WASHINGTON (AA) – President Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the US intends to provide Ukraine with $500 million in direct budgetary aid, according to the White House. Biden and Zelenskyy spoke during a telephone call about the ongoing work by the US and its allies to deliver military, economic and hum...
KYIV/LVIV – At least 145 children were killed and 222 others injured as a result of Russian attacks on Ukraine, a local source said. According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, 790 educational institutions were damaged in the bombings by the Russian army, 75 of which were completely destroyed. Separately, Ukrainian activists demanded...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 17,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 131 Russian planes, 131 helicopters, 605 tanks, 1,723 armored vehicles, 81 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 75 fuel tankers, and seven boats, according to the latest Ukrainian General Staff ...
ISTANBUL – The number of people fleeing Ukraine due to the war with Russia has reached 4 million, head of the UN refugee agency said. “Refugees from Ukraine are now 4 million, five weeks after the start of the Russian attack,” tweeted Filippo Grandi. “I have just arrived in Ukraine. In Lviv, I will discuss […]
JERUSALEM – Two Ukrainians were among five people killed in a shooting attack in central Israel. A police statement said that the two Ukrainian nationals were aged 23 and 33, but did not reveal their names. Police said the attacker was a 26-year-old Palestinian from Ya’bad village near Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Israeli […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – The Ukrainian General Staff said Wednesday that the Russian army was continuing to withdraw from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. The General Staff in a post on Facebook evaluated the 34th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. The statement said the Russian army could not fulfill the task of besieging Kyiv and […]
ANKARA – The Netherlands has announced that it decided to expel 17 Russian diplomats. The government made the decision because of the national security threat posed by the diplomats who were secretly operating as intelligence officers, the Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said it is prepared for the various scenarios which might come ...
WASHINGTON – A group of US senators – both Republicans and Democrats – is demanding Russia’s removal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following Moscow’s “unprovoked, inhumane, and illegal invasion” of Ukraine. Led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, the la...
LONDON (AA) – Britain has seized the first Russian superyacht in British waters as part of sanctions against Moscow, the transport secretary said on Tuesday. The superyacht is called Phi, and is worth an estimated £38 million ($49.9 million), Grant Shapps said. The 58-meter (190-feet) superyacht was banned from leaving Canary Wharf, east...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. The fresh round of negotiations lasted for three hours. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators later held separate press briefings to inform the world about the outcome. Ukraine has called for eight countries, including Turkiye, to be guarantors in a p...
