Russian-Ukrainian war

Belarus opposition warns Lukashenko is preparing to enter Ukraine war

Belarusian opposition figures believe Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is preparing for direct participation in the war against Ukraine. They have already submitted a report on the matter to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

22 June, 05:23 PM

Zelenskyy rejects efforts to help Putin save face as peace talks stall

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized what he called the mistaken view among some international mediators that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is ready to end the war against Ukraine but needs a way to “save face” to do so.

22 June, 12:50 PM

Russian draft office admits regular raids as war losses mount in Ukraine

The military commissioner of Russia’s Penza Oblast, Andrei Surkov, said law enforcement officers are conducting raids on residents of the region, Russian media reported. He said the operations are carried out regularly to detain people accused of evading military service.

22 June, 10:28 AM

Fires hit Crimea power plant and gas sites after overnight drone attack

Multiple fires broke out in temporarily occupied Crimea after an overnight drone attack on June 20, the Crimean Wind monitoring channel reported.

20 June, 08:54 PM

Russian bomb hits Kharkiv building, injures nine

Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs overnight on June 20, with one bomb striking a two-story building in the city’s Kholodnohirskyi district, killing one person and injuring nine others.

20 June, 10:27 AM

Ukraine’s Moscow strike hardens U.S. view that Putin cannot be trusted

The mood in Washington toward the war in Ukraine is shifting. After Ukraine’s defense forces carried out record strikes on Moscow on June 18, two views are taking hold in the U.S. capital, The Economist reported.

19 June, 02:23 PM

Politico turns down Lavrov article filled with Kremlin war narratives

Politico declined to publish an article by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov titled “Ukraine, Europe and Global Security,” in which Moscow rejected European peace initiatives as an “ultimatum,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry published the article on its official website.

19 June, 11:56 AM

Ukraine intel warns Russia is not broke but is losing war-making capacity

Russia is not on the brink of immediate bankruptcy, but it is already “running through what it has left,” Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said on June 18.

19 June, 11:09 AM

Costa defends limited Kremlin contacts to protect future EU interests

European Council President António Costa told EU leaders that resuming limited diplomatic contacts with Russia is necessary, in his view, to keep a communication channel open and protect the European Union’s future interests.

19 June, 10:41 AM

Macron says Trump shifted on Ukraine after doubting its survival

U.S. President Donald Trump initially believed Ukraine would lose the war against Russia but later changed his mind after seeing Ukrainians’ resilience and ability to keep fighting, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

19 June, 10:16 AM

Ukrainian paratroopers halt two-day Russian assault near Sloviansk

Troops from Ukraine’s 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade stopped a two-day Russian mechanized assault in the Sloviansk sector, the 7th Air Assault Corps said on June 17.

17 June, 12:18 PM

Trump softens Ukraine stance as allies see Russia losing leverage

World leaders gathered this week in France for the G7 summit believe Europe and the United States now share the view that Ukraine’s battlefield position is growing stronger, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

17 June, 11:00 AM

Trump says Russia ‘has to make a deal’ after ‘very good’ Zelenskyy meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 16 that he had a “very good” meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that the two would meet again later in the day. Trump said Russia “has to make a deal,” The Guardian reported.

16 June, 02:23 PM

UNESCO condemns strike on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra but does not name Russia

UNESCO responded to Russia’s attack on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and other historic sites but did not state that the damage was caused directly by Russia’s mass strike on the Ukrainian capital.

15 June, 06:06 PM

Russian strike damages Dovzhenko studio, destroys major costume archive

The Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio, one of Ukraine’s oldest film studios, was damaged during Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv on June 15. Studio employees posted photos showing the aftermath of the strike.

15 June, 12:31 PM

Russian strike destroys Dnipro college, damages House of Organ and Chamber Music — photos

A Russian missile strike overnight on June 15 destroyed a college building in Dnipro and damaged a school and the House of Organ and Chamber Music, Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, said.

15 June, 10:58 AM

Zelenskyy highlights Trump’s Crimea remarks as leaders plan G7 meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening video address that he spoke with Donald Trump earlier in the day, highlighting the U.S. president’s remark that Russia’s war against Ukraine began with the seizure of Crimea at a time when the world lacked strong leadership.

15 June, 10:41 AM

Russian attack damages Kyiv court as city reels from drone and missile barrage

The High Anti-Corruption Court building in Kyiv was damaged in an overnight Russian attack, the court said on Facebook.

15 June, 10:17 AM

Russia’s manpower edge erodes as Ukraine inflicts mounting battlefield losses

Russia’s vast manpower advantage is beginning to erode as Moscow finds it increasingly difficult to replace battlefield losses in its war against Ukraine, CNN reported in an in-depth article published on June 14.

14 June, 11:24 PM

Mounting Russian losses force Kremlin closer to hard choices over Ukraine

As Ukraine expands drone and missile production and Russia’s losses mount, the war is becoming more costly for the Kremlin, The Sunday Times columnist Mark Urban wrote.

14 June, 08:17 PM

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