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Fierce street-by-street fighting is ongoing in the key eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, where Russian troops are said to have blown up a key bridge over the Siverskyi Donets river linking it to its twin city Lysychansk, cutting off a possible civilian evacuation route. A damaged building is pictured in Lysychansk as smoke and dust rises from […]

Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has promised to renew relations with neighbouring countries and international partners in what he calls ‘‘a constant pursuit of peace” with the world. Somalia’s Hassan Sheikh Mohamud being sworn in after his election by lawmakers on May 16, 2022 in Mogadishu. PHOTO | AFP President Mohamud, inaugurated on Thursday […]

Turkey is ready to host a four-way meeting including representatives from the United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey itself, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Saturday. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky (R) looks on next to his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu during their joint press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, June 11, 2022. (AFP Photo) Turkey […]

– EU CHIEF PROMISES A SIGNAL ON UKRAINE’S BID NEXT WEEK – The European Commission will provide a clear signal next week on Ukraine’s EU candidate status bid, its chief Ursula von der Leyen has said, as fighting rages in the east and south of the country Ukrainian artillerymen prepare to fire a BM-21 Grad […]

MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. Russia’s air defenses downed a Mikoyan MiG-29 and a Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov© Vadim Savitsky/TASS “Russia’s air defenses downed an MiG-29 and an Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near […]

The Russian foreign minister on Friday refused to comment on the death sentences handed to three foreigners in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic earlier this week. British citizens Aiden Aslin (L) and Shaun Pinner (R), and Moroccan Saaudun Brahim (C) attend a sentencing hearing at the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) […]

-Fierce fighting in east Ukraine as Zelensky says world must not look away – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s forces were “doing everything” to stop the Russian offensive, with fierce battles in the east and the south. This photograph taken on June 10, 2022, shows the regional government building destroyed by a Russian […]

Relatives of Russian soldier Amir Shaikenov came across a photo of a dead man in Ukraine on social media that caused his family immediate alarm. The soldier in the picture taken in the Ukrainian city of Bucha bore a striking resemblance to Shaikenov, whose elite military unit, the 76th Air Assault Division, was deployed to […]

The Battle of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine’s Donbas is an emotional see-saw, in which doom and gloom change to joy and hope constantly. As Russia continues its massive offensive, there has been a seemingly inevitable possibility of the local Ukrainian grouping of nearly 10,000 troops being surrounded and defeate Ukrainian troops move through the city of […]

Friday’s key points Ukraine is losing up to 200 troops a day, according to a Zelenskyy aide. This is more than double previous estimates. Two Britons and a Moroccan national captured fighting Russian forces in Ukraine were sentenced to death Thursday. Their sentencing has been denounced in Ukraine and the West. They will face firing squard, reports the Russian state […]