Moscow: President Vladimir Putin called up Russian military reservists on Wednesday, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was “no bluff,” and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. His mobilisation call comes as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine prepare to hold annexation referendums this week, dramatically upping the stakes in […]
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Ukraine official says ‘450 graves’ found near recaptured Izyum
Kyiv, Ukraine: About 450 graves were counted at one burial site near the eastern Ukraine city of Izyum which was recently recaptured by Kyiv’s forces, a senior presidential aide said Friday. “Four hundred and fifty graves… This is just one of the mass burial sites discovered near Izyum. In the occupied territories, rampant terror, violence, […]
Ukraine nuclear plant disconnected from grid after nearby fire
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under occupation by Russian troops was disconnected from the national power supply on Thursday, the state energy operator said. “The actions of the invaders caused a complete disconnection of the (Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant) from the power grid the first in the history of the plant,” Energoatom said on […]
Russia accused of shelling from captured Ukraine nuclear plant
KYIV: Russia is using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including “missile systems” and shell the surrounding areas in Ukraine, an official with Kyiv’s nuclear agency said Friday, while nearly the entire country was placed on air raid alert. The president of Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom said the situation at […]
Kyiv sending large delegation to recovery talks in Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland: Kyiv said Thursday that Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal would lead a delegation of around 100 people to Switzerland next week for an international meeting on rebuilding Ukraine. Ukraine is sending “a very high-level delegation”, Kyiv’s ambassador to Switzerland Artem Rybchenko told reporters in Bern, adding it would mark the largest delegation to leave […]
Zelensky urges G7 to help end Ukraine war by winter
GERMANY: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged world powers to do their utmost to help end Russia’s invasion by the end of the year, as G7 leaders planned new sanctions and vowed to support Ukraine “as long as it takes”. US President Joe Biden and his counterparts from the Group of Seven rich nations, meeting […]
Moscow says strikes hit Ukraine military training centres
MOSCOW: Russia said Sunday that its forces had carried out strikes against three military training centres in northern and western Ukraine, including one near the Polish border, just days before a NATO summit. The bombings were carried out with “high-precision weapons of Russia’s aerospace forces and Kalibr missiles,” Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said […]
Russia strikes Kyiv residential building ahead of G7 summit
KYIV: Russian strikes hit a residential building in Kyiv on Sunday, the first attack on the capital in almost three weeks, sparking calls by Ukraine for more support from G7 leaders meeting in Germany. Four people, including a seven-year-old girl, were taken to hospital following the early morning strikes on a neighbourhood that includes a […]
Johnson warns Macron off settling Ukraine war ‘now’
GERMANY: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that they saw an “opportunity to turn the tide” in Ukraine, as London warned against trying to “settle” the conflict now. A Downing Street spokesman said the leaders, meeting at the G7 summit in Germany, “agreed this is a critical moment […]
UN peacekeeper killed in Mali mine blast: UN
BAMAKO: A UN peacekeeper was killed by a mine Sunday in restive northern Mali as he was participating in a patrol, the head of the UN’s MINUSMA Mali force El Ghassim Wane tweeted. The peacekeeper was part of the Guinean contingent in MINUSMA, a MINUSMA official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “He was first […]