At least 10 civilians, including two children, were killed by Russian forces in the Donetsk region on Wednesday, the regional governor said in a post on Telegram. Pavlo Kyrylenko said a further seven people had been injured but did not give further details. The BBC has not been able to independently verify these claims. Donetsk … Read more
President Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be traveling with First Lady Jill Biden on an upcoming overseas trip. A White House spokesperson told Fox News that Ashley Biden is not considered a close contact to President Biden or First Lady Jill Biden, according to the CDC guidelines. Ashley Biden was scheduled to travel with … Read more
As we reported earlier, a Russian soldier accused of shooting a civilian has pleaded guilty in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial. But could Russian President Vladimir Putin ever see the inside of a court room himself? It’s far easier to pin a war crime on the soldier who commits it than the leader who ordered … Read more
AerCap Holdings, the aircraft leasing giant that is the world’s largest owner of jets, lost 113 planes when Russia seized them in response to sanctions triggered by the war in Ukraine. The seizures of the planes and 11 jet engines by Russian authorities caused AerCap to take a $2.7 billion pre-tax charge during the quarter, … Read more
US President Joe Biden has condemned white supremacy as “a poison running through our body politic” during a visit to Buffalo, New York. Ten black people were killed at a supermarket in the city on Saturday in what is believed to be a racially motivated hate crime. The suspect, 18, identified himself as a fascist … Read more
At first, I couldn’t see the damage to Ivan Simoroz’s parent’s home in the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, near Kyiv. Then I realised that was because there was nothing left that resembled a home. As the 26-year-old stood on the rubble, in his police uniform, it felt impossible to process the devastation that surrounded him. … Read more
The PlayStation 5 is getting three new console cover colors starlight blue, galactic purple, and nova pink on June 17th, but preorders are open on PlayStation Direct right now. All three colors are available in the US, UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Sony has been slowly releasing accessories to make its PS5 more customizable, … Read more
Verizon announced this week that the LG Wing will be getting an update that will allow it to use Verizon’s newest 5G spectrum — over a year after LG left the smartphone business altogether. The LG Wing has been certified to use mid-band spectrum called C-band, an important piece of Verizon’s 5G network that delivers better-than-LTE speeds … Read more
Allies of Ukraine need to step up their financial support to the country, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said. In a speech to the Brussels Economic Forum, Yellen said in the short term Ukraine needed money to pay soldiers, employees and pensioners, as well as operate an economy that meets its citizens’ basic needs, … Read more
The US State Department has announced a new programme to capture and analyze evidence of Russian-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine. The Conflict Observatory aims to document, verify and disseminate open-source evidence of the actions of Russian forces during the invasion of Ukraine. Under the programme, the US State Department will gather satellite … Read more
The evacuation mission at the Azovstol steel plant in Mariupol continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address on Tuesday. “Negotiation process with Russia continues on evacuation of our heroes from Azovstal. Evacuation mission continues. It’s overseeing by our military and intelligence officers. The most powerful international mediators are involved,” Zelensky said. Ukraine’s … Read more
Washington: An investigation into a 2019 strike by US forces in Syria that killed numerous civilians found no violations of policy or wanton negligence, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The internal US Army investigation focused on an operation by a special US force operating in Syria which launched an airstrike on an Islamic State bastion in … Read more
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country’s response to its first officially confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as “immature,” accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state media reported on Wednesday. North Korea reported 232,880 more people with fever symptoms, and six more deaths after the country’s first … Read more
Kyiv: Russia said Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, prompting Kyiv to call for a prisoner exchange. Moscow claimed control of the strategic port city last month after a weeks-long siege, but hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers remained holed up in tunnels beneath … Read more
“Banning close associates and key supporters of Putin regime from entering our country is one of the many ways in which we’re holding Russia accountable for its crimes,” Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said in a statement. Canada on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Senate that will ban Russian President Vladimir Putin and some … Read more
Cannes, France: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise video address at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. “Hundreds of people are dying every day. They won’t get up again after the clapping at the end,” he told the audience, which had reacted with surprise when the pre-recorded message was introduced. … Read more
Ukraine is doing “everything possible and impossible” to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv knew how many soldiers were still at the plant, but stressed that it was “sensitive information”. On Monday, 264 fighters – many badly wounded – were … Read more
As we said earlier, a convoy of at least seven buses carrying Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol reportedly arrived today at a former penal colony in the Russian-controlled town of Olenivka, near Donetsk. It comes after around 50 severely injured servicemen were evacuated to a Russian-controlled hospital last night, while more … Read more
