Paris may still have plans to covertly send a contingent to fight for Kiev, a report submitted to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has warned
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Paris may still have plans to covertly send a contingent to fight for Kiev, a report submitted to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has warned
Russia has been blasted after launching a horrific daytime attack on Ukraine, hitting a children’s hospital and leaving at least 20 people dead.
Russia continues to pummel energy sites across Ukraine, plunging the country into extended blackouts.
The Ukrainian military announced on Thursday that its forces had withdrawn from part of Chasiv Yar in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after Russia claimed control over a district of the strategic town. Russian troops have been steadily advancing in the Donetsk region for several weeks.
The Ukrainian president says more missiles and air defences are needed after a Russian strike kills seven.
The U.S. and its allies are concerned about the growing military cooperation between the two states.
The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many Western heads of state and government and other leaders at a conference this weekend aimed to plot out first steps toward peace in Ukraine – with cnotably absent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukraine responded by calling Putin's proposal “manipulative” and “absurd.”
Kyiv is battling to keep the lights on as Moscow’s attacks on its energy infrastructure, including power plants, seek to sap Ukrainians’ will to resist.
Russia on Monday claimed the capture of another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the latest in a string of gains ahead of a major Ukraine summit in Switzerland.
Ukraine received permission to use donated weapons outside of its claimed territory from several Western nations last week
After an attack over the weekend, the state electricity company, Ukrenergo, said electricity rationing would be needed throughout the country.
The French president also reiterated that Kiev can carry out long-range missile strikes on Russian soil
Washington finally allowed Kyiv to strike limited targets inside Russia with limited weapons. It might be too little, too late.
Both countries are trying to dissuade others from attending the upcoming event, Ukraine's president says.
Moscow knows who would be behind long-range “Ukrainian” strikes, the president has said