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,...
BERLIN, Germany- Berlin on Wednesday approved the delivery of powerful German-made Leopard tanks to help Ukraine repel Russia's invasion, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies. Germany will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from the Bundeswehr stocks, government spokesman...
The P500-million increase in the 2023 budget for direct fuel subsidies or "ayuda" to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers will help the government cope with uncertainties in the world oil market. (MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo of the House Committee on Appropriations...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Germany faced a strong backlash from allies on Saturday over its refusal to supply Ukraine with its vaunted Leopard tanks to boost its fighting capacity in the nearly year-long war with Russia. On Friday, some 50 nations agreed to provide Kyiv with billions of dollars' worth of...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Friday its forces had captured two villages in Ukraine, including a hamlet south of the eastern town of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting between Kyiv and Moscow's forces. The defence ministry said pro-Russian separatist forces with artillery and aviation support...
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany- President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged Western allies to deliver tanks to Ukraine at a key defence conference in Germany, although the Kremlin denied the weapons would change anything on the battlefield. Addressing the US-hosted donor meeting at the Ramstein Air...
BROVARY, Ukraine - Ukraine's interior minister was among more than a dozen people killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday near a kindergarten outside Kyiv, spurring condolences from allies. Officials initially said that 18 people had died but later revised the toll down to 16, including one of the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday described a fatal helicopter crash outside Kyiv that killed the interior minister and more than a dozen others as "a terrible tragedy". "Today, a terrible tragedy occurred in Brovary, Kyiv region. A SES (state emergency services)...
A Ukrainian diplomat is hoping to arrange a phone call between President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the former expressed willingness in conducting a dialogue. Denys Mykhailiuk, Charge d’Affaires of the Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia, said the...
