Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February 2022, are advancing in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to take the whole of the Donbas, which is about half the size of the U.S. state of Ohio. Russia’s defense ministry said its forces had taken the town of Novohrodivka, which lies […]
The announcement came a day after several other ministers resigned in a significant government reset two-and-a-half years into Russia’s invasion. Kuleba — the face of Ukrainian diplomacy during the war — is the most senior of the ministers to offer to step down. “The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine received a letter of resignation from the […]
The dismissal was announced just a day after the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major Russian strike on Monday. “I have decided to replace the commander of the Air Forces… I am eternally grateful to all our military pilots,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his […]
The jet came down and its pilot died while it was approaching a Russian target, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday on Facebook. The F-16s had “demonstrated high efficiency” and downed four Russian cruise missiles, it added. Ukraine said Russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones that day targeting the energy sector. “Connection […]
The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow’s relations with the United States since the depths of the Cold War. On Tuesday, Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles. The list, published on Telegram by the ministry, included 14 […]
Cohen told a national security industry conference that the significance of the Ukrainian incursion, which has overrun some 300 square miles (777 square km) of the Russian province, remained to be seen. Ukrainian forces crashed through Russia’s western border into the Kursk region on Aug. 6 in a surprise offensive that is continuing. While Kyiv […]
Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack. Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than […]
“Ultimately the price rise we are announcing today is driven by our reliance on a volatile global gas market that is too easily influenced by unforeseen international events and the actions of aggressive states,” said Ofgem’s CEO Jonathan Brearley. “We know that this rise in the price cap is going to be extremely difficult for […]
Kyiv said it had seized more than 80 settlements over 1,150 square km (444 square miles) in Kursk since launching a surprise strike across the border on Aug. 6, the biggest invasion of Russia since World War Two. “Kursk direction. Minus one more bridge! Ukrainian Air Force aviation continues to deprive the enemy of logistical […]
Ukraine blindsided Moscow by pouring thousands of troops into the western Russian region of Kursk last week. The surprise operation has given Ukraine its biggest battlefield gains since 2022 after months on the back foot. Kyiv’s account jarred with the picture painted by Russia where Major General Apti Alaudinov said Ukraine’s troops had been halted. […]
