Tag: conflict

Ukraine says Russia strikes power grid as more ground regained

by Emmanuel PARISSE with Anna KORIAGINA in Kyiv Agence France-Presse KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine has announced fresh gains in its counter-offensive, including the recapture of the strategic city of Izyum in the country’s east, where Kyiv accused Russia of carrying out reprisal strikes against electricity infrastructure. Throughout the weekend Ukraine claimed new military successes against Russia’s army in the east and south, the latest coming Sunday night when President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Izyum “liberated”. […]

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EU ministers seek ways to face energy shock

by Alex PIGMAN Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — EU energy ministers on Friday will attempt to forge a united response to the energy shock from Russia’s war on Ukraine that has sent prices for electricity and heating skyrocketing. Moscow’s invasion has seen the price of natural gas hit record levels, throwing the EU economy into deep uncertainty with all eyes on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will cut off the energy flow entirely. Before […]

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UN: evidence of Russia taking Ukrainian children

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations cited “credible accusations” Wednesday that Moscow’s forces have forcibly taken Ukrainian children to Russia, while Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of benefitting from the eased grain blockade. Kyiv meanwhile said its forces had recaptured significant territory in a counter-offensive southeast of Kharkiv that experts say could threaten key Russian supply routes. As Europe girded for the prospect of winter with diminished energy supplies, the […]

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Putin says Ukraine grain deal mostly helping rich EU

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that “almost all” the Ukrainian grain shipped under a UN-backed deal to ease a global food crisis was reaching rich European nations, an accusation denied by Kyiv. Data compiled by a joint center in Istanbul monitoring the July agreement showed slightly more than a third of the grain delivered to European countries and another 20 percent arriving in Turkey. It also showed 30 percent reaching […]

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Biden rejects branding Russia ‘state sponsor of terrorism’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it would be counterproductive to brand Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism,” rejecting calls from Ukraine and lawmakers to take the far-reaching action. Biden, asked by a reporter on Monday if he would blacklist Russia as a terrorist state, said simply, “no,” after months of non-committal answers from senior officials. Asked Tuesday whether a decision had been made, White House Press Secretary […]

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Army taking on gangs in Colombia’s biggest port

by Juan RESTREPO Agence France-Presse BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AFP) — Colombia’s army put on a show of force at the weekend in a town whose population is at the mercy of two warring gangs. The “Shottas” and “Spartanos” gangs have been fighting for months over control of Buenaventura’s drug trafficking trade, and other illegal activities such as micro-trafficking, extortion and kidnappings. But the army has tried to assert some state control by coming out in force […]

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Israel concedes soldier likely shot Al Jazeera journalist

by Jonah MANDEL Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — The Israeli army conceded Monday for the first time that one of its soldiers had likely shot Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh after having mistaken her for a militant. “There is a high possibility that Ms Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by IDF (Israel Defense Forces) gunfire that was fired toward suspects identified as armed Palestinian gunmen,” said the army’s final investigation report into her May […]

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Russia pockets $158 bn in energy exports after war: report

PARIS, France (AFP) — Russia has raked in a whopping 158 billion euros ($158 billion) in energy exports in the six months following its invasion of Ukraine, with the EU accounting for more than half, a think tank said Tuesday. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air called for more effective sanctions against Moscow after the invasion sent oil, gas and coal prices soaring. “Surging fossil fuel prices mean that Russia’s current revenue […]

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Ukraine nuclear plant’s last working reactor disconnected: operator

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s last working reactor has been switched off from the grid. Ukraine’s power plants operator said Monday. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant — Europe’s largest nuclear facility — has been shelled in recent weeks, with Kyiv and Moscow blaming each other for the attacks, raising concerns of a possible incident. “Power unit (reactor) No. 6 was unloaded and disconnected from the grid” because of a fire that was […]

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Five wounded in shooting on Israeli bus in West Bank

Jerusalem (AFP) Five people were wounded on Sunday in a shooting attack on an Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank, medics said. “We saw two gunshot victims outside of the bus who were being treated by IDF (Israeli military) medics and other people who were at the scene,” said paramedic Matti Carmi, from the Magen David Adom emergency medical services. Those shot in the northern West Bank incident were both conscious and were airlifted […]

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IAEA says Ukraine nuclear plant cut from main power line

Vienna, Austria (AFP) The global atomic energy watchdog said on Saturday that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been disconnected from its last remaining main power line to the grid and is now relying on a reserve line. “Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost the connection to its last remaining main external power line, but the facility is continuing to supply electricity to the grid through a reserve line, the International […]

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Ukraine schools return to sound of war

by Thibault MARCHAND Agence France-Presse POKROVSKÉ, Ukraine (AFP) — Antonina Sidorenko has put on her favorite clothes, selected the prettiest ribbon to adorn her hair and can recite by heart the poem given by her schoolteacher. But with lessons taking place at home to the background sound of gunfire and shelling, this is no ordinary first day back at school for the nine-year-old Ukrainian. Sitting behind a desk in the middle of her sitting room, […]

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