1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (357+ words) LONDON, Aug 24 — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Kyiv today on his first international visit since taking office last month, his office said, as Ukraine marks its 35th independence anniversary. Burnham has vowed to give strong support to Ukraine as…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (762+ words) HARARE (Zimbabwe), Aug 20 — Instead of celebrating her son’s birthday this month, Zimbabwean mother Rodwin Chitewere spent the day praying for his body to be brought home from Russia, where he was reportedly killed fighting Moscow’s war against Ukraine. In Botswana…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (675+ words) KYIV, Aug 16 — At a mere mention of her son, Olena’s blue eyes lit up—a smile rediscovered after finding refuge from her violent ex-husband. She and her toddler live in a shelter in Kyiv—an anonymous apartment building which since…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (708+ words) MOSCOW, Aug 12 — In the year since Donald Trump hosted Vladimir Putin on US soil for a summit designed to broker an end to Russia's offensive on Ukraine, the diplomatic initiative has fizzled out and the conflict has escalated. For months,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (252+ words) TEHRAN, July 26 — Iran accused Ukraine yesterday of attacking one of its merchant vessels in the Caspian Sea, killing a sailor and wounding another, and warned it would not leave the incident unanswered. The accusation came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (695+ words) KYIV, July 8 — Encrypted communications, wives and children in the dark, and spending only in cash – the Ukrainian soldiers behind brazen long-range drone strikes on Russia live their lives almost completely in the shadows. The retaliatory attacks on Russian military sites…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (234+ words) KYIV, July 3 — Authorities in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv urged residents to limit time outdoors Friday, after fires caused by large-scale Russian strikes led to a spike in air pollution. At least 30 people were killed between late Wednesday and early Thursday, in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (460+ words) KAZAN (Russia), June 17 — President Vladimir Putin hosts a summit of South-east Asian leaders in the central Russian city of Kazan from Wednesday, as the West pressures Moscow to end its Ukraine offensive. Putin has sought to deepen political and economic…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (806+ words) MOSCOW, June 15 — Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities, setting Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral on fire and killing eleven, while Ukraine strikes claimed three lives in a city south of Moscow. AFP journalists across Kyiv witnessed…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (283+ words) VIENNA, May 31 — A drone hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, the UN nuclear agency has said, citing local officials. Russian media carried a statement from state-owned nuclear power firm Rosatom accusing Ukraine of a deliberate attack…...