NATO chief General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the war between Russia and Ukraine could last for years. General Stoltenberg’s comments come at a time when Ukraine is facing fierce Russian attacks over its bid to join the NATO bloc. According to Reuters, the German daily Bild am Sonntag quoted NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg … Read more
Some 37,000 women serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and more than 1,000 of them have already become commanders.Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska said this in a video address at the international conference “Women in Conflict” in Brussels, Ukrinform reports. “Most of our doctors are women. About 50% of our businessmen are women and they … Read more
A Russian general Roman Kutuzov has been killed in eastern Ukraine, a Russian state media journalist said on Sunday, adding to a string of high-ranking military casualties suffered by Moscow. The report, posted on the Telegram messaging app by state television reporter Alexander Sladkov, did not say precisely when and where Major General Roman Kutuzov … Read more
Eastern Ukraine has been in the news since 2014 as Russia annexed parts of eastern Ukraine, Crimea. The Russian separatist groups in eastern Ukraine especially in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions have sought independence since the same year. Russian backed separatists held a significant part of the territory even before the invasion. The governor of … Read more
The United States has announced that it is sending advanced missile systems to Ukraine, but the jury does not know whether they will change the game they hope for in Kyiv’s war with Russia. The new weapon is the Himars multiple rocket launcher or MLRS: a mobile unit that can launch several high-precision missiles simultaneously. … Read more
Russian forces already control at least 70% of Severodonetsk eastern part of Ukraine, Luhansk Governor Sergei Gaidai, who has described the situation as “ultra-complicated”, confirmed to the British network Sky News on Tuesday. This morning the Russians occupied half of the town, the largest in Ukrainian hands in this province, in the Donbas region. The … Read more
Russia has claimed full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Moscow’s biggest victory in the war to date. More than 20,000 civilians are believed to have died in the coastal city after a nearly three-month siege. According to the Associated Press, Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President … Read more
A woman activist from Ukraine interrupted the Cannes Film Festival red carpet by going topless and delivering a message against rape in war moments before the premiere of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing.” The unidentified woman had the words “Stop raping us” on her torso along with the blue and yellow colours of the Ukrainian … Read more
A Russian soldier reportedly told his mother that his commander shot himself in the leg to get out of the war in Ukraine, according to an audio recording of a phone call intercepted by Ukrainian authorities. The Main Intelligence Directory of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry published the recording on Saturday. In the call, a man who … Read more
The Russian-Ukrainian war entered its 79th day as Russia intensified its offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine, Ukrainian state arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom said on Friday that they repairs $50.6 million worth of captured Russian equipment. Ukraine’s main aerospace and defence company also reported on May 12 that it had sustained damages worth over $3.4 billion … Read more
