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Witnesses say there was a huge blast in Kismayu before gunfire broke out, and local students have been caught in the middle of the heavy fighting with reports three have been killed There are unverified reports on Twitter that some students may have died in the crossfire  ( Image: @SaidYWarsame/Twitter) A car laden with explosives […]

Russia’s recent aerial bombardment of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities is a response to several new and unforeseen problems that the Kremlin has found itself facing in recent weeks. First and foremost was the mass withdrawal of Russian troops from the vicinity of Kharkiv and Lyman, which caught most Russian commentators unaware, regardless of their […]

1. Russia ‘deliberately’ delaying Ukrainian grain exports Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “deliberately” delaying the passage of ships loaded with Ukrainian grain on Friday, restricting vital supplies for many countries in Africa and Asia. Ukrainian soldiers fire the Russian positions with the mortar in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Friday, 21 October 2022.   –   Copyright  LIBKOS/Copyright 2022 The AP. […]

Fresh Russian strikes on Saturday, Oct. 22, targeted energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s west, national energy operator Ukrenergo said, with officials in several regions reporting outages. Photo: illustrative Russians “carried out another missile attack on energy facilities of the main networks of Ukraine’s western regions. The scale of the damage is comparable or may exceed the […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev attend the opening of the Zangilan International Airport in the city of Zangilan, Azerbaijan, Oct. 20, 2022. (REUTERS) As long as Sweden does not extradite terrorists wanted by Türkiye, Ankara will not approve their NATO membership, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday. Addressing accompanying Turkish press […]

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, Oct 20, that Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities had rendered the country’s power grid a “battlefield”, spurring a new wave of Ukrainians fleeing to Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during a press conference with Swiss President following their talks in Kyiv on October 20, 2022.Photo by AFP President Volodymyr […]

Shevchenkove, Ukraine – On the side of a dirt road near Shevchenkove, southern Ukraine, 22-year-old Ukrainian soldier Roman lines up a Grad rocket launcher. Seconds later, the nearly 60-year-old, Soviet-built weapon fires off a rocket at positions near the city of Kherson, occupied by Russian forces since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in late […]

In Zelensky’s latest address on Wednesday evening, October 19, the Ukrainian President called on the men remaining in the temporarily occupied areas of southern and eastern Ukraine to avoid being recruited to the occupiers’ army as much as possible. Image by Kyiv Post. Read the President’s full address below: Dear Ukrainians! Today was a pretty […]

State-run Russian television aired footage on Wednesday of long lines of people and their luggage on the banks of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region after Moscow announced it was evacuating tens of thousands of local residents. People gather in Kherson for evacuation.Dmitry Marmyshev / TASS State-run Russian television aired footage on Wednesday […]

After Russia’s recent drone attacks on Kyiv, including on energy targets, U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace made a hurried journey to Washington on Oct. 18 to meet with his U.S. counterpart. Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace arrives to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, on October 11, 2022.Photo by AFP After […]