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by Serguy BOBOK with Dave CLARK in Kiev and Anna SMOLCHENKO in Moscow Agence France-Presse KHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Russia shelled the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as it pressed on with its invasion Tuesday, defying mounting global pressure that saw a war crimes probe opened against Moscow, sanctions smash its economy and FIFA ban it from the World Cup. After their first talks since the war started failed to secure a breakthrough Monday, Russia continued […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — The Russian army said Monday that Ukrainian civilians could “freely” leave the country’s capital Kyiv and claimed its airforce dominated Ukraine’s skies as its invasion entered a fifth day. “All civilians in the city can freely leave the Ukrainian capital along the Kyiv-Vasylkiv highway. This direction is open and safe,” Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in televised remarks. Vasylkiv is located to the southwest of Kyiv. Konashenkov hinted […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine demanded an immediate Russian ceasefire and troop withdrawal on Monday as its delegation arrived in Belarus for talks with Russian negotiators on the fifth day of the Kremlin’s offensive. Ukraine’s delegation is set to meet Russian representatives for the first talks since Moscow’s invasion, as the fighting for several Ukrainian cities continues and the Russian ruble collapses. The meeting will take place just across the border in neighbouring Belarus, a […]
by Dave Clark, with Thibaut Marchand in Chuguiv, Ukraine Agence France Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv, with explosions heard in the capital early Friday that the besieged government described as “horrific rocket strikes”. The blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western warnings to unleash a full-scale ground invasion and […]
Two loud blasts were heard in the centre of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Friday, an AFP journalist said, a day after Russian troops launched an invasion of its Western-backed neighbour. Russian missiles and shelling rained down on Ukrainian cities on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale ground invasion and air assault, forcing civilians to shelter on metro systems. Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv […]
Russian and Ukrainian forces were on Thursday battling for an airbase on the northern outskirts of Kyiv after dozens of attack helicopters swooped south from Belarus towards the capital. Russian airborne troops seized control of the Gostomel airfield, but Ukraine’s leader President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that they would be encircled and crushed. “The enemy paratroopers in Gostomel have been blocked, and troops have received an order to destroy them,” Zelensky said, in a video […]
4 more Filipinos set to arrive on Friday, Feb. 25, after Feb. 18 repatriation of 6 nationals (Eagle News) – The Philippine government is ensuring the safety of 181 Filipinos in Ukraine and is continuing repatriation of nationals who want to return to the Philippines amid the increasing Russia-Ukraine crisis. Malacanang issued the statement on Thursday, February 24, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to conduct special military operations in Ukraine. -Palace says […]
President Vladimir Putin has called claims Russia is behind eastern Ukraine’s unrest “nonsense.” He has accused the government in Kyiv of raising tensions in the region, while expressing hope for crisis talks. During the beginning of a televised call with the nation on Thursday, Putin said Ukraine’s decision to send armed forces to the country’s restive east rather than establishing a dialogue was a “grave crime.” He also dismissed Western accusations that Russian special forces […]
Ukraine’s government has launched an assault on separatists in an eastern town of Slovyansk. The move comes one day after pro-Russia activists seized government buildings in the city amid warnings of a crackdown by Kyiv. On Sunday, Ukraine’s government launched an “anti-terrorist operation” in Slovyansk, a town about 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the Russian border, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. “Units from all of the country’s force structures are participating,” Avakov wrote on his […]
NATO has told Russia to “stop massing” its troops on Ukraine’s border and open a “genuine dialogue.” Kyiv meanwhile has offered amnesties to pro-Russian occupiers of buildings in eastern Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that Russia had 40,000 troops “ready for combat” along Ukraine’s eastern border. Moscow said the Western alliance was merely imagining a Russian threat. Visiting the Czech capital, Prague, Rasmussen (pictured) told a news conference that if […]
