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Ukraine reports Russian attacks and battlefield clashes despite ceasefire

May 11, 2026 admin

Ukraine’s military and regional officials on Monday (May 11, 2026) reported Russian drone strikes and battlefield clashes over the past 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Ukraine and ‌Russia agreed on Friday (May 8) to a ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 ⁠as part of a U.S.-led push for peace under President Donald Trump…

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Ukraine says it shot down 33,000 Russian drones in March, monthly record

April 28, 2026 admin

An instructor from the Ukrainian company General Cherry demonstrates the operation of an anti-air interceptor drone designed to destroy Russian attack drones in Kyiv region. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine used interceptor systems to shoot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its…

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Ukraine has asked Turkiye to host a Zelenskiy-Putin meeting, Foreign Minister says

April 22, 2026 admin

Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine has asked Turkiye to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and ‌Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv ⁠seeks to reinvigorate stalling peace talks. “We asked the Turks about it, we asked some ‌other capitals,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said…

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Woman dies, buildings damaged in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh, governor says

January 11, 2026 admin

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos A woman died ‍and three other people were injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on ‌the southern Russian city of Voronezh, the region’s Governor Alexander Gusev said on Sunday (January 11, 2026). More than 10 apartment buildings, about 10 private houses, a secondary school and several administrative…

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Ukraine attacks petrochemical plant in Bashkortostan with drones, says Russia

November 4, 2025 admin

Petrochemical plant of Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat company in Salavat in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “A Ukrainian drone attack damaged the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant deep inside Russia, causing a partial collapse of a water-treatment facility but no injuries,” regional authorities said on Tuesday (November 4, 2025). “The plant in the…

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Zelensky Says 2 Captured North Korean Soldiers Being Probed

January 11, 2025 admin

Kyiv: Ukraine said Saturday that investigators were questioning two wounded North Korean soldiers after they were captured in Russia’s Kursk region, saying they provided “indisputable evidence” that North Koreans were fighting for Moscow. It is not the first time that Kyiv has claimed the capture of North Korean soldiers during its Kursk incursion but it…

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End Of Ukraine Gas Transit “One Of Moscow’s Biggest Defeats”: Zelensky

January 1, 2025 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday hailed the end of the transit of Russian gas across Ukraine as “one of Moscow’s biggest defeats”. “When Putin was given power in Russia more than 25 years ago, the annual gas pumping through Ukraine to Europe was 130+ billion cubic metres. Today, the…

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Ukraine Ends Transit Of Russian Gas To EU, What Happens Next?

January 1, 2025 admin

Kyiv: Russian gas supplies to the European Union (EU) states via Ukraine ended on Wednesday after Ukraine’s gas transit operator Naftogaz refused to renew its latest five-year transit deal with Russia’s Gazprom. Under a five-year deal signed in 2019, Ukraine had allowed Russia to pipe gas to Europe via its territory. However, the agreement expired…

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Ukrainian drones hit oil facility in Russia’s Oryol region

December 14, 2024 admin

Smoke and fire rise from an infrastructure facility storing fuel, following what regional governor Andrei Klychkov called a Ukrainian drone attack, in Oryol, Russia, in this screengrab obtained from social media video released on Saturday (December 14, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters “Ukrainian drones carried out an overnight attack on an oil facility in Russia’s…

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Donald Trump Calls Ukraine Firing US Missiles Into Russia “Crazy”

December 13, 2024 admin

In his “Person of the Year” interview published in Time’s magazine, President-elect Donald Trump has called Ukraine’s use of American missiles in Russia’s territory “crazy”. He also added that he “vehemently” disagrees with it, suggesting that the United States’ policy towards the war between Russia and Ukraine could change dramatically. “It’s crazy what’s taking place….

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