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Ukraine and Russia trade strikes as Kyiv inches closer to EU membership
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (532+ words) Kyiv and Moscow traded strikes overnight and into Saturday morning, local authorities said, with multiple people injured in southeastern Ukraine and one killed in southern Russia. Oleksandr Hanzha, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, said nine people were…...
Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in southern Russia and triggers fire at sea terminal
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (302+ words) Drone debris sparked a fire at a sea terminal, local Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said. He did not give details, but Russian news outlets reported that a Black Sea export terminal transporting terminal crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas in…...
Ukraine will ask allies for $20 billion to keep momentum against Russia, source says
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (223+ words) KYIV, June 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine will seek an additional $20 billion in military funding from its allies "at a meeting next week to cement "what it sees as its current battlefield advantage over Russia, a "Ukrainian defense source said. The request will…...
Ukraine and Russia trade overnight drone strikes, officials say
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (416+ words) June 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia exchanged overnight drone strikes into early Friday, with Ukraine targeting a major oil processing and petrochemical region while Russia attacked railway stations and "electrical substations. Ukraine's strikes hit an apartment block in Russia's central Tatarstan…...
Ukraine's "90bn EU loan is ready to roll out. But where will the money go?
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1103+ words) The EU's "90 billion loan for Ukraine is set to start flowing in mid-June, but the cash envelope comes with question marks. So far, the shopping list it will fund has been closely guarded by Ukraine. It seems inevitable that the…...
Ukrainian strikes hit arms factory and oil refinery deep inside Russia
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (624+ words) Ukraine says an arms factory and an oil refinery deep inside Russia are among the targets it has hit in a fresh wave of attacks. But Russian drone attacks on Ukraine had left one person dead and more than a…...
Valeria, a young Ukrainian facing the mental toll of Russia's war
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (689+ words) More than four years into the Russian invasion, she is just one victim of the immense psychological toll faced by Ukrainians, with charities warning of an epidemic of pent-up mental health issues. Chronic stress, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts have…...
France, UK, Germany back face-to-face Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (270+ words) After meeting Zelensky Sunday at 10 Downing Street, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz supported his proposal for a face-to-face meeting with Putin. In a joint statement, the leaders said they "commended" Zelensky's…...
Ukraine: US House passes bill to aid Kyiv, sanction Russia
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1021+ words) US lawmakers pass Ukraine Support Act in defiance of Trump Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposes Putin meeting on ending war Russian drone strikes claim three lives in Ukraine Read below for a roundup of news related to Russia's war in…...
Ukrainian company tests ballistic missile for air defence system
1+ week, 2+ day ago (309+ words) KYIV, June 3 (Reuters) - Ukraine's largest missile and drone maker, Fire Point, has conducted a flight test of a ballistic missile "that will serve as the foundation of a project to create "a missile air defence system, the company's CEO, Iryna…...