MILAN (AP) — Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, expressed her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: carrying the Ukrainian team sign during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Kucherova was wrapped in a long silver padded coat with a hood and her eyes…
Oil markets remained nervous early Monday as Asian trading began, with all eyes on reports of possible progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, the strengthening US dollar is adding downward pressure to prices, with both major benchmarks losing about 3% last week. At the time of writing, West Texas…
kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has received more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily bombing raids, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and wounded five members of his family, including two children, in the latest overnight attack. Russia’s relentless attack on urban areas behind the front…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a secret location in rural Ukraine, columns of attack drones gather at night and in near silence to strike deep into Russia. Its objectives are strategic: oil refineries, fuel depots and military logistics centers. Since the summer, Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has escalated dramatically, hitting energy infrastructure across Russia and…
One Ukrainian pilot called the Gripen the only plane “for which I am willing to sell my soul.” Vadym Voroshylov considered the Swedish aircraft to be the ideal option for Ukraine. The plane is seen as the West’s best option for Ukraine as it was designed for a fight with Russia. A Ukrainian fighter pilot…
kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — About 100 people gathered at a church in kyiv on Monday to honor two Ukrainian journalists who were killed when a Russian drone crashed into their car in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Both war correspondent Olena Hubanova, 43, who worked under the pseudonym Alyona Gramova, and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin…
kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s state security service unveiled an improved marine drone that it says can now operate anywhere in the Black Sea, carry heavier weapons and use artificial intelligence for targeting. Ukraine has used unmanned naval drones to attack Russian shipping and infrastructure in the Black Sea. The Security Service of Ukraine, known…
Photo by: Presidential Office of Ukraine/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images donald trump and Volodymyr Zelensky They were relatively cordial at a lunch in front of reporters on Friday, but the goodwill reportedly turned into a “shouting fight” when the two leaders disappeared behind closed doors. financial time reported on Sunday that Trump warned the Ukrainian president to accept…
By Marek Strzelecki and Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish court on Friday ruled against the handover of a Ukrainian suspect wanted by Germany in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions and ordered his immediate release. Although Warsaw had said the decision on whether Volodymyr Z. should be transferred to Germany…
(Reuters) – Local authorities in Ukraine on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of families from dozens of villages near the nearly destroyed northeastern city of Kupiansk, citing the “worsening security situation” in a region that has faced intense Russian attacks. Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the northeastern Kharkiv region, wrote on Telegram that a total of 409…
