Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions
By AP and published by Cp24.com Kyiv, Ukraine – After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country’s east to move to stronger positions, a regional governor said on Friday, the four-month mark in Russia’s invasion. The planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the administrative centre of the […]
Read MoreBig crowds take to London streets to protest soaring costs
By AP, published by CTVnews.ca, plus BBC London – Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain. Huge crowds flooded into the British capital for the rally to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses […]
Read MoreUkraine gets possible path to EU, aid pledges from Britain
By AP and published by US News & World Report Kyiv, Ukraine – The European Union’s executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership on Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught that is killing civilians, flattening cities and threatening its very survival. In another show of […]
Read MoreUkraine defies Russian ultimatum for eastern city, US sends more weapons to Kyiv
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Kyiv/Niu-York, Ukraine – Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for Kyiv and urged its allies also not to “lose steam” in providing military support. Sievierodonetsk, now largely in ruins, […]
Read MoreWorld’s ‘future rules’ being decided on Ukraine battlefields, says Zelenskyy at Singapore meet
By Channel NewsAsia Singapore – The future rules of the world are being decided on the battlefields of Ukraine, its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday (June 11), warning that the Russian invasion has global implications for peace moving forward. “Please remember that this support and this attention is not only for Ukraine but […]
Read MoreRussia says two Ukrainian ports ready to ship grain but Kyiv must demine coast
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report London – Russia said on Tuesday that two major Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov seized by Russian forces were ready to resume grain shipments, but the Kremlin said Kyiv still needed to demine the approaches to its ports for exports to take […]
Read MoreBattle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk rages through city’s streets
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Kyiv – Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street by street for control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday (June 6) in the pivotal battle of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Which side had the upper hand remained unclear. Russian forces had the numerical […]
Read MoreUkraine says it pushes back Russian troops in battlefield city Sievierodonetsk
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Kyiv – Ukraine said on Saturday (June 4) it had recaptured a swathe of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk, in a rare counter-offensive against Russia’s main assault force that had been steadily advancing in the east. The Ukrainian claim could not be independently verified and Moscow said […]
Read MoreUkraine troops hold out as Russia assaults Sievierodonetsk wasteland
By Reuters and published by The Straits Times Kyiv – Ukrainian forces were still holding out in Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday (May 31), resisting Russia’s all-out assault to capture a bombed-out wasteland that Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion in recent days. Both sides said Russian forces now controlled between a third […]
Read MoreUkrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city under heavy fire
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Kyiv – Ukrainian forces endured heavy artillery barrages on Sunday (May 29) as they held off Russian attempts to capture Sievierodonetsk, the largest city Ukraine still controls in the eastern region of Luhansk, officials said. Russian shelling has destroyed all of Sievierodonetsk’s critical infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy […]
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