Two explosions heard in Ukraine’s capital, smoke rising over city

Two explosions heard in Ukraine’s capital, smoke rising over city

At least two explosions were heard in Kyiv on Tuesday and smoke could be seen rising over the city, a Reuters correspondent in the Ukrainian capital said. The blasts followed air raid warnings across Ukraine hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivered a video address to leaders of the Group of 20 nations who are meeting […]

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Putin’s name absent as Russians discuss retreat in Ukraine

Putin’s name absent as Russians discuss retreat in Ukraine

When Gen. Sergey Surovikin was appointed the overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine a month ago, the Kremlin’s cheerleaders in the media lauded him as exactly the kind of severe warrior needed to bring order to the stumbling invasion. “General Armageddon,” some called him. The general appeared on national television in a rather different […]

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UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee meet: US, UK, France call for end to Ukraine war, Russia says West supplying arms to Kyiv

UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee meet: US, UK, France call for end to Ukraine war, Russia says West supplying arms to Kyiv

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered ninth month, the conflict resonated in the UN Security Council Counter Terrorism Committee meet in Delhi on Saturday. While France, the US and the UK attacked Russia for its violent invasion of Ukraine, Russia accused them of supplying Kyiv weapons, which, it claimed, were going into the hands […]

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Russia suspends participation in deal on Ukraine grain exports: TASS

Russia suspends participation in deal on Ukraine grain exports: TASS

Russia has suspended participation in a UN-brokered deal to export agricultural produce from Ukrainian ports following attacks on ships in Crimea, TASS quoted the defence ministry as saying on Saturday. Russia said that Ukrainian forces, with the help of drones, attacked ships from the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, the biggest city in Russian-annexed Crimea, […]

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Ukraine moves to cut diplomatic ties with Iran after drone attacks

Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Tuesday he was submitting a proposal to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to formally cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after a wave of Russian attacks using what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones. Russia launched dozens of “kamikaze” drones on targets in Ukraine on Monday, striking energy infrastructure and killing four people in […]

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Russian fighter plane crashes into apartments in Yeysk near Ukraine

Russian fighter plane crashes into apartments in Yeysk near Ukraine

Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the southern Russian city of Yeysk on Monday, engulfing apartments in flames, the regional governor said. Footage showed a large fireball erupting from a multi-storey building. Russian news agencies said the pilots had ejected. Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said the plane was a Sukhoi Su-34, a supersonic […]

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Despite its barrage of missiles, Russia still loses ground in Ukraine

Despite its barrage of missiles, Russia still loses ground in Ukraine

Written by Andrew E. Kramer They exploded with dull thuds on the outskirts of towns and detonated in the center of cities with deafening booms. Strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, left cars burning and splatters of blood on the sidewalks. Throughout this week, the Russian military fired its most intensive barrage of missiles at Ukraine […]

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PM Modi’s remarks to Putin not a change in India’s position on Ukraine war, says Jaishankar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand were not a change in India’s position on the conflict in Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he underlined that New Delhi has been urging for early cessation of hostilities between the two countries. Responding to a […]

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For a deaf family in Ukraine, the bombs came without warning

For a deaf family in Ukraine, the bombs came without warning

In her rundown apartment building on the edge of Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, Antonina Andriyenko felt the vibrations but couldn’t hear the explosions when Russia invaded in late February. She knew something was happening only when her panicked neighbors rushed to leave. “At first I thought it was an earthquake,” said Andriyenko, 74, […]

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