Russia is now “back to normal” after a deal brokered by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko ended the short-lived mutiny by a paramilitary organization there, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said on Monday, June 26. Members of Wagner Group prepare to pull...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Friday it had downed an entire barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces overnight, targeting an airfield in the west of the country. "Thirteen of the occupiers' cruise missiles were destroyed on June 23... This time, the attack was aimed at a military...
KYIV, Ukraine - Deadly Russian missile strikes hit southern and eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, as Kyiv claimed fresh advances in its long-awaited counter-offensive. After Russia fired four Kalibr missiles on the southern port city of Odesa from a warship in the Black Sea, Ukraine's air force said....
MOSCOW, Russia - The Russian army on Friday said it had repelled several attacks on the southern Ukrainian front, where fighting sharply intensified this week amid expectations of a major Kyiv offensive. The statement came after Russian war correspondents had reported "active combat" in the...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The UN's top court gave the green light Friday to Ukraine's western allies to support it in its legal fight against Russia. Ukraine dragged Moscow to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague shortly after the February 2022 invasion. Judges last year issued a...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian-installed authorities in southern Ukraine on Friday reported more casualties from the flood triggered by the destruction of a key dam, and said the water could keep rising for more than a week. "Unfortunately, there are casualties... Their number has grown to eight...
KHERSON, Ukraine - Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city in Ukraine, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster. Downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian police and troops...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Tuesday dozens of its soldiers were killed when repelling a long-awaited Ukrainian offensive, a rare admission of losses among Moscow's forces. "For three days, the Ukrainian regime has launched a long-promised offensive in different sectors of the front," Russia's...
MOSCOU, Russia - Russia on Wednesday claimed it had destroyed the last major warship of the Ukrainian naval forces, which it said was stationed in the southern port of Odesa. "On May 29, a high-precision strike by the Russian Air Force on a ship anchorage site in the port of Odesa destroyed the...
KYIV, Ukraine - A Russian missile on Friday morning struck a medical facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing one and injuring 23 including two children, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of smoke billowing from roofless buildings with blown-out...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin shake hands after signing an agreement on the deployment of Russia's nuclear-capable weapons in Belarus, in Minsk on May 25, 2023. (Vadim Savitsky / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarusian...
HIROSHIMA, Japan- India will do "whatever we can" to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Saturday as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since Russia's invasion. "I understand your pain and the pain of Ukrainian citizens very well," Modi said, as the...
