2+ week, 5+ day ago   (116+ words) BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Monday approved a further €6.1 billion ($7.12 billion) in financial aid for Ukraine to procure new defence systems, such as air defence, missiles, ammunition and radars. The EU said this latest aid package came on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (522+ words) LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Russian state development bank VEB has fired its chief economist over remarks in which he said the country was falling behind the West and China and suffering mounting economic damage from the war in Ukraine, two sources…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (437+ words) KYIV, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Saturday its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says supports Russia's nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Flamingo cruise missiles struck the rocket…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (1152+ words) ZHYTOMYR REGION, Ukraine, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian farmer Serhiy Rybalko lost two-thirds of his land when Russia occupied a large part of southern Ukraine at the start of the invasion in 2022. Now he is suffering a different kind of torment as…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (298+ words) Vladimir Putin is increasingly fearful of lethal Ukrainian drone attacks and is eliminating political opponents as frustration with his devastating war intensifies. The autocrat is consolidating his authoritarian control over Russia while facing growing outrage over economic turmoil, fuel scarcity…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (728+ words) KYIV, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Viktor Kruhlov, director of Ranok, one of Ukraine's largest children's publishers, struggled to hold back tears as he watched pile after pile of his books turn to ash. "It's a terrible sight to see books burning," he…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (739+ words) New video shows miles-long lines for gasoline after Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries as it continues to target Moscow's energy infrastructure. Massive plumes of smoke were seen in the sky after Ukraine hit the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1162+ words) As the Russo-Ukrainian War escalates from a land conflict into a naval conflict, famine could strike regions that rely on food exports from both Russia and Ukraine. Russia has recently begun attacking Ukrainian ports in retaliation for Ukraine's strikes on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (362+ words) July 23 (Reuters) - Shipowners have temporarily suspended vessel arrivals at Ukraine's Black Sea ports for agricultural exports after a recent surge in Russian attacks on ports and merchant shipping, the country's agriculture minister said. Ukraine has lost about a third of…...