Russia early on Monday launched missiles and drones targeting Ukraine, waking up Kyiv and the eastern half of the country, a few hours after the one-day Easter ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin came to an end. In a post on social media, regional Ukrainian officials said there were no immediate reports of injuries…
The Kremlin on Monday debunked reports which suggested that Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, wanted a divorce. The reports also said she wants to leave Russia. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, also refuted reports which suggested that Assad had been confined to Moscow and had his property assets frozen. Peskov…
Ukraine has claimed killing a senior Russian general, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, in an explosion in Moscow. The explosive device was reportedly hidden in an electric scooter and detonated outside an apartment building in the Russian capital. Ukraine has claimed the attack which marks one of the boldest targeted assassinations of a senior military official…
US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine’s power grid in a deadly barrage. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was confirming reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that…
Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron on Monday said the result of the Russian elections showed “the depth of repression” under President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin praised Putin’s landslide re-election for a fifth term in office as “eloquent confirmation” of the people’s support. But Cameron, who on Sunday evening said the election was neither free nor…
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Wednesday his country’s priority for 2024 was to gain control over its skies, as Russia’s full-scale assault enters its third year. His comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos came just hours after Russian drone and missile attacks overnight wounded 20 people across Ukraine. The drone barrage left…
Russia struck areas of eastern and southern Ukraine with artillery and missiles, killing at least three people and wounding four others, officials said. The strikes come as both sides prepare for a gruelling winter of fighting and as Russia tries to suppress a Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain occupied territory. Russia fired hundreds of shells into…
The Russian forces have attacked Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, with drones on Sunday morning. According to CNN, witnesses heard at least five blasts but scale of attack has not yet been ascertained Russia carried out an overnight aerial attack in the city as loud blasts were heard in the Ukraine’s capital. The attack, which happened…
Russian paramilitary fighters will have to swear an oath to the Russian flag, a presidential decree signed Friday stipulates, two days after the presumed death of mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The measure is aimed at “forming the spiritual and moral foundations for the defence of the Russian Federation” and applies to members of volunteer formations…