April 1, 2022
French intelligence chief, Gen Viduad, fired for inadequate predictions
The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say. Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for "inadequate briefings" and a "lack…
March 27, 2022
Ukraine war is our war, proclaimed by 3 Brit ex-soldiers
The road to war for CJ, Elliott and Kieran ran through Facebook, a cheap flight to Poland, and a cold night sleeping outside a railway station. We meet the former British soldiers in Ukraine just outside a school, a couple of kilometres from the…
March 27, 2022
The US and the EU have announced a major deal on liquified natural gas
The agreement will see the US provide the EU with extra gas, equivalent to around 10% of the gas it currently gets from Russia, by the end of the year. The bloc has already said it will cut Russian gas use in response to Russia's invasion of…
March 27, 2022
Canada stepping up to help solve Global energy crisis
Prices have soared as a result of Russian supplies being squeezed because of its invasion of Ukraine. Canada's natural resources minister said many countries are committed "to help as much as we can in terms of displacing Russian oil and gas".The…
March 27, 2022
Officials believe Russia hacked Ukrainian satellite communications
Russia is believed to have hacked US satellite communications provider Viasat on the day of its invasion of Ukraine. Western intelligence agencies have been investigating the incident and while they have not yet made a public accusation, they…
March 27, 2022
Five wounded after explosions hit western city of Lviv
Several explosions hit the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, regional officials said. The governor of the Lviv region, Maksym Kozytskyi, said five people had been injured, and that rocket fire had hit a fuel storage facility and a factory. Lviv has…
March 22, 2022
Russia ‘exploring’ US cyber-attacks
President Joe Biden said on Monday that intelligence indicated a growing Russian cyber threat to the US. He said Russia was "exploring" cyber attack, but the US would use "every tool" to prevent and respond to such a move. Mr Biden suggested Moscow…
March 22, 2022
Ukrainian refugee numbers reach 3.4 million
More than 3.4 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, according to the latest figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Monday's update showed that, of those refugees, more than 2 million have crossed the border…
March 21, 2022
How Russian accounts manipulate Twitter
Olena Kurilo became the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bloodied and bandaged, the 53-year-old teacher said she couldn't believe what had happened to her and her town of Chuhuiv. Her picture was on the front pages of newspapers across the…
March 21, 2022
Russia trying to starve Mariupol into surrender
A Ukrainian MP has accused Russia of trying to starve the besieged port city of Mariupol into surrendering. Dmytro Gurin was speaking soon after Ukraine rejected a Russian deadline demanding Mariupol's defenders lay down their arms in exchange for…