Seven civilians killed in Donetsk by Russian attacks – regional governor At least seven civilians were killed and six wounded in Ukraine’s Donetsk region by Russian attacks on Tuesday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko has said. In a post on the Telegram social media platform, he said two people had died in Bakhmutske, two in Bakhmut, … Read more
Europe is neglecting Poland and Hungary when it comes to support for the number of Ukrainian refugees the countries are taking in, Polish President Andrzej Duda has said. Following a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart earlier today, Duda claimed neither country had received enough backing to implement the programmes needed to sufficiently help the millions … Read more
Amy Bauernschmidt is the rarest of the rare. The 51-year-old is in a select group of United States Navy officers: The commanders of the 11 aircraft carriers in the US fleet. Capt. Bauernschmidt is the only woman in that group. In fact, she’s the only woman ever to command a US aircraft carrier, the largest and among … Read more
A Ukrainian military base about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border with Poland was targeted in a Russian missile attack early Tuesday morning, according to information from Maksym Kozytsky, the head of the Lviv regional military administration. Kozytsky gave no further details in a late-night Telegram post, saying only that further information would be … Read more
Up to 600,000 additional children worldwide could be left without access to life-saving treatment for severe acute malnutrition due to the rising costs of raw ingredients in part due to increasing fuel prices and the Ukraine war, the United Nations Children’s Fund has warned. In a news release Sunday, UNICEF said the price of ready-to-use therapeutic … Read more
Ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said 53 badly wounded soldiers were taken to the town of Novoazovsk, held by Russian-backed rebels. She said another 211 were evacuated using a humanitarian corridor to Olenivka – … Read more
A series of explosions were heard in central Lviv around 12:45 a.m. local time (5:45 p.m. ET) Tuesday shortly after air raid sirens had sounded in the city. One member of CNN’s team in Lviv heard an explosion to the north of the city center. Another member of the CNN team saw air defenses lighting … Read more
More than 260 people have been rescued from the besieged Azovstal plant — including 53 seriously wounded, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said. In a video statement issued late Monday, Malyar said that together, the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and the Border Guard Service launched an operation to rescue defenders … Read more
For Finland and Sweden to join Nato, all 30 existing members must say yes. But for now, one is saying no. President Erdogan says he won’t agree to admit countries which apply sanctions on Turkey. Sweden suspended arms sales to Turkey three years ago, following Ankara’s military intervention in Syria. And according to the official … Read more
One of the Soviet Union’s best known car brands could be about to make a comeback, after car company Renault announced plans to transfer 100% of Renault Russia to the city of Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Renault’s car factory in the city would be nationalised and repurposed to produce Moskvich cars, which were last produced over … Read more
Russia’s President Putin and his military chief, General Valery Gerasimov, are believed to be directly intervening in Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine and taking decisions normally made by more junior officers – according to a Western military source. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source said: “We think Putin and Gerasimov are involved in … Read more
The original iPhone brought the tech industry to a new era, and made smartphones the most essential tool in our lives. But did you know that Steve Jobs, Apple’s c0-founder, wanted the first iPhone to be SIM-free? While promoting his new book Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making at the Computer History Museum, “Father of … Read more
The head of Twitter has hit back after Elon Musk said his $44bn deal to buy the platform was “on hold” while he sought details about fake accounts. In a series of tweets, Parag Agrawal defended the firm’s estimates that spam accounts were less than 5% of users. Mr Musk responded with a poo emoji, … Read more
If you’re a newcomer to virtual reality, you’ll notice something odd about your appearance: Depending on the app, you may look down to see you’re represented by an avatar that’s just a floating torso or nothing but a pair of hands. While wireless headsets and handheld controllers laden with sensors and software do a good … Read more
We’ve news of what appears to be a development at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. About a dozen buses carrying Ukrainian fighters who were holed up beneath the besieged plant have been seen leaving the site, Reuters news agency is reporting. This has not been confirmed by Ukrainian authorities and the BBC cannot verify it … Read more
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko is still advising residents who have fled to a safer location to stay there, rather than return to Ukraine’s capital at present. “We can’t 100% guarantee safety to everyone,” the mayor told BBC World. Russian forces have moved away from Kyiv and refocused their attack on the east of the country, … Read more
The rainy, grey weather in Buffalo certainly suited the mood on the ground on Monday. The black community is grieving and they are scared after 10 people – now named by officials – were gunned down in a racially-motivated attack in a New York supermarket. The victims, aged between 32 and 86, were shot dead … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he would not approve Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership if they sanction Turkey. “First of all, we would not say ‘yes’ to those who impose sanctions on Turkey joining NATO, which is a security organization. Because then NATO would not remain a security organization anymore, it becomes … Read more
