Canada is imposing new sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s alleged use of North Korean missiles in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, now in its third year. The fresh sanctions announced Tuesday target two individuals and six entities that “facilitated the illegal transportation of weapons, including ballistic missiles, from North Korea to Russia,” Global Affairs Canada … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a theater director and a playwright accused of advocating terrorism in a play, the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent in Russia that has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Zhenya Berkovich, a prominent independent theater director, and … Read more
Russia said its forces had captured the village of Starytsia in Kharkiv region. (Representational) Moscow: Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine launched a major 62-drone attack on Russian regions forcing one oil refinery in southern Russia to halt operations, and that Kyiv’s forces had fired U.S., French and Ukrainian missiles at Russian-held territory. Russia shot … Read more
The first strike killed five and wounded 16 in a recreation area just outside Kharkiv. Kharkiv: Russian strikes killed at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, and injured 25 others in two separate attacks in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Sunday, local officials said. It was the latest in what have been constant attacks … Read more
Ukraine has sent reinforcements to shore up its defence against a Russian ground incursion. Kharkiv Region: Peeking out from under a hat and with his face covered, the Russian fighting for Kyiv described unrelenting battles in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow’s forces opened a new front last week. “The situation is difficult, … Read more
Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Zelensky published a decree to “dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud … Read more
Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire and damaged several oil tanks. (Representational) London: A Ukrainian drone struck a major oil processing plant in Russia’s Bashkiria region on Thursday from some 1,500 km (932 miles) away, a Kyiv intelligence source said, its longest-range such attack since the start of the war. Ukraine also … Read more
Russia denies targeting civilians but many have been killed and injured in its strikes. A Russian air attack hit a school stadium in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv on Wednesday, injuring at least four children and three adults, officials said. Two teenagers were hospitalised in serious condition, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said on the Telegram messenger. The … Read more
A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman, who was separated from her family during a Russian invasion of her home village, walked 10 kilometres to safety in her slippers with only a cane and splintered piece of wood to support her. Lidia Lomikovska’s family decided it was time to flee the front-line village of Ocheretyne in a Russian-occupied … Read more
US on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban. Washington: The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents “as a method of warfare” in Ukraine. “The use of such chemicals is not … Read more
