KYIV, Ukraine — Their costumes are put on with surgical precision: Floppy hats, foam noses, bright clothes, and a ukulele with multicolored nylon strings. Moments later, in a beige hospital ward normally filled with the beeping sounds of medical machinery, there are bursts of giggles and silly singing. As Ukraine’s medical facilities come under pressure … Read more
Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a UN General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United Nations itself. Three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s nuclear … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted September 28, 2024 4:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical centre in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday killed at least nine people, officials said. The first strike killed one person. Russia attacked again … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s badly damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s city center — a stark reminder of the scale of destruction caused by Russian strikes on the country’s energy system. The massive blackened hulk juxtaposed with a Ferris wheel farther down Kontraktova Square — … Read more
Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons. The renewed appeal came as Kyiv said Russia launched more drone and artillery attacks … Read more
Ukrainian personnel use searchlights as they search for drones over the city during Russian drone strike Kyiv: Russia launched a new overnight drone attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Saturday, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to issue a fresh appeal for more air defence and long-range capabilities. Ukrainian air defences shot down 72 out … Read more
Representational Image Hyderabad: Mohammed Sufiyan, a Telangana native who ended up working as a support staff for the Russian army after being duped by an employment agent, returned home on September 14. The return of Sufiyan (22), who belongs to the Narayanpet district, ends the agonising wait of his family members who were worried about … Read more
Ukraine and Russia routinely carry out nighttime drone attacks on each other’s territory. Moscow: Ukraine unleashed more than 140 drones on Russia overnight, officials said Tuesday, killing a woman near Moscow, grounding flights and setting off air defences in several parts of the country. Russia’s ministry of defence said in a statement it had shot … Read more
Iran’s mission to the UN said on Friday that Tehran’s position on the Ukraine conflict was unchanged. Washington: Any Iranian transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia would mark a sharp escalation in the Ukraine war, the United States said on Friday, following reports that the two countries had deepened ties in recent weeks with such … Read more
Canada plans to send 80,840 surplus small unarmed air-to-surface rockets to Ukraine as well as 1,300 warheads in the coming months, Defense Minister Bill Blair said in a statement on Friday. Canada announced an initial shipment of 2,160 unarmed CRV7 rockets in June. Each CRV7 rocket can be equipped with warheads designed variously to hit buildings, tanks or soldiers. … Read more
