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Servicemen of the U.S. National Guard have begun training the Ukrainian military in the use of artillery mounts, which have already begun to enter service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Training will take place in Germany. The corresponding statement was made by the press secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense John Kirby, CNN […]

The runway of the airport of the southwestern port city of Odessa has been rendered useless after a Russian missile strike on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said. Russia has sporadically targetted Odessa, a Black Sea port, and a week ago, Ukraine said at least eight people were killed in a strike on the city. A […]

The following is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly address to the nation as it appears in the English language on the presidential website: Today we marked the Border Guard Day. It is clear that there can be no celebrations during the war. But it is necessary to support Ukrainian men and women who defend the […]

Germany filed a case against Italy with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) late on Friday over a long-running dispute regarding World War II reparations. It’s the second time that the case has landed at the UN’s top court. In 2012, the ICJ previously ruled that Germany couldn’t be sued in foreign courts by victims of Nazi war […]

 MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Adan Nuur Madobe made a comeback as speaker of Parliament Wednesday night following his ouster from the same seat in 2010. His election was seen as a victory for the opposition, which marshaled forces to defeat Hassan Abdi Nur, who had the backing of outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Somalia’s newly elected […]

A Long March-11 carrier rocket lifted off at noon on Saturday off the coast of the East China Sea, successfully sending five Jilin-1 Gaofen satellites into preset orbits, marking the first time that China has realized a “one-stop” launch mode in near sea. Photo: Courtesy of Shi Xia The Long March-11 rocket is China’s only […]

The iconic water brand is owned by a Russian company that has been hit by sanctions as a result of the war in Ukraine.     Production of Georgia’s iconic Borjomi mineral water will be suspended as a result of financial difficulties caused by the war in Ukraine, the water’s manufacturer has announced. borjomi.com “The company […]

Russia confirmed late Friday it undertook an airstrike on Kyiv against a missile factory, which killed a journalist, coinciding with a visit by the U.N. secretary general, making it the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in nearly two weeks. mEmergency services work at the site where fires were triggered by an explosion in Kyiv, […]

As Russia was preparing to invade Ukraine, experts feared that the Ukrainian banking system would collapse in the event of an all-out war. The closure of Ukraine’s main banks, cashless ATMs, and free fall of the national currency were expected by many. A man prints out banknotes of the Ukrainian national currency hryvnia at Ukraine’s […]