UKRAINE
Russian strike kills 7 civilians in southern Ukraine, including 3 children, say officials Russian missiles slammed into a town in southern Ukraine, killing seven civilians, including children, and wounding dozens, local authorities reported.Ukrainian officials published video of burned out cars and emergency services response to damage o...
30 Jun, 2024, 10.17 PM ISTFrance elections: France's exceptionally high-stakes election has begun, far-right leads pre-election polls France elections: Voters in mainland France start casting ballots in a critical legislative election that may lead to far-right control, impacting Europe's financial markets, support for Ukraine, and the management of France's nuclear arsenal and gl...
30 Jun, 2024, 01.11 PM ISTUkraine war would never have started 'if we had a leader': Trump During the first debate clash of the 2024 election campaign, Republican Donald Trump blamed US President Joe Biden for the Ukraine war. Trump claimed the invasion would not have occurred if there had been a different leader. He criticized Biden for ...
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EU releases Euro 1.9 billion for Ukraine, days after launch of accession talks The European Union on Thursday disbursed Euro 1.9 billion to Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. The funds, provided under the Ukraine Facility, are intended to support the Ukrainian state during this challenging time. European Union Pres...
28 Jun, 2024, 08.17 AM ISTVolodymyr Zelenskyy signs security pacts with EU, 2 member nations The agreement with the EU lays out the bloc's commitment to help Ukraine in nine areas of security and defence policy-including arms deliveries, military training, defence industry cooperation and demining.
27 Jun, 2024, 11.12 PM ISTRussia blames West for Sunday’s attack on Sevastopol civilians on religious holiday “Four persons were killed, including a two-year-old boy, who was playing on the municipal beach, and a nine-year-old girl. One hundred and fifty-one people applied for medical assistance; 82 persons – 55 adults and 27 children – were hospitalised, m...
27 Jun, 2024, 02.24 PM ISTInternational Criminal Court issues arrest warrant Russia's Shoigu and Gerasimov The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov for alleged war crimes during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The ICC stated they were responsible for missile...
25 Jun, 2024, 05.11 PM ISTMoscow expects to sign new co-operation pact with Iran in 'very near future', RIA reports Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko stated that a new comprehensive cooperation agreement with Iran is close to completion and expected to be signed shortly. The agreement aims to replace a 20-year strategic pact signed in 2001, focusing ...
25 Jun, 2024, 08.16 AM ISTRussia-Ukraine war: Several injured after Russian strike hits Odesa warehouse A Russian strike on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa injured four people, according to the State Emergency Service. Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said the strike took place against civilian infostructure and damaged a storage facility and nearby buil...
24 Jun, 2024, 11.17 PM ISTUK's Nigel Farage says the West provoked Putin's invasion of Ukraine The remarks, made in an interview with the BBC aired late on Friday, drew strong criticism across the British political spectrum ahead of a July 4 election in which Farage's party is predicted to win millions of votes. Farage said he stood by commen...
23 Jun, 2024, 12.58 AM ISTSouth Korea supplying weapons to Ukraine would be 'a very big mistake': Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that supplying weapons to Ukraine would be "a very big mistake" on South Korea's part. "I hope it doesn't happen. If it happens, then we will be making relevant decisions that are unlikely to please the...
22 Jun, 2024, 08.13 AM ISTUkraine War: Russia obliterates front-line Ukrainian towns by retrofitting bombs The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. A third bomb failed to deto...
20 Jun, 2024, 11.28 PM ISTRussian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Vietnam for a state visit after North Korea Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Vietnam to talk with the country’s Communist leaders after concluding a defence pact with North Korea. Putin’s aircraft touched down in Hanoi early on Thursday and Vietnam is the final stop on his two-...
20 Jun, 2024, 11.22 AM ISTUkraine summit opens in Switzerland, seeking path to peace World leaders were joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Switzerland on Saturday for a summit on peace in his country, but with Russia staying away it is seen as the first step in a long process. "Together, we are making the first step t...
15 Jun, 2024, 05.19 PM IST'I don't care whether West trusts us…': Lavrov as Putin lays out Russia-Ukraine ceasefire conditions Days before the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, Russian President Putin, on June 14, laid out conditions for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. Putin said Russia would end the war only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety...
15 Jun, 2024, 05.05 PM ISTWorld leaders to meet at Swiss resort on possible Ukraine peace roadmap, Russia is notably absent Leaders from Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Somalia, alongside numerous Western heads of state and government, are set to convene at a conference this weekend to discuss the initial steps toward peace in Ukraine, with Russia notably absent. Hosted...
15 Jun, 2024, 12.58 PM ISTG7 leaders agree to lend Ukraine billions profited from Russia's frozen assets President Biden and European leaders have agrees to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan using profits from frozen Russian assets. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US and Europe froze $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets. Most of th...
14 Jun, 2024, 06.01 PM ISTWhat will happen when the Ukraine gas transit deal expires? Ukraine has announced it will not extend a five-year deal with Russia's Gazprom for the transit of Russian gas to Europe when it expires at the end of the year. The Ukraine gas transit route, agreed upon by Moscow and Kyiv in 2019, enables Russia to...
14 Jun, 2024, 05.57 PM ISTUkraine summit attracts world leaders but fails to isolate Russia U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of Germany, Italy, Britain, Canada and Japan are among those set to attend the June 15-16 meeting at the Swiss mountaintop resort of Buergenstock.
14 Jun, 2024, 05.36 PM ISTZelenskyy says Xi Jinping assured him of not selling weapons to Russia; here's how Biden responded Responding to a question about Chinese support to Russia during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had assured him in a phone conversation that China w...
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