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Zelenskyy names Ukraine’s head of military intelligence as his new chief of staff

File photo: Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Maj Gen Kyrylo Budanov (Picture credit: AP) KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appointed the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence as his new chief of staff, a move that comes as the US leads a diplomatic push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old invasion.In announcing the appointment of Gen. Kyrylo […]

Eight dead, dozens wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine’s Odesa port

A passenger train is engulfed in flames following Russia’s drone attack on a railway station in Shostka, Sumy region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Ukrainian Railway via AP) Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said. Some […]

EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets, removing Ukraine’s obstacle to get loan

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Friday indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly govts, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine. Using a special procedure meant for economic emergencies, the EU blocked the assets until Russia gives up its war on […]

Ukraine’s Kharkiv under attack: Russia launches two missile strikes in Balakliya; 3 killed, 10 wounded

The death toll from a Russian missile strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Balakliya has climbed to three, local authorities said on Monday, as emergency teams continued operations at the site of the overnight attack. Vitali Karabanov, head of the city’s military administration, said in a Telegram post: “According to preliminary information, three people […]

‘War’s most challenging night’: Ukraine’s power generation at ‘zero’ after Russian assault; winter heating crisis fears loom

Image used for representative purposes Ukraine is racing to restore power and heating after a massive wave of Russian strikes crippled its energy infrastructure, with the state power company reporting its generation capacity has fallen to “zero.”Russia intensified its assault overnight into Saturday, launching hundreds of drones and missiles against energy facilities across multiple regions. […]

‘Enemy is massively attacking’: Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; 1 dead, multiple power outages reported

Russia launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, resulting in one fatality and causing power outages across multiple regions, according to Kyiv officials on Saturday.“The enemy is massively attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure again. Because of this, emergency power outages have been introduced in a number of regions of Ukraine,” Energy minister Svitlana Grynchuk said, […]

‘Make a deal’: Putin demands Ukraine’s Donetsk in war-end offer to Trump; Kyiv calls it ‘selling them their own leg’

File photo of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically crucial region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war, according to The Washington Post.The demand was made during a phone call with US President Donald […]

‘Wouldn’t change battlefield situation’: Russia monitoring Ukraine’s Tomahawk missile request from US; Donald Trump to make final call

Tomahawk missiles requested by Ukraine from US (Image credit: Naval Air Systems Command wesite) Russia’s military experts are observing potential deliveries of US Tomahawk long-range missiles to Ukraine, according to the Kremlin’s statement on Monday. However, they maintain that these weapons would not change the situation on the battlefield, as quoted by Reuters.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry […]

Students, swarms, and factories: How Russia took over Ukraine’s skies — Inside Putin’s drone war

Putin-Zelenskyy (AI image generated using ChatGPT) As more and more Russian drones are being spotted across Nato countries, the scale of Moscow’s aerial campaign is becoming impossible to ignore. In recent days, Polish and Romanian forces have intercepted drones straying into their airspace, underscoring how the war’s most prolific weapon is now pressing against the […]

‘She was reading his mind’: Charlotte train killer’s sister gives weird reason paranoid Decarlos Brown Jr stabbed Ukraine’s Iryna Zarutska

Decarlos Brown Jr told sister he killed Iryna Zarutska because she was reading his mind. Days after Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, accused Decarlos Brown Jr’s sister said Brown thought Iryna was reading his mind. The sister, Tracey Brown, confirmed that her brother is a […]