GENEVA (AA): The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine represents some of the worst damage done to key infrastructure since the beginning of the Russian war over 15 months ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said. “The destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine constitutes some of the most [&hellip...
MOSCOW (AA): Explosions at the Kakhovka dam near Kherson, southern Ukraine, unleashed floodwaters on Tuesday, as both Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of destruction. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Twitter said the destruction of the dam “confirms for the whole world that they (Russian forces) must be expelled from every co...
ISTANBUL (AA): Russia said Monday it welcomes efforts aimed at finding a “peaceful solution” to the Ukraine war by any country, after Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto floated a peace plan. “We welcome the efforts of any states that are aimed at a peaceful solution to this conflict,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andr...
MOSCOW (AA): Russian officials on Friday reported multiple drone attacks in regions bordering Ukraine, carried out Thursday night. The governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said in a statement on Telegram that “several Ukrainian drones were shot down” near the region’s administrative center, the city of Ku...
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP): Moscow has said that it thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to “invade” its southwestern border as Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles, killing three including a child. The Ukrainian capital faced nearly nightly air raids in May, including an unusual daytime attack on Monday that sent residents running for shelter. As K...
BERLIN (AA): Germany asked Russia on Wednesday to close four of its consulates in the country as tensions continue to mount between the two countries. At a news conference in Berlin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger accused Russia of escalating tensions with its decision to limit the maximum number of staff at German diplomatic mis...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russia on Wednesday claimed that it had destroyed the last major warship of the Ukrainian naval forces, which it said was stationed in the southern port of Odesa. “On May 29, a high-precision strike by the Russian Air Force on a ship anchorage site in the port of Odesa destroyed the last […]
ANKARA (AA): The Australian defense forces chief on Tuesday faced tough questions following his move to remove the military honors of some soldiers who served in Afghanistan, over alleged war crimes, according to local media. During a parliament hearing, a senator said Gen. Angus Campbell was not on the front line in Afghanistan, so he [&helli...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): A swarm of drones hit Moscow on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack, while Russian drones struck Kyiv for a third straight day as Ukraine gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces. The Russian defence ministry blamed Kyiv for the attacks that saw three drones crash into residential buildings in Moscow. [&hellip...
MOSCOW (AA): The deputy head of Russia’s Security Council has warned that if the West delivered nuclear arms to Ukraine, Russia would have to carry out a preventive strike. Dmitry Medvedev told reporters in Moscow that the West has been supplying Ukraine with gradually heavier weapons since the beginning of the war last year, when [&hell...
