Ukraine may have to evacuate strategic city of Severodonetsk. Russian troops shelling the city 24 hours a day, Sergiy Gaiday says. Ukraine says it will not demine waters around Black Sea port of Odessa to allow exports. As diplomatic attempts to unlock grain held in Ukraine’s ports escalated on Wednesday, a top Ukrainian official conceded … Read more
Russia and Ukraine produce 30 percent of the global wheat supply. The current situation with Ukrainian grain has nothing to do with the food crisis. Russia and Ukraine produce 30 percent of the global wheat supply. Russia denied on Wednesday that grain stranded in Ukrainian ports was fueling a global food crisis, as Moscow pressed … Read more
Turkey and Russia call for an end to sanctions to let Ukrainian grain enter global market. Sanctions imposed on Moscow’s financial system have hampered Russian grain and fertiliser exports. Cavusoglu offered to organise a meeting to examine the UN plan’s contents in Istanbul. Turkey’s foreign minister termed Russian requests for an end to sanctions to … Read more
Russia had been under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights. Moscow was kicked out of the Council of Europe in March. Russia had been under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights. Russian lawmakers On Tuesday passed legislation that effectively removes Moscow from the jurisdiction of the European Court of … Read more
The residential parts of Severodonetsk are under the control of Russia. The Russian army was still seeking to establish control over the city’s “industrial zone and the nearest settlements”: Sergei. Mariupol is currently under the control of the Russian military. The residential parts of Severodonetsk, a crucial city in eastern Ukraine, are fully under the … Read more
Roman Kutuzov’s death was first reported by a Russian state TV war correspondent. Pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine confirm the death of another Russian general in country’s military campaign. Ukrainian soldiers claim to have killed numerous Russian high brass since Moscow launched troops into Ukraine. Pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine on Tuesday confirmed the death of another … Read more
Russia begins handing over bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at Mariupol steelworks. Hundreds of bodies removed from bombed-out mill’s now-Russian-controlled ruins. DNA testing ongoing to identify the bodies, which have been moved to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Russia has begun handing over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters slain at the Azovstal steelworks, a fortress-like factory … Read more
Russian forces were forced to deploy coastal defence missile systems in Crimea. “The threat of Russian missile strikes from the sea remains”: Kyiv. The naval blockade of Ukrainian ports raises fears of a global food crisis. The Ukrainian army announced on Monday that it had pushed the Russian fleet back more than a hundred … Read more
Sri Lankan court overturns order barring Aeroflot Airbus A330 from leaving Colombo airport. Russian airline’s arrest sparked a diplomatic row, with Russia summoning Sri Lanka envoy to its foreign ministry. Air traffic controllers denied clearance for flight SU289 to return to Moscow on Thursday. Sri Lankan court on Monday overturned an order barring the departure … Read more
Serbia has criticised Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, but not condemned its military action in Syria. It has not joined the European Union in slapping sanctions on Moscow. Officials say Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov was forced to abandon a visit to Serbia after many of his neighbours refused to let his plane pass through their … Read more
Dmitry Kovtun was one of two Russian men accused by Britain of poisoning Litvinenko. The ex-KGB officer died after drinking green tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 in 2006. Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoy denied carrying out the killing. Dmitry Kovtun, one of two Russian men accused by Britain of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London … Read more
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged Russia to be “put in its place”. Comments by Macron that Russia should not be humiliated can only humiliate France. Ukraine slammed comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, saying that Moscow should not be humiliated in order to increase diplomatic possibilities of settling the Ukrainian conflict. … Read more
Russian suspect in the 2006 assassination of dissident former died of Covid. Europe’s top court ruled that Russia was responsible for the 2006 killing in London. Litvinenko died after drinking tea laced with the radioactive isotope Polonium 210. A key Russian suspect in the 2006 assassination of dissident former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko in Britain … Read more
Russian defence ministry: Russian missiles also hit an artillery training centre in Ukraine’s Sumy area. Another strike in the Odesa region destroyed a “foreign mercenaries’” camp. Ukraine says it has recaptured part of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk area. MOSCOW: Russia forces shot down a Ukrainian military transport jet carrying weaponry and munitions … Read more
Russia files diplomatic protest over detention of Aeroflot plane at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport. Aircraft was brought to a halt by Colombo Commercial Court following a commercial dispute. 191 passengers and 13 crew were on board flight SU289 from Moscow. When Russia registered a diplomatic protest over the move, Sri Lanka main airport denied … Read more
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says Russia probably controls a significant part of Severodonetsk. The think tank says there had been huge battling around Popasna and Izyum, however that Russia had not been able to make any critical advances. In its most recent update on the battling in Ukraine, the Institute for … Read more
Global food shortages and grain stockpiles in Ukrainian ports were on the agenda. “I found Vladimir Putin committed and aware that the crisis” Macky Sall . The UN has said Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the conflict. African Union Secretary-General Macky Sall On Friday, said he was “reassured” after talks with Russian President … Read more
Washington and Brussels have imposed unprecedented sanctions against Moscow. Putin would explain the situation with grain supplies stuck in Ukrainian ports to Sall. “No one is blocking these ports, at least not from the Russian side,” Peskov African Union Secretary-General Macky Sall On Friday, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider the suffering in … Read more
The UN negotiating with Russia to open Ukrainian ports and release grain. The talks are being led by UN aid chief Martin Griffith and Rebeca Gynspan. African countries imported more than half of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia. The UN said on Friday that it is negotiating with Russia to open Ukrainian ports and … Read more
Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour entered its 100th day. “For 100 days, they have been levelling everything”, Sergiy Gaiday About 60 per cent of infrastructure and housing had been destroyed, Ukraine will win the war started by Russia, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour entered its 100th day, with Russian … Read more
Son of a Conservative MP in the UK involved in the shooting of a Chechen brigade commander in Ukraine. Adam Bisultanov, a Chechen, was murdered on May 26 in a confrontation. Son of a British lawmaker, Ben Grant The Guardian claimed, citing a statement from Russia’s National Guard that Moscow accuses the son of a … Read more
Volodymyr Zelensky declares Moscow in control of 20% of country. Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday vows Ukrainian forces will fight “until the end”. Russia accuses Washington of “adding fuel to the fire”. On the eve of the war’s 100th day, Russian soldiers pounded Ukrainian positions in the Donbas region, prompting Kyiv to declare Moscow in … Read more
Washington and Brussels have imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow. Putin will receive Senegalese President Macky Sall, who chairs the African Union. The UN has said Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the African Union’s Secretary-General on Friday for talks on grain supplies and political cooperation, amid … Read more
the Local governor said, 80 per cent of the city is under Russian control The European Union has also sent weapons and cash to Ukraine Senegalese President to travel to Russia for talks, with Putin to avert a hunger crisis. Russian forces hammered the last Ukrainian defences holding a strategic city in the Donbas region … Read more
On Wednesday, Asian and European stock markets shook as traders digested Wall Street losses and data showing that runaway inflation shows no signs of abating. Oil, on the other hand, rebounded after falling sharply on reports that OPEC was considering dropping Russia from an output agreement, which observers said could allow producers to pump more. … Read more
Kyrgyzstan has joined Central Asian neighbor Kazakhstan in barring sugar exports for six months, citing food security and price concerns, according to the administration. Both former Soviet countries saw sharp spikes in the cost of sugar in the weeks following the start of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine after Moscow banned exports amid domestic panic-buying. … Read more
Canada added President Vladimir Putin rumored girlfriend, 21 Russian officials, and four financial institutions to its growing sanctions list in response to Moscow’s war in Ukraine on Tuesday. “We’re going after banks, oligarchs close to the Putin regime, and his, I don’t know what to call her, his partner,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters … Read more
The Ukrainian official in charge of the region stated Tuesday that Russian troops had gained partial control of the east Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, as Moscow’s army moved farther into the Donbas region. Read more: Georgia’s breakaway region abandons a vote on joining Russia “The situation is extremely complicated. Part of Severodonetsk is controlled by … Read more
