Russia continues to press Ukraine as 1-year anniversary of war nears
The Russians again fired at targets across the Dnieper River from the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, damaging residential buildings and power lines.
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Ukraine wartime reshuffle: Chief military spy to be appointed as defence minister
Ukraine is set to replace Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov with the chief of its military spy agency, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, in a reshuffle at the forefront of Ukraine’s war campaign. Reznikov would be tran…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy revokes citizenship of numerous former politicians
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revoked the citizenship of several former influential politicians in the latest of steps to “cleanse” the country from pro-Russian influences.
Canada slaps new sanctions on Russia targeting ‘disinformation actors’
In announcing new sanctions, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said millions have suffered due to the proliferation of ‘Russian disinformation’ amid war in Ukraine.
Ukraine hosts European leaders as air raid sirens sound over Kyiv
Russia’s assault force in Bakhmut has relied on fighters from Wagner, a mercenary company which recruited thousands of Russian convicts from prisons with promises of pardons.
Russia will push Ukrainian army back in response to long-range rockets: Lavrov
He accused the West of trying to turn former Soviet states including Moldova and Georgia into Russia’s enemies, and of undermining its relations with Central Asia.
U.S. expected to send longer-range rockets to Ukraine
It would mean every inch of Russian-occupied Ukraine, apart from most of the Crimea peninsula, could soon be in range of Ukrainian forces.
Russia launches assault in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv seeks western jets
Since winning the western pledge for tanks after months of lobbying, Kyiv has pressed on with further requests for arms, including calls for jet fighters such as U.S. F-16s
One dead after Russian missile strikes Kharkiv apartment building: governor
A missile hit an apartment building on Sunday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, killing one person and injuring others, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.
Poland donating 60 modernized tanks to Ukraine in addition to Leopards
Poland, which has positioned itself as one of Kyiv’s staunchest allies, pressed hard for Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and to allow other countries to do so as well.