BUCHAREST, Romania- Romania on Friday denied Russian missiles flew over the country, rejecting Kyiv's claims that two Russian missiles crossed the airspace of the NATO-member on their way to Ukraine. Romania detected an "aerial target launched from the Black Sea from a ship of the Russian...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Russia launched "massive" missile and drone attacks Friday, a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky lobbied for long-range weapons before EU leaders. Ukraine's war-time leader travelled to London, Paris and Brussels this week in only his second trip abroad since Moscow...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The British government on Wednesday announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the new sanctions on organisations that Russian President Vladimir Putin's military relied on would "accelerate the...
Kyiv, Ukraine - The EU on Friday pledged to support Ukraine "every step of the way" in its quest for bloc membership as top officials gathered in Kyiv for a highly symbolic summit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is hosting the meeting, is pressing the bloc for speedy membership as it...
BERLIN, Germany - Germany said Friday it has issued authorisation for Leopard 1 tanks to be sent to Ukraine, in a further boost for Kyiv as it seeks heavier weapons to counter Moscow's forces. Berlin has already said it will provide Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2s from its military stocks, but...
MOSCOW, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed a decisive response to any country threatening Russia and lashed out against Germany for promising tanks for Kyiv. His threats came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the Kremlin was consolidating its forces for a...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that his war-torn country deserved to start talks "this year" on joining the European Union. "I believe that Ukraine deserves to start negotiations on EU membership this year," Zelensky said Thursday after talks with EU chief...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine will hold a summit with the European Union in Kyiv this week, the government announced Tuesday, as it expressed hope the conference would bring the war-battered nation closer to membership in the bloc almost a year after Russia launched its invasion. Kyiv also announced it...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday by urging the world to unite against "indifference" and "hatred," nearly one year into Russia's invasion of his country. "Today, as always, Ukraine honours the memory of millions of victims of the...
BERLIN, Germany - Germany's Leopard 2, the powerful tank that Berlin has finally agreed can be sent to Ukraine, could provide a major boost for Kyiv's forces as they fight back against Russian troops. But the Ukrainians would need to be quickly trained up to use the tanks and to maintain them....
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's military conceded to AFP Wednesday that its troops had pulled out of town of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region, which Russian forces said they captured earlier this month. "After months of heavy fighting, including over the past weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine left...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed a controversial law toughening punishments for disobedience or desertion from the armed forces amid Russia's invasion. Stronger sanctions will also apply to offences such as threatening commanders, fleeing the battlefield,...
