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An S-300 missile defense system sent by Slovakia to Ukraine in this undated file photo. (DHA File Photo) The Russian military destroyed the S-300 air defense system delivered to Ukraine by Slovakia near the city of Dnipro on Sunday, a defense ministry official said Monday. “On Sunday, April 10, on the southern outskirts of the city of […]

Ukraine said Sunday it had found more than 1,200 bodies in the Kyiv region, the scene of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian troops, as residents in the country’s east braced — or fled — ahead of an expected massive offensive. Heavy bombardments hammered Ukraine through the weekend, adding to mounting casualties six weeks into Russia’s […]

Ukraine’s president has commended Boris Johnson after he secretly took the train to Kyiv for talks and pledged more weapons to help the country resist Russia’s invasion. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) walking in central Kyiv (Picture: AFP) Volodymyr Zelensky said the leadership shown by the British prime minister would ‘go down in history’ after the […]

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Sunday defeated the ruling PTI government in the no-confidence resolution they jointly moved against Prime Minister Imran Khan with 174 votes, setting a new precedent in parliamentary history of the country for in-house change through a democratic and constitutional manner. In the 341-seat House (excluding a seat […]

Abipartisan group of American deputies urged President Joe Biden to send more arms to Ukraine to help Kyiv in the face of Russia’s invasion, with emphasis on a combat-drone system made by Turkish defense firm Baykar. The letter, dated April 4, emphasizes the need for Biden to help Ukraine defend from airborne threats, and says […]

“Sometimes hope returns to me. But sometimes it leaves, and I think that we are all going to die,” says Anastasiia Kiseliova, a 40-year-old mother of three, as she walks through the streets of Mariupol, voice-recording herself on an iPhone. “The city is gone,” she adds, her voice trembling. She bursts into tears seconds later. Russian […]

Boris Johnson has met with Volodymyr Zelensky in person after making an unannounced visit to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. An image shared by the Ukrainian embassy to the UK shows the two leaders sat together at a table next to the caption ‘surprise’ with a winking face emoji. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […]

The war in Ukraine is now well into its sixth week, and taking on a new dimension with growing evidence of human rights atrocities by Russian troops as they retreated from the Kyiv region and other parts of the north. Despite Moscow’s blanket denials, horrific discoveries of civilian murders and other barbaric acts are coming […]

Yulia Ivkina would have preferred her husband to become a carpenter, not a soldier. But as the coronavirus pandemic dented the Russian labor market and the newlyweds from the western city of Pskov tried for a baby, 18-year-old Igor Ivkin reasoned a short-term contract in the army was the best option to safeguard his family’s […]