WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s use of a hypersonic missile to strike a target deep in war-torn Ukraine may be indicative of inventory shortages, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Moscow’s use of the weapon to strike a storage facility last weekend “could very well be tied to inventory probl...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Thousands of residents of Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol were evacuated Tuesday amid the ongoing war with Russia, according to the country’s deputy prime minister. Commenting on the process, Iryna Vereshchuk said more than 7,000 people were evacuated and Ukrainian officials were working to establish humanitarian corri...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president said early Wednesday that negotiations with Russia on ending the war were difficult but are slowing moving forward. In a video address on his Telegram account, Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the latest developments regarding the war, negotiations and evacuations. “Ukrainian representatives are working on the...
WASHINGTON – Russia has lost more than 10% of forces it sent into Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official has claimed. The official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said Moscow now has “slightly below” 90% of the forces it amassed in Belarus and western Russia ahead of its military operation that began February ...
BELGRADE, Serbia – Bosnia’s state court has sentenced former Serb soldier Predrag Bastah to 35 years in prison for committing war crimes during the 1990s. The court in the capital Sarajevo sentenced Bastah to 20 years in prison. But as he is already serving a sentence for other wartime crimes, the court imposed a combined […]
GENEVA – At least 953 civilians have been killed and 1,557 others wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine, as the number fleeing the country exceeded 3.5 million, the UN said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that 40 children were among the people killed in […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, repeatedly refused to rule out on Tuesday use of nuclear weapons, maintaining they could be considered as a response to an alleged “existential threat.” When asked about what conditions would warrant such a response, Peskov said “if it ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Five ammunition depots in Ukraine were hit Tuesday with high-precision weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said long-range high-precision cruise missiles hit large fuel and lubricant warehouses in Lysychansk and Kramatorsk, a rocket and artillery weapons warehouse in Druzhkivka and ammunit...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Diosdado Cabello, vice-president of Venezuela´s Socialist Party and the number two man in Nicolas Maduro’s government, suggested Tuesday that a military operation similar to Russia’s in Ukraine should be carried out in Colombia. “From what happens in Ukraine, a new world order is going to emerge. Well, I am ...
U.S. President Joe Biden Monday called India’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine “shaky.” Biden lauded the U.S.-led alliance, including NATO, the European Union and key Asian partners, for putting up a united front against Russian’s aggression. That includes unprecedented sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s currency, international ...
