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Fate of Ukrainian lands invaded by Russian forces remains unpredictable

According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions captured by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, even though officials it installed there already have announced plans for a vote to join Russia. As the war in Ukraine nears its six-month mark, Moscow faces multiple problems in the territory it occupies - from pulverized civilian infrastructure that needs urgent rebuilding as colder weather looms, to guerrilla resistance and increasingly debilitating attacks by Kyiv's military forces that have been gearing up for a counteroffensive in the south. Analysts say that what could have been a clear victory for the Kremlin is becoming something of a ...

'Time stopped,' says Ukrainian citizens who long to go home as war drags on

On March 8, nearly two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Taisiia Mokrozub took her infant son, parted from her husband and joined an exodus to safety in Poland. She believed the war would end quickly and she would be home by May. But a half-year later, with shelling near a nuclear power plant in her hometown of Zaporizhzhia, and the front line so close, the 36-year-old's husband is telling her to stay in Poland with their now-11-month-old baby. She now dreams of being home by winter, hoping Ukraine will have prevailed by then against Russia's onslaught. As the war reaches the sixth-month mark Wednesday, many refugees are facing the sad realization that they will not be going home soon, if they have homes to return to at all. With missiles falling even far from the front line, many wouldn't feel safe yet, even in areas under Ukrainian control. So they are biding their time, waiting for the end of a war that shows no signs of ending soon, longing for home and refusing to think too f

Russian attacks in the east and south repelled: Ukrainian General Staff

The Ukrainian General Staff has said that it had repelled Russian advances in the eastern Donetsk region toward the cities of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Avdiivka

With bravery as new brand, advertising is 'weapon of war' for Ukraine

With bravery' as its new brand, Ukraine is turning advertising into a weapon of war

2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian arrested as alleged spies at Albania military plant

Two Russians and a Ukrainian were arrested for alleged espionage at a military plant in southern Albania, the Albanian Defense Ministry said late Saturday. The Russian man identified only as M.Z., 24, was detained after entering the plant's grounds in Gramsh, 80 kilometers south of the capital, Tirana, and taking photos, the ministry said in a statement. Two military guards were injured by a neo-paralysing spray used by the Russian while resisting arrest, it said. Another Russian woman, S.T., 33, and a Ukrainian man, F.A,. 25, were arrested outside the complex and their vehicle was blocked, the ministry said. Three persons were accompanied by police which in cooperation with other institutions is investigating the case, the statement said, adding that military police, army intelligence police and civil and anti-terror police are coordinating on the case. The two army guards injured by the spray were taken to a military hospital for medical care. The Gramsh military plant opened i

Pro-Russia authorities claim new Ukraine shelling at nuclear plant

Russian-installed officials reported fresh shelling near the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

Russian troops shoot down Ukrainian drones in Crimea as war broadens

Russian authorities on Saturday reported shooting down Ukrainian drones in Crimea, while Ukrainian officials said Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts to seize one of the few cities in eastern Ukraine not already under their control and kept up their strikes on communities in the north and south. In Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, Russian authorities said local air defenses shot down a drone above the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was the second drone incident at the headquarters in three weeks and followed explosions at a Russian airfield and ammunition depot on the peninsula this month. An aide to Crimea's governor, Oleg Kryuchkov, also said Saturday that attacks by small drones triggered air-defense systems in western Crimea. He did not elaborate. Russia considers Crimea to be Russian territory now, especially after building a huge bridge to the peninsula from the Russian mainland, but Ukrainian officials have never accepted its annexation

US buying 150,000 metric tonnes of Ukraine grain for hungry regions: UN

The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. The final destinations for the grain are not confirmed and discussions continue, David Beasley said. But the planned shipment, one of several the UN agency that fights hunger is pursuing, is more than six times the amount of grain that the first WFP-arranged ship from Ukraine is now carrying toward people in the Horn of Africa at risk of starvation. Beasley spoke Friday from northern Kenya, which is deep in a drought that is withering the Horn of Africa region. He sat under a thorn tree among local women who told the AP that the last time it rained was in 2019. Their bone-dry communities face yet another failed rainy season within weeks that could tip parts of the region, especially neighbouring Somalia, into famine. Already, thousands of ..

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US announces new military aid, drones for Ukraine to regain territory

The US for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. A senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, 40 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as MRAPs with mine-clearing rollers, and 2,000 anti-armor rounds that can help Ukraine troops move forward in the south and east, where Russian forces have placed mines. The official said the U.S. is looking to help shape and arm the Ukrainian force of the future as the war drags on. This latest aid comes as Russia's war on Ukraine is about to reach the six-month mark. It brings the total US military aid to Ukraine to about $10.6 billion since the beginning of the Biden administration. It is the 19th time the Pentagon has provided equipment from Defense Department stocks to Ukraine

US poised to announce new $ 800 mn military aid, drones for Ukraine

The United States is poised to announce it will provide Ukraine with nearly USD 800 million in new military aid Friday, including at least a dozen Scan Eagle surveillance drones, according to several US officials. Officials said the bulk of the aid package will be additional Howitzers and ammunition, including Javelin missiles that the Ukrainian military has been using effectively to try and hold off Russian forces and take back territory Moscow has gained. Two officials confirmed the new inclusion of the portable, long-endurance drones which are launched by a catapult and can be retrieved. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the aid ahead of its public release. For much of the last four months of the war, Russia has concentrated on capturing the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists have controlled some territory as self-proclaimed republics for eight years. Russian forces have made some incremental gains in the east, but they have als

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Russian air force fires at Crimean city of Kerch, explosions reported

Russia has threatened massive retaliation in the event of an attack on the rail and road bridge

Russian attack in Ukraine's Kharkiv likely aimed to divert troops: UK

Moscow accuses London of a targeted disinformation campaign

Soccer clubs get share of $1mn fund for Ukraine refugees work, says ECA

Soccer clubs helping refugees from the war in Ukraine have been given 680,000 euros ($686,000) toward their humanitarian projects, the European Club Association said. Athletic Bilbao, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb, Legia Warsaw and Maccabi Haifa are among 15 clubs awarded grants of between 25,000 euros and 50,000 euros. Their work is to assist displaced children and families during the ongoing Ukrainian humanitarian crisis, the ECA said. The ECA, which has about 250 member clubs, set aside 1 million euros ($1 million) in March in a fund for Ukrainian relief working alongside the UEFA Foundation for Children charity.

Ukraine-Russia war: Doctors stay in war-hit towns, say 'People need us'

Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed lavender scrubs as she walks through a door frame that hangs from a crumbled wall into what used to be an administrative office of her hospital in Zolochiv. Not one building in the facility in the northeastern Ukrainian town near the Russian border has escaped getting hit by artillery shells. Since Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, space to treat patients at the hospital has shrunk constantly because of damage. Her staff has dwindled to 47 from 120. And the number of people seeking treatment in the small town 18 kilometers (11 miles) from the border is often higher now than before the fighting began. Ukraine's health care system struggled for years because of corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. Care is being provided in the hardest-hit areas b

India, Pakistan left in a lurch as gas deliveries get redirected to Europe

With gas prices more than 150% higher since the Russian invasion in February, and wealthier nations able to pay more to ensure adequate supplies, emerging nations can't compete

Lure of big profits draws more older tankers into Russian oil trade

At least four tankers 15 years or older have joined the pool of vessels delivering Russian oil from Kozmino since May

Russia says it could shut nuclear plant; Kyiv says that risks disaster

Moscow also rejected international calls for a demilitarised zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which it seized early in the war

Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts talks with UN chief, Erdogan on grain export

As a potential power broker, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will use his first visit to Ukraine since the war started nearly six months ago to seek ways to expand grain exports fom Europe's breadbasket to the world's needy. U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres will use his visit to focus on containing the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hosting both men Thursday far away from the front lines, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where diplomatic efforts to help end the war will also be on the agenda. Meanwhile, the screams of incoming shells are still overpowering the whispers of diplomacy. At least 11 people were killed and 40 wounded in massive Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The late Wednesday attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killed at least seven people, wounded 20 others and damaged residential buildings and civilia