KYIV, UKRAINE: Ukraine is ready to launch a long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia but fears large casualties due to Moscow’s superior air power, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments published Saturday.Ukraine has said it is preparing for a major offensive against Moscow’s occupation forces for months, but Zelenskyy has repeatedly warnedContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday though all of them were destroyed by air defence systems, Russia’s defence ministry said.The attack came just weeks after the Kremlin was hit in a drone strike that Russia blamed on Ukraine, and simultaneously with the latest wave ofContinue Reading
KYIV: The attacks come at night, when most in Kyiv are sound asleep. The sirens wail across the Ukrainian capital, rousing bleary-eyed residents, who, after 15 months of war, have customised individual routines to cope with Russia’s latest air campaign.In the recent escalation of Russian attacks, Olha Bukhno, 65, aContinue Reading
KYIV: Russia launched a new attack on Ukraine on Tuesday as Russia celebrated the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, with Ukraine’s air defences destroying 23 of 25 missiles fired, chiefly at the capital Kyiv, officials said.The attack – the fifth in May – came a dayContinue Reading
MOSCOW: The head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner on Friday said he would pull his fighters from the front line in Ukraine because of ammunition shortages, berating army chiefs in a grisly video.“On May 10, 2023 we will have to hand over our positions in Bakhmut to units of theContinue Reading
Record high water levels could overwhelm a major dam in southern Ukraine and damage parts of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, a Russian official told Tass agency on Thursday.Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the general director of nuclear energy firm Rosenergoatom, said if the Nova Kakhovka dam did rupture,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: Russia is very unlikely to use its nuclear weapons, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday, despite past saber-rattling from the Kremlin and the heavy casualties that eMoscow is enduring in its invasion of Ukraine.“It’s very unlikely, is our current assessment,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines toldContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Moscow on Thursday accused the US of masterminding a drone attack on the Kremlin, a charge denied by Washington, and said Ukrainian sabotage on Russian territory had reached “unprecedented momentum”.Moscow said President Vladimir Putin was working from the Kremlin the day after the attack, which it said was aContinue Reading
KYIV: Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday, calling it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin and promising retaliation for what it termed a “terrorist” act. The Ukrainian president denied it, saying: “We don’t attack Putin or Moscow.” Putin wasn’t inContinue Reading
The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis said on Sunday, adding that it was also ready to help repatriate Ukrainian children taken to Russia or Russianoccupied land. “There is a mission in course now but it isContinue Reading