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A Russian missile, presumably “Iskander,” hit a three-storey residential building in the Saltiv District of Kharkiv on August 17, destroying it and causing a big fire. According to the latest data from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, seven people were found dead under rubble, and 17 were injured, including an 11-year-old child. Shelling in […]

A new commander has been appointed to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, state news agency RIA Novosti reported Wednesday citing military sources. If confirmed, the removal of Igor Osipov and the elevation of Viktor Sokolov would be one of the most major Russian military reshuffles since the invasion of Ukraine began in late February. Vice-Admiral […]

Following the annexation of Crimea and subsequent conflict in Donbas in 2014, numerous Ukrainian women enlisted to fight for their country. Many of them, however, ran up against pervasive male prejudice in the country’s armed forces – including from some of top military commanders. Out of this strife, Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement (UWVM) NGO was […]

Despite the fact that Russians still have quite a lot of resources left in their warehouses, the Russian army is definitely no longer the ‘world’s second’. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in an interview with Voice of America, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “It is definitely no longer ‘the world’s second […]

Russia said Tuesday that massive explosions at a military facility on the Kremlin-controlled Crimean peninsula in Ukraine that also damaged electrical power infrastructure were the result of “sabotage.” Screenshot of an eyewitness video Russia said Tuesday that massive explosions at a military facility on the Kremlin-controlled Crimean peninsula in Ukraine that also damaged electrical power […]

Show captionSomali American Munira Abdullahi, who won the Democratic primary for House District 9, at the Ohio Statehouse. She is almost guaranteed to win the general election in November since the Republican Party is not fielding a candidate. And that would be a first as no Somali American has served in Ohio’s legislature. Somali-American candidates […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un exchanged letters indicating stronger bilateral relations amid Moscow’s international isolation over its war in Ukraine, North Korean state media reported Monday. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (L) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia on April 25, 2019.Valery Sharifulin/TASS The letters follow Pyongyang’s recognition […]

CAIRO – 14 August 2022: Egyptian authorities announced that the families of the victims killed in the huge fire that swept through the Coptic Church in Imamba, Giza, will receive LE 100,000 in compensation each. Damages at the Abu Seifein Church- Photo from the Egyptian cabinet Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and the minister of […]

In Zelensky’s latest address on Sunday evening, August 14, the Ukrainian President commented on the relationship between Ukraine and Africa, and new sanctions aimed at Russia.  Read the President’s full address below: Image from Kyiv Post / president.gov.ua. Good health to you, fellow Ukrainians! We are getting ready for the very active weeks of the […]