Browsing: Russia-Ukraine

Defence minister says Russia needs to boost volume, speed of production as US sends military aid to Ukraine.Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered an increase in weapons production for the war in Ukraine, his ministry said, days after the United States approved a delayed multibillion-dollar military aid package for the Ukrainian government. At a

As the war enters its 797th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Fighting At least three people were killed and three injured after a Russian missile struck the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early on Wednesday. At least one man was killed and nine injured in the

Kyiv, Ukraine – Armed with two sticks that serve as canes, a 97-year-old Ukrainian woman fled her town in eastern Ukraine to escape advancing Russian troops. “I survived that war and will survive this one,” Lidya Stepanovna said, referring to World War II and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Huddled up in a woollen shawl and

Expert body tells UN Security Council the weapon’s discovery suggests a violation of international sanctions on Pyongyang.The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council (UNSC) committee in a report seen

As the war enters its 796th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Fighting At least four people were killed and 32 more injured after a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, which struck a law academy in a popular seafront park. Governor Oleh

Polish farmers end blockade at the Ukraine border, after months of protests over cheap imports.Polish farmers have called off their protest at the last border crossing with Ukraine, lifting a blockade that has dragged on for months, soured bilateral relations and buffeted Ukraine’s trade. Truckers in Poland began blocking the border late last autumn, angered

NATO chief says the alliance’s members have failed to live up to their military aid promises to Kyiv.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that vital US weapons have started to arrive in Ukraine in small amounts, but that deliveries need to be faster as Russian forces continue to advance on the battlefield. Zelenskyy told a joint

A US fighter named Russell Bentley who fought with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine has been killed in occupied Donetsk, Al Jazeera can confirm. Earlier this month, Russian authorities reported that the 64-year-old citizen of the United States and Russia had gone missing. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russia Today news channel and a close confidante

As the war enters its 795th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Monday, April 29, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s top commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskii said Kyiv’s troops fell back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front, as the situation on the front line worsened. Syrskii said the

Ukraine’s top commander has said Kyiv’s outnumbered troops fell back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front, where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations. Sunday’s statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskii reflected Ukraine’s deteriorating position in the east, which Kyiv hopes it can stabilise once it takes delivery of