Ukraine
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More than 4,000 people have been evacuated in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region since Russia launched the latest round of missile attacks on Friday, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said Sunday. Among them, 2,097 people from the Kharkiv district, 1,377 from the Chuguev district, 29 from the Bogoduhiv district, and 570 others have been evacuated, Synegubov wrote…
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Russian missile and drone attacks on Wednesday heavily damaged two hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine, Ukraine’s state-run hydropower generating company Ukrhydroenergo said Thursday. “Two hydroelectric power plants are out of operation,” Ukrhydroenergo said in a post on Telegram, not specifying locations. Ukraine’s overall hydroelectric power generation has suffered big losses in the recent attacks, it…
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A short time ago, we brought you a report from Russia detailing that defence minister Sergei Shoigu had ordered new weapons for Moscow. But what about weapons for Kyiv? On the Ukrainian side, a massive US military assistance package will soon be felt on the battlefield. On Monday, the White House confirmed that security assistance…
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The Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the Royal Family to visit Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. Sophie’s trip was to “demonstrate solidarity with the women, men and children impacted by the war”, said Buckingham Palace. The palace also said it was a continuation of her work to…
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Debris recovered from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv on 2 January was North Korean, the Reuters news agency is reporting. Citing a United Nations sanctions monitor, Reuters said debris recovered was from a Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile – made in North Korea. Three sanctions monitors travelled to Ukraine earlier this…
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More than 30 Ukrainian conscripts have died while trying to cross the border illegally to avoid mobilisation, a Ukrainian official has said. Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, told Ukrinform that some men are prepared to pay “large sums” of money to groups promising to smuggle them across the border safely. “Then they are…
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Ukrainian troops are still defending their positions on the frontline while grappling with depleted weapons supplies and increased Russian attacks. Western support is on full display in the pictures below, with soldiers of the Ukrainian army’s 25th separate airborne brigade operating a German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle. Number of injured in Odesa rises The number…
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Arsenal footballer Oleksandr Zinchenko has said he would leave the UK to fight in Ukraine if called up. His comments came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed into law a new bill which lowered the military mobilisation age from 27 to 25, boosting the country’s armed forces against invading Russian troops. In a new interview, Zinchenko…
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U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, emerged early on as a natural advocate for supporting her native country in its war with Russia. But when $61 billion in additional support for the war effort came up for a vote in the House recently, she voted against it. Instead she has called for…
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Estimates by the UK’s minister for the armed forces say 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine. Leo Docherty told the UK Defence Journal that in addition to those killed, tens of thousands of people have deserted the Russian military since the start of the war in February 2022. He said he did…
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The bodies of two people have been discovered in the Tisa River near Ukraine’s border with Romania, Ukraine’s state border guard reported. “Despite the lowering of the water level in the Tisa, it is extremely dangerous to swim across it, especially at night,” a statement by the border guard said. “Sharp stones, roots, tree debris,…
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Fashion retailer Hugo Boss is ending its presence in Russia after agreeing a deal to sell its business in the country to wholesale partner Stockmann – two years on from suspending operations there. “As a result of the agreement, Hugo Boss will no longer be present in Russia with its own legal entity,” the company…
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Russia said on Monday that U.S., British and French military support for Ukraine has pushed the world to the brink of a direct clash between the world’s biggest nuclear powers that could end in catastrophe. President Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has touched off the worst breakdown in relations between Russia and the West…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu have thanked US lawmakers after they voted in favor of new aid packages for their countries worth billions of dollars. “Thank you, America!” Zelensky wrote on his Telegram on Saturday, shortly after the House of Representatives passed the long-delayed Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act by a vote of…
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Speaker Mike Johnson ultimately succeeded in passing foreign aid Saturday, after months of fierce infighting over sending additional funds to Ukraine. Whether he can survive a looming effort to boot him from the speakership still remains to be seen. Johnson had plowed ahead with the votes to send money to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan despite rising conservative…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia. Johnson, R-La., is already under immense political pressure from his fellow GOP lawmakers…
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