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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky postponed all his upcoming foreign trips as Ukraine’s army battled to contain a front-line push by the Kremlin’s forces, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 15 visited a drone manufacturing facility in Kyiv on the second day of a visit meant to reassure Ukrainians of continuing American support….
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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A resident from Vovchansk who fled due to Russian shelling, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, arrive in evacuation centre in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia pounded over 30 villages and towns in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region after launching a ground offensive in the border region, forcing almost 6,000 to…
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. File | Photo Credit: AP Lithuania is holding a Presidential election on May 12 at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow’s intentions, but particularly in the strategically important Baltic region. The popular incumbent, Gitanas Nausėda, is favored…
Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire and damaged several oil tanks. (Representational) London: A Ukrainian drone struck a major oil processing plant in Russia’s Bashkiria region on Thursday from some 1,500 km (932 miles) away, a Kyiv intelligence source said, its longest-range such attack since the start of the war. Ukraine also…
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Children lay flowers at a monument to the Eternal Flame, in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 8, 2024, on the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. | Photo Credit: AP Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid on Wednesday,…
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Russia insists these missiles will not fundamentally change outcome of the conflict. (Representational) Moscow: Russia on Saturday said it had downed four US-made ATACMS long-range missiles recently supplied by Washington to Kviv over the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula. The defence ministry said it had “foiled” the night attack but did not specify if the falling debris…
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Representational file image | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on May 1 that it had struck the command headquarters of the Ukrainian Army’s southern grouping, which is based in the port of Odesa where Kyiv reported a missile attack had killed three people. “The headquarters of the operational command of the Southern grouping of the…
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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 10th Edelweiss Separate Mountain Assault Brigade carries a Leleka reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) before flying it at a front line, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on April 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s air defence systems destroyed 17 drones launched by Ukraine over its…
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Centre releases disaster relief funds for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu The Union government has ordered the release of ₹3,730.32 crore towards “relief assistance for natural calamity” from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) weeks after the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka moved the Supreme Court seeking relief funds for calamities such as Cyclone Michaung,…
