Ukraine renews plea for battle tanks as U.S., Germany defence chiefs meet
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Germany on Thursday to meet new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, just hours after Pistorius was sworn into office.
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Putin claims Russia invaded Ukraine to end ‘war’ that began in 2014
Moscow had long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, Vladimir Putin claimed on Wednesday.
6 children among 45 killed in Russian strike on Ukraine apartment building
The Saturday afternoon strike on an apartment building in the southeastern city of Dnipro marks the deadliest attack on civilians since last spring.
Will Ukraine get Leopard battle tanks? Germany’s new defence minister will decide
Nearly 11 months after Russia invaded, Kyiv says a fleet of western battle tanks would give its forces the mobile firepower they need to drive Russian troops out.
British tanks given to Ukraine ‘will burn just like the rest,’ Russia says
Dmitry Peskov said the new supplies from countries like Britain and Poland would not change the situation on the ground, but were an attempt to draw out the conflict.
Ukraine building suffers deadliest civilian attack in months as Russian strikes kill 30
The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 30 Sunday.
Rocket debris once again discovered in Moldova from the war next door
Moldova’s Interior Ministry said the rocket debris was discovered in the village of Larga and that a bomb squad was deployed to the area, which was cordoned off.
Russia claims it has captured Ukrainian salt town of Soledar
Russian forces captured the town, long the focus of heavy fighting and bombardment, on Thursday evening, Moscow’s defense ministry said.
Ukraine holding out despite intense Russian battles in Soledar, Kyiv says
Moscow has so far held off proclaiming victory there. Ukraine has acknowledged Russian advances but said on Thursday its own garrison had not withdrawn.
Russian oil price cap ‘too lenient,’ as Moscow still able to fund war effort: report
Oil markets, however, are now less focused on a potential loss of Russian oil than on weak demand from a slowing global economy, and prices have fallen.