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Delivering heavier weaponry to Ukraine such as tanks, would not, according to Germany’s justice minister, constitute an entry into the war against Russia. German politics has been consumed since the start of the conflict at the end of February by the question of what kind of weaponry to give Ukraine, and how fast to deliver […]

HOSTOMEL, Kyiv Oblast —  Like so many pilots across the world, Dmytro Antonov, the crew commander of the Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft, has his own little pre-flight rituals. The world’s biggest and strongest cargo airplane, the master of many flight records, Mriya required special reverence. It had its own spirit and temper. Every time he came […]

Russia blocked The Moscow Times’ Russian-language service on Friday after it published what authorities call a false report on riot police officers refusing to fight in Ukraine. The Moscow Times’ English-language edition is not affected by the block. MT Russian remains accessible abroad and while using a VPN. Russia blocked The Moscow Times’ Russian-language service on Friday after it published what […]

Combat losses of the Russian occupation army since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, as of Friday morning, April 15, amounted to about 20,000 personnel, according to the Facebook page of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Combat losses of the Russian occupation army since the beginning […]

Police in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region arrested at least seven journalists Wednesday, including a VOA reporter, as they covered a prison scuffle in the region’s capital, Hargeisa. VOA Somali stringer Sagal Mustafe Hassan was freed after a short detention, but the other journalists remained in custody at Hargeisa’s central police Among the journalists arrested were […]

A US family of five has taken the world record title of the tallest family, according to an announcement by the Guinness World Records. The family’s average height is 203.29 centimeters or 6 feet and 8 inches, with the tallest being the son Adam Trapp measuring a whopping 221.71 centimeters and the shortest being the […]

The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday and underscored their support for the country, demanding accountability for what they called war crimes carried out by Russian forces. The visit by the presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia was a strong show of solidarity from the countries on NATO’s eastern […]

In the event that Ukrainian troops continue attacking the territory of the Russian Federation, Russia will strike Kiev, official representative for the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov said. The Russian Defence Ministry is aware about sabotage attempts in the attacks that the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out targeting the territory of the […]

Russia said Thursday the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was severely damaged and its crew was evacuated after a fire spark caused the ammunition to detonate as a Ukrainian official said it had targeted the cruiser with a missile attack. A satellite image shows a view of Russian Navy’s guided missile cruiser Moskva at […]

Russian Federation (RF) ground troops are attacking at scattered locations without advancing, and are likely still concentrating forces for a future major offensive in the Donbas region, a Ukrainian army situation report said on the morning of April 14. In the Donbas region itself, RF armor and infantry probed Ukraine Armed Forces defensive positions in […]