December 22, 2022
President Joe Biden promised Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky, $45 billion
Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion.US military aid to Ukraine was not charity, but an investment in…
November 4, 2022
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘energy terrorism’
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused the Kremlin of resorting to "energy terrorism" as Russian troops make few gains on the battlefield. Mr. Zelensky said 4.5 million people were without power following Russian attacks on its energy…
October 31, 2022
Fighting in Ukraine intensifies as Putin says he won’t use nuclear bombs
Ukrainian forces surrounded the city of Kherson Thursday as they sought to retake it amid reports that Russian-appointed officials had fled. The counteroffensive happened as Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a foreign policy conference,…
October 28, 2022
Russia deploys dozens of drones in two days says Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has launched more than 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in just two days.He added that in total, Moscow had also carried out some 4,500 missile strikes and over 8,000 air raids. Speaking from Kyiv and standing…
October 13, 2022
France sends Germany gas for first time since Russia crisis
France has sent gas to Germany for the first time in "European solidarity" amid increasing energy pressures. The gas, delivered via a pipeline, is part of a deal between the countries to ease energy shortfalls after Russian turned off the taps to…
September 5, 2022
Russia blames sanctions for gas pipeline shutdown
Russia has warned that it will not resume gas supplies along a key pipeline to Europe until sanctions are lifted. Moscow has blamed Western countries for its decision not to reopen the Nord Stream 1 pipeline after it was shut for three days for…
August 29, 2022
Russian recruitment drive unlikely to have impact
Russia's plan to expand its armed forces is unlikely to have an impact on the Ukraine war, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said.Vladimir Putin recently signed a decree to increase the Russian armed forces' military personnel to more than 1.15m - a…
July 22, 2022
Ukraine and Russia set to sign food crisis deal TODAY to unblock grain exports
Ukraine and Russia are set to sign a deal Friday to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, as a critical Russian gas pipeline to Europe reopened. But there was no respite in the conflict on the ground, with Russian artillery on…
June 28, 2022
G7 vows to drive up costs for Russia over Ukraine war
The Russian strike on a shopping centre in Kremenchuk cast a sombre shadow over the last day of the G7 summit; a reminder perhaps for the leaders here of just what, or rather who, they’re dealing with. Vladimir Putin, they said, would be held…
June 20, 2022
Russia blockading Ukrainian grain is a ‘real war crime’
Russia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime", says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell."It is inconceivable - one cannot imagine that millions of tonnes of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while in the rest of…