Meanwhile, Ukraine downs a second A-50 radar detection plane, Macron talks ground troops, and Putin threatens nuclear risk. Ukrainian forces in the east struggled to find stable new defences during the past week, as Russian troops continued to advance after capturing Avdiivka – suggesting that artillery and other shortages were affecting Ukraine’s ability to hold…
These are the key events as the war approaches its 710th day. Here we have the Friday, February 3, 2024, scenario. Diplomacy and politics Parts of Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia, which claimed that Moscow falsely accused Kyiv of genocide in order to justify the invasion in 2022, can proceed, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…
As the war enters its 706th day, these are the main developments. Fighting Russia claimed to have taken control of Tabaivka, a tiny village on the front line in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. Ukraine denied the claim and said fighting continued. Alexei Kulemzin, the Russian-installed mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Donetsk, blamed Ukraine for…
These are the major events as the war approaches its 623rd day. The circumstances of Wednesday, November 8, 2023 are as follows. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that his country has increased its deployment of Western air defense systems in anticipation of an anticipated Russian attack on vital energy facilities in the winter, when…
These are the key events as the war approaches its 621st day. Now, let’s look at Monday, November 6, 2023. Combating Rustem Umerov, the minister of defense for Ukraine, launched an investigation after several troops were killed by a Russian missile strike on Friday during what the media claimed was a “award ceremony” close to…
Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Fighting At least two people were killed and eight injured in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the attacks hit residential areas, shops, medical facilities and other civilian infrastructure. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the city will build Ukraine’s first fully…
Fighting Russia released a video reportedly showing Viktor Sokolov, commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, at a meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and other military top brass a day after Ukrainian special forces claimed he was among dozens of officers killed in an attack on the fleet’s Sevastopol naval base. Ukraine said it…
Ukraine’s allies should stop sending weapons to Kyiv and move towards negotiations to bring lasting peace, China’s envoy for Eurasian affairs has said. Li Hui’s appeal came as Washington and many European nations are ramping up supplies of missiles, tanks and other weapons to Ukrainian forces that are trying to take back territory occupied by Russia. If…
Russian carried out the most extensive air raids in months that killed at least 25 people, including five children, Ukrainian officials say. Russia, which regularly denies targeting civilians, said its strategic bombers carried out precision missile attacks on Ukrainian army reserve units to prevent them from getting to the front line. The Russian-installed mayor of Donetsk city said…
As the conflict enters its 417th day, we take a look at the main developments Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has captured two more areas in Bakhmut, the city where fighting has been concentrated for months, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said. The death toll rose in a Russian missile strike in another eastern Ukrainian city, Sloviansk….
