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A train attendant helps a girl to get into the carriage. (Ukrzaliznytsia) From the early days of the war, Ukrainian Railways, or Ukrzaliznytsya, has become central to the country’s life and defense. Ukrzaliznytsia has been helping the army by producing anti-tank hedgehogs and transporting the uncollected bodies of Russian soldiers killed on the front lines. […]

Perhaps you’ve come across the oil aisle in a shop and found slim pickings, or worse: nothing left. Or you’ve seen a note or heard an announcement on the supermarket’s loudspeaker urging customers to only buy enough for their household. A person using cooking oil. People in Germany have been panic buying cooking oil and […]

Turkey is ready to host a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian leaders, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday and reiterated the need for an urgent cease-fire. Speaking to reporters during an official visit to Uzbekistan, Erdoğan said that he believes that the meetings held by the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul gave a meaningful […]

FILE – Jeremy Fleming, head of the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), is photographed in London   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File Demoralised Russian soldiers in Ukraine were refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment, and had accidentally shot down their own aircraft, a UK intelligence chief said on Thursday. Jeremy Fleming, who heads the […]

As the war enters its sixth week, the number of Ukrainians who have decided against taking up residence in the European Union is on the rise. Hundreds of Ukrainians, almost entirely women, children and the elderly, stood in the line for the Kyiv-bound night train in Przemyśl, the main refugee hub in south-eastern Poland, on […]

Russia has decided to drastically cut its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv in Ukraine, one of its deputy defense ministers said on Tuesday, after talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams in Istanbul. “In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing […]

Ukrainian journalists, public officials, civil rights activists and even civilians who are vocal against the invasion of their country are being arbitrarily detained by Russian forces. The tactic is being used to instil fear in local communities, some say, with forced detentions lasting anywhere from a day to two weeks. Journalists work near damaged buildings hit in […]

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said consensus has been reached on some issues between Russia and Ukraine following peace talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Çavuşoğlu hailed the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, saying that Tuesday’s meeting marked the “most meaningful progress since the start of negotiations.” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu speaks with Russian and Ukrainian […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a group of independent Russian journalists that his government would consider declaring neutrality and offering security guarantees to Russia, repeating earlier statements. That would include keeping Ukraine nuclear-free, he said. The comments come as negotiators from Ukraine and Russia are set to meet again in Turkey for another round of […]

Russia and Ukraine will restart face-to-face peace negotiations on Monday, amid warnings that the situation in the besieged city of Mariupol was now “catastrophic.” President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the resumption of over-the-table talks, saying they must bring peace “without delay” and signaling a willingness to compromise on the most sensitive topics. Negotiators seen ahead of […]