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Tens of thousands of civilians and Russian-appointed officials are being moved out of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region ahead of a Ukrainian offensive, says the Russia-installed local leader. Vladimir Saldo said all Russian-appointed departments and ministries would cross the Dnieper river. Some 50-60,000 civilians would also leave in an “organised, gradual displacement”, he said...
- Massive Russian strikes target energy grid in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak visits President Zelensky in Kyiv as he pledges £50m in aid (Category: Breaking News)
A military aircraft has crashed in a residential area of the southern Russian town of Yeysk, killing at least four people and injuring up to 25. An apartment block was set on fire and emergency services called in. A nearby school was evacuated, reports say. Russia’s defence ministry said the plane, a Su-34 fighter bomber, […]
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak visits President Zelensky in Kyiv as he pledges £50m in aid (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
At least three explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, after air raid sirens went off. Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said residential buildings in the central Shevchenkivskiy area have been damaged. Andriy Yermak, head of President Zelensky’s office, said the attacks were from so-called kamikaze drones. It comes a week after the capital was […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
- UK to be one of worst performing economies this year (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 60 killed after suspension bridge in Gujarat collapsed (Category: Breaking News)
The past few hours have seen wave after wave of explosions, not just in Kyiv, but all across Ukraine, from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east and Odesa in the south. For those of us who were here when Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February, there’s an element of déjà vu. We’ve […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 60 killed after suspension bridge in Gujarat collapsed (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire on protesters in Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- South Korea Halloween crush kills 120, injures 100 (Category: Breaking News)
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed the final papers to annex four regions of Ukraine – even as his military suffered further setbacks. The Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are “accepted into the Russian Federation” the documents say. But in two of those areas – Luhansk and Kherson – Ukraine said it has been […]
- Russians start leaving Ukraine’s Kherson city (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive Russian strikes target energy grid in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia warns of war with the West (Category: Breaking News)
The US’s decision to send more military aid to Ukraine “increases the danger of a direct military clash” between Russia and the West, Moscow has warned. Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said it was an “immediate threat” to Moscow, describing the US as “a participant of the conflict”. Earlier, the US announced another […]
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
By Gwynne Dyer Two months ago, John Bolton wrote an article in ‘The Hill’, the leading politics website in Washington, warning against a Russian ‘October Surprise’. He suggested that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, might suddenly cease military operations and declare a ceasefire – which would utterly snooker the Ukrainians.As one of the hawks who talked […]
- Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Russian President (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin announces partial mobilization for Russians, threatens enemies (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian kamikaze drones hit Kyiv, Putin arrives in ally Belarus (Category: Breaking News)
Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities as protests against Russia’s new “partial mobilisation” continue across the country, an independent rights group has said. OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday. Widespread demonstrations have broken out since President Vladimir Putin announced plans to draft 300,000 men to fight in [R...
- Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope tells Zelensky he is ‘praying for peace’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
Russian men are attempting to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the Ukraine war. Queues have formed at border crossings since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation on Wednesday, which could see 300,000 people summoned to fight. The Kremlin says reports of fighting-age men fleeing are exaggerated. But on the […]
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- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
Ukrainian forces have seized even more territory from Russia as they continue their counter-offensive, the country’s president has said. Volodymyr Zelensky said troops have now retaken more than 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq miles) from Russian control in September, in the east and the south. The BBC
- Russian rocket strike on Ukrainian train station kill 22 (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine launches counter-offensive actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine launches counter-offensive actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement over Ukraine reference (Category: Breaking News)
Russia wants to destroy the normal life of every European citizen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, according to a BBC dispatch.It said: “It is trying to attack with poverty and political chaos where it cannot yet attack with missiles,” Mr Zelensky said in his regular
- Russia “Responsible” For Ongoing Crisis In Sri Lanka: Ukraine’s Zelensky (Category: Breaking News)
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- Russian Ambassador encourages Sri Lanka to consider nuclear energy collaboration (Category: Breaking News)
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev, who took power in 1985, opened up the then-USSR to the world and introduced a set of reforms at home. But he was unable to prevent the slow collapse of the Soviet Union, from […]
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- Powerful storms wreak havoc in Europe (Category: Breaking News)
- One third of Pakistan under water (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration by a United Nations conference on nuclear disarmament. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is reviewed by its 191 signatories every five years, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Russia objected to a draft text citing “grave concern” over military activities around Ukraine’s nuclear plants, in particular [...
- Russian rocket strike on Ukrainian train station kill 22 (Category: Breaking News)
- One third of Pakistan under water (Category: Breaking News)
- Powerful storms wreak havoc in Europe (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine retakes 6,000 sq km from Russia (Category: Breaking News)
A Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station has killed 22 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow’s invasion began. It says five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in a vehicle. An 11-year-old boy also was killed. President Volodymyr Zelensky […]
- Ukraine retakes 6,000 sq km from Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope tells Zelensky he is ‘praying for peace’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
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One person has been killed after blasts rocked a military base in Crimea, the head of the Russia-appointed regional administration there said. Sergei Aksyonov wrote on social media that the blasts had taken place at the Saky military base near Novofedorivka on the peninsula’s western coast. Footage circulating on social media appeared to show multiple […]
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- Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement over Ukraine reference (Category: Breaking News)
Taiwan’s Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-chang expressed concern that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would have the ‘complete capability’ to attack Taiwan by 2025. The Minister expressed concern while also highlighted sanctions as the means to deter aggression during a virtual seminar titled “Taiwan: is it key to the continuing world order?” organised by The Democracy […]
- Xi Jinping’s Suppression of Hong Kong Democracy Pushes Taiwan Further From China (Category: Breaking News)
- China avoids imposing harsh sanctions against Taiwan as both economies are interdependent (Category: Breaking News)
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered all civilians still living in parts of eastern Donetsk region under Ukrainian control to evacuate. Speaking during a late-night address from Kyiv, Mr Zelensky warned of an intensification of fighting. “The more people leave Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill,” he […]
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports heavy Russian missile strikes in east and south (Category: Breaking News)
- Bodies of some Ukrainian fighters arrive in Kyiv (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
Russia plans to annex more Ukrainian territory using a similar “playbook” to its takeover of Crimea, the US says. Citing US intelligence, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Russia is already laying the groundwork for annexation. Occupied regions of Ukraine could hold “sham” referenda on joining Russia as soon as September, he said. Russia […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
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Russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say. Four civilians died in a strike on Siversk, a town in Donetsk region, local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Civilian areas of Druzhkivka, in the same region, were also hit. A supermarket was destroyed […]
- Zelensky orders civilians to evacuate Donetsk region (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
The heads of UK and US security services have made an unprecedented joint appearance to warn of the threat from China. FBI director Christopher Wray said China was the “biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security” and had interfered in politics, including recent elections. MI5 head Ken McCallum said his service had more […]
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong’s John Lee: Ex-security chief set to become new leader (Category: Breaking News)
- North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases (Category: Breaking News)
- Nancy Pelosi Taiwan trip labelled as ‘extremely dangerous’ by Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
At least 21 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says 16 people were killed in a nine-storey building hit by one missile in the village of Serhiyivka. Another five people, including the child, were killed in a […]
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
Nato member Turkey has agreed to support Sweden and Finland’s membership of the alliance. It had initially opposed the Scandinavian countries’ bids to join. Turkey was angered by what it saw as their willingness to host Kurdish militants. Sweden and Finland could not join Nato without Turkey’s support. Russia strongly opposes the two states joining […]
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- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
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Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced. “Today marks a crucial step on your path towards the EU,” Mr Michel said, describing the European Council’s decision as a “historic moment”. Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion in February, and the process moved […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
It’s not even two months since Emmanuel Macron was convincingly re-elected as president but he is already in a crunch election that could prevent him pushing through his reforms. French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide who will control their National Assembly. Mr Macron beat the far right in April, but this […]
- Macron loses majority as French vote fragments (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of civilians are trapped in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk with essential supplies running out, the United Nations is warning. Many of them are sheltering in bunkers beneath the city’s Azot chemical plant. The last bridge leading out of the city was destroyed in fighting earlier this week – effectively trapping its 12,000 remaining […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of besieged Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban appeals for help after earthquake kills over 1000 (Category: Breaking News)
All bridges to the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been destroyed, the local governor says. With the city effectively cut off, Serhiy Haidai says delivering supplies and evacuating civilians are now impossible. Fierce fighting is taking place in the eastern city where Ukrainian officials said Russian artillery had driven its forces out of […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has killed hundreds of civilians in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv using indiscriminate shelling and widely-banned cluster munitions, according to new research by Amnesty International. Amnesty said it had found evidence of Russian forces repeatedly using 9N210/9N235 cluster bombs, as well as “scatterable” munitions – rockets that eject smaller mines that expl...
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