Russia announced on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, prompting Kiev to demand a prisoner exchange. After a weeks-long siege, Moscow took control of the strategic port city of Mariupol last month, but hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers remained holed up in underground … Read more
Five people were arrested in Chad on Monday following violent protests against France, which demonstrators accused of supporting the country’s military junta. Seven Total petrol stations were attacked, and a dozen police officers were injured in the unrest that erupted in the capital N’Djamena on Saturday, according to a police official who spoke on condition … Read more
Finnish government formally declared its intention to join NATO On Sunday, , as Sweden’s ruling party held a pivotal meeting that could pave the way for a joint application. Less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the move is a stunning reversal of Finland’s long-standing policy of military non-alignment. Sweden, which … Read more
After decades of military non-alignment, Finland approved its quest for NATO membership as a bulwark against Russia on Sunday, redrawing the balance of power in Europe. In Helsinki, President Sauli Niinisto called the move “historic”. “A new era is opening,” he said, before the decision is put before parliament for approval. Finland’s move, expected to … Read more
The war in Ukraine could reach a “breaking point” by August and end in defeat for Russia before the end of the year, according to Kyiv’s head of military intelligence, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, 36, told the news network that he is “optimistic” about the conflict’s current trajectory. “The breaking point will be in the … Read more
The war is far from over, Ukraine’s finance minister claims that the first signs of economic recovery have emerged since Russian forces withdrew from the capital and northern districts. “The war continues but we are not seeing the same level of escalation as we saw in the first two months,” Finance Minister Sergiy Marchenko told … Read more
MOSCOW: Russia warned on Thursday that it would have to take “military-technical” measures in reaction to Finland’s decision to join NATO, after Helsinki’s authorities endorsed the US-led alliance. “The expansion of NATO and the approach of the alliance to our borders does not make the world and our continent more stable and secure,” Dmitry Peskov, a … Read more
Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said on Wednesday that the country’s internal political situation is steady. He was dismissing reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to declare martial law. He was asked if Putin had intent to impose martial law in Russia, to which he replied, “No, this is not in the plans.” … Read more
Postwoman Iryna Fedyanina’s laughter drowns out the mortar fire as she dispenses pensions to terrified civilians along a river that separates Ukrainian and Russian forces. A grumpy driver drives her Ukrainian post office van past fortified checkpoints and positions so vulnerable to Russian fire that soldiers try to blend themselves with the surrounding woodlands. He … Read more
A new UN-led rescue attempt was launched on Friday to evacuate the last residents trapped inside a besieged steel mill in Mariupol, which has become the southern city’s last bastion against Russian forces. Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers, as well as 200 civilians, including children, are believed to be hiding in the Soviet-era tunnels and bunkers … Read more
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday that there would be no Victory Day festivities in Mariupol, Ukraine’s vital port city, which Russian soldiers captured last month. Victory Day, observed annually on May 9, is a symbolic holiday in Russia commemorating the Soviet victory in World War II, with a big military parade in Moscow and … Read more
The Kremlin refused to disclose on Friday whether President Vladimir Putin had apologised to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett following Russia’s foreign minister’s claim that Adolf Hitler had Jewish ancestors. Israel slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the comments, calling them an “unforgivable” lie that downplayed the Holocaust’s atrocities. Bennett stated on Thursday that … Read more
The European Union’s govt unveiled Wednesday plans for a gradual ban on Russian oil imports as part of a raft of new sanctions to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine. The European Commission also proposed slapping sanctions on Russia’s biggest bank and on Patriarch Kirill, the top of the Russian Orthodox Church. If approved by member states, the oil ban … Read more
Britain on Wednesday said it might reduce Russia’s get admission to UK-primarily based services along with accountancy as well as sanction pro-Kremlin information shops and their reporters reporting Moscow’s invasion from within Ukraine. “By restricting Russia’s get entry to our international-magnificence control specialists, accountants and PR corporations, we’re ratcheting up financial stress on the Kremlin … Read more
Pope Francis has stated that he has volunteered to come to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine, but has yet to get a response. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, submitted the proposal for a meeting 20 days after Putin sent troops … Read more
The call between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin lasted more than two hours, according to the Élysée Palace. The French government is likely to issue a statement soon. Putin informed Macron on the development of “the special operation to protect Donbas. They also discussed the evacuation of civilians “held by … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin informed French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Tuesday the West need to prevent providing weapons to Ukraine and accused Kyiv of not taking talks to cease the battle significantly, the Kremlin stated. Accusing Ukrainian forces of committing struggle crimes and claiming the EU turned into “ignoring” them, Putin told Macron “the West could help stop … Read more
Joe Biden took a jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, suggesting that comedian Trevor Noah would not be imprisoned for mocking the US president. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to turn this over to Trevor now, strap myself into my seat,” Mr Biden said in his introduction to Mr Noah at the annual … Read more
An analyst on Russia’s state-run television gave a big thank-you to former President Donald Trump, contending that he had upended a decade-long plan supported by President Joe Biden to oust President Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin. Trump repeatedly spoke favorably of Putin during his tenure as a 2016 GOP presidential candidate and while serving as … Read more
British Government says Russia is manipulating people online by hacking influential accounts Russian web trolls situated in an old arms industrial facility in St Petersburg are focusing on world pioneers on the web and spreading support for Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine, the British government has said, referring to an investigation. Online agents were viewed … Read more
Despite the risk of a direct conflict with Russia, the West altered gears in its backing for Ukraine this week, becoming less cautious about its military support and more clear in its war goals. “We want to see Russia diminished to the point where it can’t do the types of things it did in invading … Read more
Even two months into the battle against its smaller neighbour, the invading Russian army has had scant success in Ukraine. While most of the pushback against the Kremlin has been attributed to the Ukrainian army’s fierce resistance-which has been helped by western weaponry-the country’s inhabitants have also played a part in slowing Russian advances into … Read more
Biden claims Putin’s nuclear weapons comment as desperate measures to hide failure President Joe Biden predicted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s atomic saber shaking. As well as the Kremlin’s most recent remarks that the U.S. is battling an ‘intermediary’ battle in Ukraine. Biden was asked at the White House Thursday assuming he was worried about Putin’s … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decrying conflict as “an absurdity within the 21 century” and urging Russia to cooperate with worldwide research into atrocities. Making his first visit to Ukraine because Russia launched a full-scale invasion on February 24, Guterres toured numerous cities and villages … Read more
Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday they had been investigating 10 Russian soldiers for alleged war crimes in Bucha, as the visiting UN leader entreated Russia to cooperate with a probe into atrocities. The discovery of our bodies in civilian clothes observed on the road or buried in shallow graves inside the Kyiv suburb after a Russian … Read more
At a market within the industrial metropolis of Lysychansk in east Ukraine — warfare-scarred after relentless attacks with the aid of Russian forces — one woman quietly hopes Moscow’s navy will step forward. “Technically, we’re Ukrainian. But Donbas is not Ukraine,” Olena confided to AFP, referring to swathes of east Ukraine that Moscow has vowed to … Read more
Poland and Bulgaria are actually receiving gasoline from their EU neighbors after Russia’s kingdom strength massive Gazprom turned off the taps, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. “We will ensure that Gazprom’s decision has the least possible impact on European consumers,” von der Leyen said. “Today, the Kremlin failed once again in … Read more
Eurozone shares wobbled and the euro struck a five-year low towards the dollar on Wednesday as issues over gasoline components ratcheted better. Meanwhile, Wall Street recovered from sharp losses the day gone by over concerns about the effect of anticipated hobby fee hikes on tech shares as greater corporations pronounced earnings. Oil costs fell on concerns approximately Covid-19 lockdowns … Read more
