Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia claims capture of two more eastern Ukraine towns

Russia claimed on Saturday to have captured two more towns in eastern Ukraine, Myrnograd and Guliaipole, a day ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with US President Donald Trump

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Russia pummels Kyiv as Zelensky heads to US

Russia pummelled Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with drones and missiles yesterday, killing one woman and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest talks with US leader Donald Trump.

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UKRAINIAN PEACE DEAL / Putin sends a signal to Trump on proposals

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aide spoke to members of the US administration after Moscow received US proposals about a possible Ukrainian peace deal, the Kremlin said yesterday.

2d ago

Russian invasion: Zelensky reveals US-Ukraine plan to end war

Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a US-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, though key questions remain over territory and whether Moscow could accept the new terms.

4d ago

Ukraine peace plan: Kremlin denies three-way talks in preparation

The Kremlin yesterday denied that three-way talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States were on the cards, as diplomats gathered in Miami for talks on ending the conflict.

1w ago

Putin still intends to capture all of Ukraine

US intelligence reports continue to warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire,

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No compromise on Ukraine: Putin

President Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on his terms for ending the war in Ukraine yesterday and accused the European Union of attempting “daylight robbery” of Russian assets.

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Ukraine strikes Russian refinery, fuel depot

Ukraine’s military hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region and an oil depot in the Russian Volgograd region, the Ukrainian General Staff said yesterday.

2w ago

US plan sees Kyiv joining EU in 2027

Ukraine would join the European Union as early as January 2027 under the latest US plan to end the war with Russia, a senior source familiar with the matter told AFP yesterday.

2w ago

Ukraine hits Russian oil rig in Caspian Sea

Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the first time yesterday, halting production at the facility owned by Lukoil, according to an official from Ukraine’s Security Service.

2w ago

Russia strikes Ukraine’s power, transport sectors

A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack damaged power facilities in eight Ukrainian regions, causing blackouts and forcing nuclear power plants to cut power output, officials and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday.

3w ago

Ukrainian drone strike sparks fire at Azov port

A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at Russia’s Azov Sea port of Temryuk, the local emergencies centre said yesterday.

3w ago

'If Europe wants a war, we are ready'

Putin warns European superpowers that their defeat will be swift if they start a war

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Ukraine team heads to US for peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday said that a delegation headed by security council secretary Rustem Umerov was on its way to the United States to continue talks on an agreement to end Russia’s war.

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Ukraine and Russia trade deadly strikes

Russia rained missiles and drones overnight on Kyiv, killing six people, authorities said yesterday, as three people died in Russia’s Rostov region in massive Ukrainian strikes.

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US, Ukraine work on ‘refined’ peace plan

The United States and Ukraine pressed on with talks in Switzerland yesterday to come up with a mutually acceptable peace plan, after agreeing to modify a US proposal that Kyiv and its European allies saw as a Kremlin wish list.

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Ukraine’s drones hit Russian power station

Ukraine struck a heat and power station in the Moscow region yesterday with drones, triggering a major fire and cutting off heating for thousands in one of Kyiv’s biggest attacks to date on a power station deep inside Russia.

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Zelensky orders defence audit after corruption scandal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday ordered an audit of the war-torn country’s large defence industry, after a sweeping corruption probe uncovered graft in the battered energy sector.

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