A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of a boat on the shore of the Dnipro river. AP

Ukraine war: Soldier tells BBC of front-line 'hell'

 07:05 04/12/2023

Outnumbered and outgunned, one front-line soldier has given a sobering account of Ukraine's struggle to cling on to its foothold on the east bank of the vast Dnipro river.
Ruslan Finchuk, who went missing near Kupyansk, in the Bakhmut area, in January. COURTESY OF LIIA KRAFT

Dead or Alive? The Hunt for a Ukrainian Soldier Missing on a Chaotic Battlefield

 11:34 03/12/2023

Ruslan Finchuk was last seen under Russian fire. His unit told his wife he was dead. ‘He just disappeared.’
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attends the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. © Petr David Josek, AP

Ukraine blocks ex-president from leaving country amid alleged plan to meet pro-Putin Hungary’s Orban

 15:57 02/12/2023

Ukraine's security service said on Saturday it had prevented former president Petro Poroshenko from leaving the country on grounds that Russia planned to exploit a planned meeting with Hungary's prime minister to hurt Ukrainian interests.
Serhii before going on a mission. His unit was tasked with holding the trenches on the eastern front line on the outskirts of Bakhmut. Courtesy Serhii

Surrounded by Russians and ready to die, this Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike – on his own position

 11:44 02/12/2023

Thanks to Serhii, Ukrainian artillery conducted several accurate strikes, but more Russian soldiers continued to take up positions around him.
Demonstrators march in Caracas in May 2021 to protest against US sanctions. ©  Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

US threatens to ‘pause’ sanctions relief for Venezuela

 21:47 01/12/2023

The White House has warned that Caracas must make more progress in releasing “political prisoners” to avoid being punished again
President Zelensky has spoken of winter marking a new phase in the war

Ukraine war: Zelensky says fortifying front lines must be accelerated

 11:00 01/12/2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said defences must be quickly beefed up across the front line, after meeting commanders in some of the main pressure points in the south and east.
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Russia is starting to make its superiority in electronic warfare count

 06:36 23/11/2023

There may not be much the West either can or will do to help Ukraine
File photo: Marianna Budanova, left, and her husband, Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, at a memorial service in January, 2023. © Viacheslav Ratynskyi, Reuters

Ukraine accuses Russia of poisoning military intelligence chief’s wife

 06:34 29/11/2023

Ukraine said Tuesday it believed Russia had poisoned the wife of its military intelligence chief, in an apparent assassination attempt targeting the heart of Kyiv's leadership.
A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's spy satellite into orbit during a news programme at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on November 22, 2023. © Lee Jin-man, AP

North Korea defends satellite launch at UN as Kim studies images of White House

 11:00 28/11/2023

North Korea's ambassador made a rare appearance at the UN Security Council on Monday to defend his country's launch of a spy satellite, as leader Kim Jong Un studied images including of the White House and Pentagon.
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‘Russia will not lose’ – EU member state

 09:47 27/11/2023

Hungary’s Viktor Orban says the West should accept “reality” and come up with a Plan B
Reuters / Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as Ukraine's president in 2019

Ukraine war: Fierce row erupts over 2024 election

 23:26 25/11/2023

How can you hold elections in a war?
A kindergarten was heavily damaged by the latest Russian drone strike on Kyiv. Reuters

Ukraine war: Kyiv hit by biggest drone attack since war began

 14:54 25/11/2023

Russia has launched its biggest drone attack on Kyiv since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, the city's mayor has said.
FILE PHOTO. An anti-aircraft missile launched from a Russian S-300 system. ©  Sputnik / Sergey Pivovarov

Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down – Russian MOD

 12:49 25/11/2023

The Russian military has also said it neutralized some 18 unmanned Ukrainian aircraft during the preceding 24-hour period
North Korea. © AFP

North Korea to deploy new weapons to border after successful launch of spy satellite

 12:48 23/11/2023

North Korea said Thursday it would deploy new weapons and stronger armed forces to the border with the South, as Seoul's spy agency said Pyongyang had received Russian help to successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has denied the war is headed into a stalemate and called on western backers to maintain support. Photograph: Reuters

Zelenskiy calls for operational changes to Ukraine military after sacking commander

 06:21 20/11/2023

President demands ‘new level of medical support for soldiers’ as questions mount over speed of counteroffensive against Russia
A building in the Moscow-City business centre damaged after a reported drone strike in August

Russia says it shot down Ukrainian drone headed towards Moscow

 20:35 18/11/2023

Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone heading for Moscow was shot down by defence forces on Saturday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a National Unity Day ceremony in Moscow, Nov. 4. Almost two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin has reason to believe time is on his side. PHOTO: MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS

It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia’s Defeat

 11:48 16/11/2023

Putin has withstood the West’s best efforts to reverse his invasion of Ukraine, and his hold on power is firm. The U.S. and its allies need a new strategy: containment.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said a partial Ukraine membership of Nato would not symbolise a freezing of the war with Russia. Photograph: Jussi Nukari/Shutterstock

Ex-Nato chief proposes Ukraine joins without Russian-occupied territories

 08:16 11/11/2023

Former secretary general says partial membership would warn Russia it cannot stop Ukraine joining the alliance
GETTY IMAGES | A woman and young child sit in a metro station to shelter during an air raid in Kyiv

Ukraine war: Kyiv hit by first air attack in 52 days, say authorities

 07:53 11/11/2023

Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been hit by the first Russian air attack in 52 days, according to city officials.
Image: Getty Images

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia

 06:49 09/11/2023

General Valery Zaluzhny admits the war is at a stalemate
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