KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – A Russian missile strike on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv killed at least 35 people, local sources said on Sunday. Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said in a statement that Russian forces fired more than 30 cruise missiles at the Yavoriv military range area, located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of […...
ANKARA (AA) – An American journalist has been killed and another wounded by Russian troops in Irpin city of Ukraine, local media reported on Sunday. Brent Renauld, a 51-year-old video journalist, was shot dead, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted Andriy Nebitov, chief of the police in the Kyiv region, as saying. It was reported in [&...
KYIV (AA) – Russia has suffered “unprecedented” losses in its war with Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said on Saturday. In a news conference, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said these losses are “the biggest blow to the Russian army in decades.” Zelenskyy went on to say that Russia’s 31 battalion tactical groups have been neutralized....
KYIV (AA) – Belarusian troops may join the Russian side in the war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. In a statement, the General Staff said that the Russian troops are focused on taking control of the cities of Mariupol and Severodonetsk. “Enemy troops have captured the eastern periphery of Mariupol,” ...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president demanded the release Saturday of the mayor of Melitopol, calling his kidnapping a “crime against democracy.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised Ivan Federov as “a mayor who bravely defends Ukraine and the members of his community” in a Telegram video. “This is obviously a sign of w...
ANTALYA, TURKIYE – AA: As the Ukraine-Russia war marks its 16th day, NATO stated that it “understands frustration” in Ukraine while noting that “an escalation beyond Ukraine’s borders would actually just cause even more suffering more death.” Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview, NATO Secreta...
RPIN, UKRAINE – AA: The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Russia launched a war on its neighbor has crossed 2.5 million, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. “The UN estimates that there are now at least 2 million internally displaced people,” in Ukraine, UNHCR spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh said at a press conference [&hell...
LVIV, UKRAINE – Ukrainian civilians are racing to prepare for urban warfare as the war against Russia comes closer to their doorstep. The city of Lviv has been relatively safe thus far, but possible urban warfare looms threateningly. People with the know-how are teaching the residents of Lviv how to throw a Molotov cocktail to […]
GENEVA (AA) – A new round of talks involving the Constitutional Committee seeking an end to the war in Syria will resume in Geneva from March 21. The office of the special UN envoy on Syria said on Friday that the seventh round of the Constitutional Committee Small Body will be held behind closed doors […]
NEW YORK (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a political solution to the civil war in Syria that began 11 years ago. The civil war began when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds of thousands of people have since been killed and millions more displaced, according to [...
