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As the battle for the industrial area known as the Donbass is deepening with heavy bombardment, Russia tried to storm the eastern Ukranian city of Sievierodonetsk, which has become the main target of Moscow’s offensive since Russian forces finally seized Mariupol Smoke rises from an oil refinery after an attack outside the city of Lysychans […]

MYKOLAIV – Days into Russia’s all-out war, the regional capital of Mykolaiv became a bastion of Ukraine’s southern defenses. After Russia rapidly occupied Kherson in late February, Mykolaiv immediately became its next target. Their forces shelled, bombed and fired missiles at the regional capital, trying to encircle the city of half a million people. A woman […]

Ukraine’s European Union accession bid will not be finalized for another “15 to 20 years,” France’s minister for European affairs said Sunday, destroying Kyiv’s hopes of joining the bloc amid the ongoing Russian invasion. France’s Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune gestures after a national homage at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, April […]

Editor’s Note: “Names of some people appearing in this article have been changed to protect the families of those escaping Russian occupation from possible retaliation.” Zaporizhzhia – Two sisters quickly packed their stuff and rushed out the door when Russian troops stormed into their hometown Enerhodar. Russian soldiers patrol a street in occupied Melitopol on May […]

Turkey’s ambassador to Sweden has made several accusations against Swedish parliamentary politicians, including the suggestion that Amineh Kakabaveh should be extradited, over claims about connections with the terrorist-classified organisation Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) . Swedish politician Amineh Kakabaveh. Turkey’s ambassador to Sweden suggested to newswire TT that she should be extradited, over claims about connections […]

The fate of nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters, who were taken prisoner from the besieged Mariupol steel plant by Russian forces, concerns grew about their fate as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. A Russian Emergency Ministry serviceman inspects the rubble of a destroyed house in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 21, 2022. (EPA Photo) […]

Russia has declared victory in its months-long operation to capture the strategic port of Mariupol after Ukraine ordered the last of its troops holed up in the city’s Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms. The Azovstal defenders are now being taken to Russia.TASS Moscow’s flattening of Mariupol has drawn multiple accusations of war crimes, […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on May 21 that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory can end Russia’s war on his country, while pushing its case for EU membership A photo taken on May 21, 2022 shows a bird alights on a Ukrainian flag in the military section of the Kharkiv […]

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the number of Ukrainian military involved in a full-scale war with Russia, the number is 700,000 people. He said this in an interview at the telethon, Ukrainian News Agency reports. “Today we understand… Today, it is 700,000 (military). You see the result of the work of 700,000 people who are fighting,” […]

Sweden and Finland’s ties with individuals and so-called organizations that operate under the control of the YPG/PKK terrorist group constitute the “main problem” in their NATO membership bids, the Turkish president told the British prime minister on Friday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meets Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) at the 74th Session of the U.N. […]