Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

Ukrainian military helicopters carried out a targeted strike on an oil storage facility on Russian soil, the region’s governor claimed Friday. “There was a fire at the petrol depot because of an air strike carried out by two Ukrainian army helicopters, who entered Russian territory at a low altitude,” Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod […]

Irpin, Kyiv Oblast — The urban ruins of the Battle of Kyiv contain many secrets. Irpin, a town just northwest of Ukraine’s capital, a battlefield of ruined homes, charred streets and broken glass, now seems forsaken in a lull. But beneath the debris is a living and buzzing underworld. Fighters wearing the most random tactical gear […]

President Joe Biden’s move to release up to 180 million barrels of oil from the nation’s emergency reserve is a step in the right direction to help lower record-high gas prices, petroleum experts said Thursday, but it’s likely not enough for consumers to see relief at the pump. “I don’t want to say it’s insignificant, but it’s not the […]

Russia is continuing to withdraw some of its troops from the Kyiv region, the head of the city’s regional administration said Friday, amid growing fears of a Russian onslaught in eastern Ukraine. Follow our live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time [GMT+2]. 11:40am: Ukraine has shown ‘much more understanding’ of the […]

A train attendant helps a girl to get into the carriage. (Ukrzaliznytsia) From the early days of the war, Ukrainian Railways, or Ukrzaliznytsya, has become central to the country’s life and defense. Ukrzaliznytsia has been helping the army by producing anti-tank hedgehogs and transporting the uncollected bodies of Russian soldiers killed on the front lines. […]

Perhaps you’ve come across the oil aisle in a shop and found slim pickings, or worse: nothing left. Or you’ve seen a note or heard an announcement on the supermarket’s loudspeaker urging customers to only buy enough for their household. A person using cooking oil. People in Germany have been panic buying cooking oil and […]

Turkey is ready to host a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian leaders, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday and reiterated the need for an urgent cease-fire. Speaking to reporters during an official visit to Uzbekistan, Erdoğan said that he believes that the meetings held by the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul gave a meaningful […]

FILE – Jeremy Fleming, head of the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), is photographed in London   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File Demoralised Russian soldiers in Ukraine were refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment, and had accidentally shot down their own aircraft, a UK intelligence chief said on Thursday. Jeremy Fleming, who heads the […]

As the war enters its sixth week, the number of Ukrainians who have decided against taking up residence in the European Union is on the rise. Hundreds of Ukrainians, almost entirely women, children and the elderly, stood in the line for the Kyiv-bound night train in Przemyśl, the main refugee hub in south-eastern Poland, on […]

Russia has decided to drastically cut its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv in Ukraine, one of its deputy defense ministers said on Tuesday, after talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams in Istanbul. “In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing […]