ANKARA – At least 191 children have been killed and 349 injured since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Office of the Prosecutor General has said. Children in the Donetsk, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Zhytomyr regions, as well as the capital Kyiv, have been...
On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden appeared to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of genocide during a speech about gasoline prices. Speaking in Iowa, Biden said a family’s budget and ability to fill up their tank should not hinge on “whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide half a world away.” The Biden administration [&he...
Russian state television pundits have suggested exacting “revenge” on the U.S. for its support of the Ukrainian government and crippling economic sanctions. The Daily Beast’s Julia Davis reports the linchpin of this “revenge plan” is getting former President Donald Trump reelected in 2024. Russian political scientist Malek Dudakov recently urg...
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that all goals of the country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will be achieved. Speaking ahead of the meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Putin said a clash between Russia and Ukraine was inevitable because the West was turning Ukraine into...
On Wednesday, members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee met in Washington to discuss the war in Ukraine’s impact on global food security. Russia’s war with Ukraine has disrupted grain supplies from a region known as “the breadbasket of the world.” Russia and Ukraine produce nearly a third of the world’s wheat, according to the […...
ANKARA – Ukraine has claimed that a total of 19,100 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of Russia’s war. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff said that since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army has destroyed 151 Russian-owned aircraft, 136 helicopters, 705 tanks, 1,895 armored vehicles, 335 artillery systems...
GENEVA – The civilian death toll in Russia-Ukraine war has climbed to 1,766 people with 2,383 others injured, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said. In its daily update, the OHCHR said most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons, including shelling from […...
LONDON, UK (AA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday made an unannounced visit to Ukraine where he held talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to a government statement, Johnson pledged further military and humanitarian support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s “special military operationR...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ten humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon to evacuate civilians from Ukraine’s besieged southern cities, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said Saturday. In a Telegram post, Iryna Vereshchuk said the civilians could cross into safe regions through the corridors, adding they could use private vehicles...
BRUSSELS – Ukraine is in immediate need for weapons and measures from Western allies to stop the Russian war machine, the country’s top diplomat has said. Speaking at a news conference following talks with NATO foreign ministers, Dmytro Kuleba said he only had “three points on his agenda: Weapons, weapons, weapons.” Kul...
