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Russian shelling left hundreds of civilians stranded with just one way out in the Azot plant in Severodonetsk, said Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai, while Moscow claimed its missiles destroyed a large number of weapons and military equipment in the eastern Donbass region, including some sent by the U.S. and Europe Ukrainian forces fire a BM-21 […]

Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have destroyed the last bridge into the eastern city of Severodonetsk, cutting off an escape route for civilians trapped in a scorched earth battle for a key city in Ukraine’s industrial heartland, the Donbas. Maksym Katerin stands in the yard of his badly damaged house after his mother and his […]

As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines laid along the Black Sea present a practical nightmare that will take months to resolve even after any agreement. Grain is loaded on a truck at the Mlybor flour mill facility […]

The war has retreated from Kharkiv, but fighting is underway not far away – about 15-20 kilometers from the city. It’s morning. A journalist and photographer from NV are drinking coffee in a Kharkiv coffee shop. It’s quiet and sunny outside. Even though shelling cane be heard in Kharkiv almost every night, the city is […]

The United Nations has urged all parties involved in growing tension between Kinshasa and Kigali to “immediately cease all forms of violence” in border regions between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. A Congolese army tank heads towards the front lines on May 25, 2022 as DRC soldiers fought M23 rebels and Kinshasa appeared to […]

Fierce street-by-street fighting is ongoing in the key eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, where Russian troops are said to have blown up a key bridge over the Siverskyi Donets river linking it to its twin city Lysychansk, cutting off a possible civilian evacuation route. A damaged building is pictured in Lysychansk as smoke and dust rises from […]

Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has promised to renew relations with neighbouring countries and international partners in what he calls ‘‘a constant pursuit of peace” with the world. Somalia’s Hassan Sheikh Mohamud being sworn in after his election by lawmakers on May 16, 2022 in Mogadishu. PHOTO | AFP President Mohamud, inaugurated on Thursday […]

Turkey is ready to host a four-way meeting including representatives from the United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey itself, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Saturday. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky (R) looks on next to his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu during their joint press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, June 11, 2022. (AFP Photo) Turkey […]

– EU CHIEF PROMISES A SIGNAL ON UKRAINE’S BID NEXT WEEK – The European Commission will provide a clear signal next week on Ukraine’s EU candidate status bid, its chief Ursula von der Leyen has said, as fighting rages in the east and south of the country Ukrainian artillerymen prepare to fire a BM-21 Grad […]

MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. Russia’s air defenses downed a Mikoyan MiG-29 and a Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov© Vadim Savitsky/TASS “Russia’s air defenses downed an MiG-29 and an Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near […]