Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba today asked the EU to ban Russian tourists from entering its territory, calling the measure appropriate since a majority of Russians support Moscow’s “genocidal war of aggression” against Kiev. “The time for half measures is over,” Kouleba told Reuters as EU foreign ministers are expected to meet today in Prague […]
Tag: War Ukraine Russia
Ukraine: At least five people were killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv
At least five people were killed and seven wounded today in Russian shelling that targeted the center of Kharkiv (northeast), Ukraine’s second-largest city, the mayor and regional governor said. “Russian occupation forces shelled districts of central Kharkiv. There is damage,” regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said on Telegram, citing an initial toll of four dead and […]
Ukraine: ‘Fierce fighting’ rages ‘almost across’ Kherson region
“Fierce clashes” between Ukrainian forces and the Russian army are raging “in almost all” of the Russian-held Kherson region, where the Ukrainian army launched its counteroffensive, the Ukrainian presidency announced today. “Powerful explosions were taking place all day (yesterday Monday) and all night in the Kherson region. Violent clashes are raging on almost the entire […]
Borel: The Ministers EU defense officials are expected to agree today on a training program for the Ukrainian army
EU defense ministers may agree today on the principle of creating a European mission to train Ukraine’s military, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Several EU countries have been providing training to Ukrainian troops for some time, mainly to learn how to use weapons that Western countries are sending to Ukraine in an effort […]
US official: Russia suffered several ‘failures’ with UAVs it acquired from Iran
Russia has suffered “several failures” using Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it acquired from Tehran this month for use in its war in Ukraine, a US administration official said on Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that Washington believed Moscow had received Mohajer-6 and Shahed series aircraft this month. According to […]
US welcomes IAEA team visit to Zaporizhia nuclear plant
The US government has welcomed an inspection of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, held by Russian troops, by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “We fully support the mission of experts under IAEA Director General (Raphael) Grossi to the power plant and we are pleased that the team is on its […]
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister: Kyiv wants immediate NATO membership
Ukraine’s government wants to become a member state of NATO immediately, in other words not to implement the previous plan for the country’s slow and gradual admission to the organization, which was drawn up before Russia’s military invasion on February 24, a Ukrainian government official said yesterday official. “Only direct integration” is the option that […]
The ‘Soviet’ Beriev seaplanes rose again in the Black Sea
By David Axe A Ukrainian strike on a Russian air base in occupied Crimea a few days ago reportedly destroyed dozens of warplanes belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. From the attack, however, it seems that an old aircraft escaped: the Beriev Be-12 seaplane from the 1970s. It is either one of the few […]
Former Zelenskyi deputy who joined the occupation administration in Kherson was murdered in his home
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Alexei Kovalev, who sided with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party but later supported Russian occupation forces in Kherson, was murdered on Sunday, Russian investigative authorities said today. “Deputy head of the Kherson region’s civil-military administration in charge of agricultural affairs, Alexei Kovalev, surrendered after being wounded by bullets,” the Investigative Committee said on […]
Zelensky: Russia is not ready for talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking today at the Bled Strategic Forum, held in the city of Bled, Slovenia, said that Russia is not ready for talks and likened it to an alligator that tries to seize everything that does not belong to it. , reports the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. “They (the Russians) are not […]