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Several were injured after a motor attack targeted the area around Somalia’s parliamentary building as the country’s newly-elected politicians met for the second time on Monday. The attack was claimed by the terrorist group Al Shabaab, and aimed to hit parliament which is located in a heavily fortified compound in the capital Mogadishu. Several civilians […]

Fresh shelling from Ukrainian territory injured at least one resident of a Russian border region, the latest instance of intermittent attacks spilling over during Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine. Belgorod region-based social media accounts shared photographs of what they said were agricultural buildings allegedly destroyed in the attacks.      The Belgorod region has reported 12 incidents, […]

Germany has released nearly three billion euros ($3.2 billion) to acquire floating liquefied natural gas import terminals, the finance ministry said Friday, as it seeks to move away from dependence on Russian gas. A photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows the logo of Russian gas giant Gazprom’s German subsidiary Gazprom Germania on their headquarters […]

Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Independent isn’t revealing last name of the person interviewed for this story and the name of his native village for safety reasons.  Ukrainian farmer Ihor escaped the “living hell” of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine in late March after he had spent a month in his occupied village in Kharkiv Oblast. […]

Putin acknowledged a sharp hike in consumer prices in Russia [Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters] Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that the barrage of Western sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine has failed. Putin said on Monday that the West “expected to quickly upset the financial-economic situation, provoke panic in the […]

Macron held a major rally in the port city of Marseille while his rival, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, visited a village west of Paris. Polls show Macron stretching his lead over Le Pen, with a fresh survey on Saturday by Ipsos Sopra/Steria suggesting that Macron would triumph with 55.5 percent versus 44.5 percent for […]

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear bombers have been spotted in the skies over western Russia following the sinking of his warship in the Black Sea. Footage shows four Russian Tu-95s, known as Bears, flying in the Kaluga region, within striking distance of Ukraine. Moscow has previously used long-range bombers to strike Kyiv with non-nuclear cruise missiles The worrying sight of […]

The Bank of Russia will continue buying gold at a fixed price of 5,000 rubles ($59) per 1 gram until June 30. Russia may thus have a chance to return to the gold standard for the first time in over a hundred years. According to BullionStar Singapore precious metals analyst Ronan Manley, Russia’s decision to […]

For humans, war is an obvious tragedy. But when the fighting stops, another more silent victim is discovered: the natural environment itself. Ukraine may have averted even more nuclear contamination after Russia’s military withdrew from its Chernobyl power plant but there are other concerns. War increases the likelihood of forest fires   –   Copyright  Efrem Lukatsky/The Associated Press […]

A local resident looks at damage during heavy fighting near the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo) Russian attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have led to ‘inhuman’ developments, Zelenskyy says as Russia calls for surrender […]