MOSCOW – The special envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin resigned from his post, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced. “(Anatoly) Chubais resigned of his own accord. As for whether he left or not — it’s his own business,” Peskov told reporters in Moscow. It is the first time since the beginning of the w...
GENEVA – The Swiss government has invoked a special residential status for Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country. Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia will be eligible for a permit called “S” protection, a status not granted before, Swissinfo reported, and some questioned why it had not been used before. This is the first [&helli...
BERLIN – Germany has said that it will accelerate arms deliveries to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against the Russian army. Addressing lawmakers during a budget debate, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said further supplies of Strela anti-aircraft missiles are now on the way to Ukraine. “We are one of the largest arms suppliers ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – A Ukrainian journalist, who was allegedly “captured” last week by Russian security forces in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, has been released on Tuesday, according to local media. “Our journalist Victoria Roshchyna was released from Russian captivity. Now she is on her way to her hometown, Zaporizhzhia...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has reiterated its opposition to energy sanctions on Russia, warning that it could have negative consequences for European economies. Speaking at a joint news conference with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said European countries should carefully asses the sugg...
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 […]
