KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Some 23,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the country’s military said on Monday. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 194 Russian aircraft, 155 helicopters, 271 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,048 tanks, 2,519 armored vehicles and 459 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday described US President Joe Biden’s suggestion to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as “outrageous” and a “violation of all legal norms.” Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov said by expropriating private property, the US autho...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU border agency chief has stepped down after a probe into the agency’s involvement in illegal pushbacks, multiple news outlets reported on Friday. The resignation of Fabrice Leggeri, Frontex executive director, comes after another joint investigation of prestigious European media outlets revealed that despite public ...
NICE, France – A French voluntary group ‘Cage’ is considering legal action against the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalization (CIPDR) for attacking the group and linking it with radical elements. It said the group has been allegedly targeted for exposing state-sanctioned Islamophobia. Rayan...
ISTANBUL – More than 3,000 people died or went missing while trying to cross into European countries in 2021, an official from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said. The people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic to Europe, UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo said at a […...
LONDON (AA) – The UK will send around 8,000 more troops to Eastern Europe in a bid to deter Russian “aggression”, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. The British troops will take part in broad military exercises spanning from north to south, making it one of the largest deployments to take place since the end […]
BRUSSELS – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the military alliance would welcome “with open arms” Finland and Sweden if they decide to apply for membership. Stoltenberg spoke at a joint news conference with the President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Mestola ahead of a meeting with the leaders of the EP’s political [&he...
BRUSSELS – There is an “absolute possibility” that the Russia-Ukraine war would continue for months or years, the NATO secretary-general said. Speaking at the NATO Youth Summit, Jens Stoltenberg explained that NATO allies are preparing to provide support for Ukraine “over a long period of time” because “there is a possibility that this war wil...
MOSCOW – Russia has sanctioned 287 members of the UK House of Commons in response to sanctions imposed on its lawmakers over the Ukraine war. The Russian Foreign Ministry published the complete list of sanctioned UK parliamentarians on its website. “In response to the decision taken by the British government on March 11 this year [&helli...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday unearthed three more bodies of war victims from a mass grave near the city of Mostar. The Institute of Missing Persons said that the bodies found in Medjine, were transferred to the Sutina City Cemetery in Mostar for medical and forensic processing, and bone samples were [&helli...