […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a temporary ceasefire with Ukraine for the duration of the Orthodox Easter holidays, the Kremlin said, after Kyiv also proposed a pause in hostilities.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that he had passed a holiday truce proposal via the United States, even as talks to end […]
Ukraine launched more cross-border attack drones than Russia in March, marking the first month since the war began in 2022 that Kyiv appears to have outpaced Moscow in long-range drone attacks, according to daily military data analysed by ABC News. The figures point to a possible shift in one of the most important fronts of […]
Picture source: X/Kyiv Independednt At least five people were killed and 19 others injured after a Russian drone strike hit a market in the frontline Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday morning, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said.Earlier, regional governor Oleksandr Ganja said in a Telegram post that three women and two men were killed. A […]
File photo: US President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy The Pentagon is considering whether to divert some weapons originally intended for Ukraine to the Middle East as the war in Iran puts pressure on US stockpiles of key munitions, The Washington Post reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. Air defence interceptors among […]
Rescue workers try to put out a fire of a residential building burning after a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (AP photo) Russia launched a massive overnight assault on Ukraine, firing 392 drones and 34 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said on Tuesday, in one of the largest barrages in recent months.At least five people […]
For nearly three decades the art world has been engaged in a strange cultural ritual. People stand in front of walls, stare at them with unusual seriousness and try to interpret the joke someone left behind during the night. A rat with a placard. A policeman embracing another policeman. A child reaching for a red […]
File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy The United States has asked Ukraine to help counter Iranian drone attacks in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, adding that Kyiv would provide technical expertise and support while ensuring its own defences remain intact.“We received a request from the United States for specific support in […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from right meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, second left, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China (Picture credit: AP) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called for closer cooperation with China while pressing for fairer trade rules and urging Beijing to use its influence to help end the […]
KYIV: Former UK PM Boris Johnson called for boots on the ground in Ukraine, even as he slammed Europe for not showing enough urgency to put pressure on Russia to end the war. “Europe is only applying a tenth of the pressure that it can on Russia. Things need to go up a gear to […]
