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A senior American official at the Pentagon in Washington says that nearly all of Russia’s military offensives in Ukraine remain stalled, after making little progress over the weekend. The defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Russian troops were still about 15km from the centre of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin […]

Berlin Hauptbanhof is one of Europe’s biggest train stations but normally quietens down after 10pm when all shops have shut, trains are less frequent and only the 24/7 McDonalds is still accepting customers. Since February 25th however – the day after Russia invaded Ukraine – the station has gradually transformed as a greeting point for […]

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya, said Monday that he was in Ukraine alongside Russian forces who are leading an offensive in the country. Kadyrov, who is accused by international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of serious human rights violations in the tightly controlled Caucasus republic, posted a video on Telegram of himself in military uniform […]

The operative lull in the battle for Kyiv over the last few days seems to be running to its end. New indications suggest Russia is getting ready to relaunch a massive offensive in the region, the war’s main goal. Despite a very complicated situation with many of its main axes of attack throughout Ukraine, Russia […]

A woman walks past building damaged by shelling, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 13, 2022.   –   Copyright  (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) The US says Russia has asked China for military help for the war in Ukraine. The claim comes ahead of a key meeting in Rome between senior American and Chinese security officials on Monday. A third round […]

At least one people was killed and 12 wounded when a shell hit a residential building in Kyiv on Monday, according to emergency services, as Russian forces edged closer to the Ukrainian capital ahead of a fourth round of Ukraine-Russia talks. Follow our live updates for all the latest developments. Rescue workers help a woman […]

Video journalist Brent Renauld was killed in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin on Sunday, while another journalist was injured, the Ukrainian authorities confirmed. Although he was originally said to have been a correspondent for the New York Times, the US outlet issued a statement claiming he was not on assignment for them in Ukraine. Russian […]

Retired veteran politician and former diplomat Vernon Johnson Mwaanga has led tributes to Fourth Republican President Rupiah Bwezani Banda who died on Friday in Lusaka. Dr. Mwaanga and Mr. Banda worked together as diplomats and later re-united in Government when his colleague became President in 2008 after the death of then President Levy Mwanawasa. In […]

Thirty-five people died and more than 130 were injured when Russian troops launched air strikes on a military training ground outside Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, local officials said Sunday. Russia “launched an air strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security,” the head of the Lviv regional administration, […]

While Ukrainian forces have, so far, successfully held off the Russian troops from taking Kyiv, the towns around the capital have become some of the most intense battlegrounds of the ongoing war. Russia seized the outlying suburban towns with vehicles and infantry, setting up checkpoints and, in many cases, cutting off access to utilities, phone […]