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As the international media and Kyiv Post have reported, on Thursday Aug. 18, the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey, together with the United Nations Secretary General, held meetings in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. This event drew major international attention and sent several important signals.  EmptKyiv Post’s Chief Editor Bohdan Nahaylo at the press conference […]

Attackers seized control of a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire. Abdikadir Abdirahman, director and founder of Mogadishu’s Aamin ambulance services, said late on Friday so far nine wounded people were carried away from the hotel. The Hayat Hotel is a popular spot in Mogadishu and is […]

A large number of disease control and security officials in Pyongyang and other parts of the country, blamed for the spread of COVID-19 in late April, were sent to political prison camps in early May, Daily NK has learned. Kim Jong Un at a commemorative photo event reported by North Korean state-run media in early […]

A search warrant viewed by POLITICO reveals that the FBI is investigating Donald Trump for potential violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice laws. Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general’s office for a deposition. | Julia […]

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia’s invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN’s chief. Handout / Turkish Presidential Press Service / AFP A flare-up in fighting around Europe’s largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked […]

The Ukrainian military has destroyed a Russian complex of satellite communication stations known as “Legend 2” according to Operational Command South (OC South) on Facebook. The post also confirmed the destruction of ammunition warehouse in Blahodatne village, Mykolaiv. Image from Ukrinform. “The enemy’s army lost five rockets, the ‘Legend 2’ complex of satellite communication stations […]

Russian troops intend to resume the offensive on certain areas of the front. This is stated in the latest report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00, August 18, published on Facebook. As noted, the enemy continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territories of Luhansk […]

A Russian missile, presumably “Iskander,” hit a three-storey residential building in the Saltiv District of Kharkiv on August 17, destroying it and causing a big fire. According to the latest data from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, seven people were found dead under rubble, and 17 were injured, including an 11-year-old child. Shelling in […]

A new commander has been appointed to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, state news agency RIA Novosti reported Wednesday citing military sources. If confirmed, the removal of Igor Osipov and the elevation of Viktor Sokolov would be one of the most major Russian military reshuffles since the invasion of Ukraine began in late February. Vice-Admiral […]

Following the annexation of Crimea and subsequent conflict in Donbas in 2014, numerous Ukrainian women enlisted to fight for their country. Many of them, however, ran up against pervasive male prejudice in the country’s armed forces – including from some of top military commanders. Out of this strife, Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement (UWVM) NGO was […]