Moscow said Thursday that it had captured another village in east Ukraine, around 10 kilometers from the city of Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces last month. It was the second village west of Avdiivka that Moscow claimed to have seized this week, with Russia seeing some recent successes on the battlefield as Kyiv faces … Read more
Updated with Freedom of Russia Legion claiming capture of village. A group of Russian volunteer forces fighting with Ukraine have captured the village of Tyotkino inside Russia, the group said Tuesday, after Moscow claimed to have pushed back attacks on two border regions. “The settlement of Tyotkino in the Kursk region is entirely under the … Read more
Ukraine was behind an attack that sparked a huge inferno at an oil depot in western Russia on Friday, a source in the Ukrainian security services told AFP. The strike is the second on a Russian oil depot in as many days, after Kyiv claimed another attack on an oil storage facility in the northern … Read more
The last Nordic country to join the alliance is still waiting for Turkey and Hungary to clear its path. ADVERTISEMENT Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO on Tuesday after the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlit a protocol for the Nordic country’s accession to the military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dropped his objection … Read more
Russia said Monday that its forces have captured Maryinka, a town in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region that has been all but destroyed during Moscow’s invasion. “The assault detachment of the ‘South’ grouping completely liberated the settlement of Maryinka today,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin in a televised meeting. Kyiv has not yet commented on Moscow’s … Read more
American and European leaders were keen to present a united front. Washington: President Joe Biden and European Union leaders delivered a message of unity Friday on the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine wars, despite worries that political paralysis in Washington could hamper US aid for its allies. “These conflicts show democracies must stand together,” European Commission chief … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders to press for continued support against Russia’s invasion, amid concerns about the continued flow of US aid. Zelenskyy kept fellow leaders guessing about whether he would attend until the eve of a summit in Granada, Spain, because he sought concrete results from a trip, according to people … Read more
Russia said it repelled Ukrainian drone attacks over several parts of Crimea, outer Moscow and two border regions on Sunday. Crimea has been targeted by Ukraine throughout Russia’s offensive but attacks there have recently intensified as Kyiv vows to recapture the Black Sea peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014. And since Ukraine launched its counter-offensive … Read more