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U.S. and West Asia nations seek Kyiv’s drone expertise: Zelenskyy

March 5, 2026 admin

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia has fired tens of thousands of Shaheds at Ukraine since it invaded just over four years ago. File | Photo Credit: AFP The United States and its allies in West Asia are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Various countries, including…

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Ukraine’s military intelligence says North Korean troops suffering heavy battlefield losses

December 27, 2024 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that 3,000 North Korean troops have been killed and wounded in the fighting in the Kursk region. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military…

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Antony Blinken and David Lammy arrive in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for long-range strikes against Russia

September 11, 2024 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrive at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, September 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on a joint visit Wednesday (September 11, 2024), as Ukraine presses the…

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Russia Launches Counter-Terror Operation To Stop Advancing Ukraine Troops

August 10, 2024 admin

Russia has deployed additional troops and equipment, including tanks to stop the advancing troops (file). Moscow, Russia: Moscow on Saturday launched a “counter-terror operation” in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv’s biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. Ukrainian units stormed across the border into Russia’s western Kursk region on Tuesday morning in…

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Blinken visits Ukraine to tout U.S. support for Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s advances

May 14, 2024 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 14 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on May 14 in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes…

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Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine’s Odesa, officials say

April 23, 2024 admin

A view shows damaged buildings at the site of a Russian drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine on April 23, 2024. Photo: Mayor of Odesa Hennadii Trukhanov via Telegram, via Reuters Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of…

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Ukraine digs in for an extended war with Russia after failed counteroffensive

March 19, 2024 admin

A prosecutor examines fragments of Russian missiles that were collected to investigate Russia’s military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian forces facing a lack of munitions and manpower are digging in to resist Russian attack, mirroring the invaders’ strategy and showing Kyiv expects a drawn-out war. President Volodymyr…

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‘Ground operations in Kyiv are possible at some point’

March 18, 2024 admin

(from left) Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Donald Tusk at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 15. | Photo Credit: AFP French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published on March 16 evening that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point”, days after meeting with German…

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Ukraine’s ex-military commander Zaluzhny appointed envoy to U.K.

March 8, 2024 admin

Former Ukraine Army chief Valery Zaluzhny. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has approved the candidacy of former Army chief Valery Zaluzhny as Ambassador to Great Britain, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a request to the British side for an agreement,” the…

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Ukraine’s Kyiv, Lviv placed on heritage ‘in danger’ list: UNESCO

September 15, 2023 admin

The UN’s cultural organisation placed World Heritage Sites in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv on its “in danger” list, saying they are at risk from the war sparked by Russia’s invasion of the country. File | Photo Credit: AFP The UN’s cultural organisation on Friday placed World Heritage Sites in the Ukrainian cities…

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