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MOSCOW, Jan 1, 2024 (AFP) – Russia’s Sakhalin island and the Pacific city of Vladivostok were on “alert” Monday to a possible tsunami risk after a major earthquake in Japan. The alerts came after the powerful 7.5 earthquake in Japan prompted tsunami warnings, with Japanese authorities urging people to move to higher ground. Sakhalin is an elongated island north of Japan and Vladivostok is Russia’s main Pacific city. Authorities in Sakhalin said the island’s west […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 31, 2023 (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed in his New Year’s address Sunday to wreak “wrath” against Russian forces in 2024, despite what he said were attempts to “undermine” support for Kyiv. His message came less than 72 hours after Moscow launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, killing 39 people in one of the biggest aerial attacks since the war began. “Next year, the enemy will […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 31, 2023 (AFP) – Kyiv said Sunday it had destroyed 21 of 49 Iranian-made drones fired after Russia vowed to retaliate for what it called a “terrorist attack” on a border city that left 24 dead. The Ukrainian air force said the “Shahed” drones were particularly targeted at “the front line of defence, as well as at civilian, military and infrastructure facilities in the front-line territories”. Six guided missiles had also targeted […]
MOSCOW, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – Russia accused Ukraine of targeting the city of Belgorod with missiles and rockets on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more in an attack Moscow warned would “not go unpunished”. Belgorod lies about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border with Ukraine and has been repeatedly struck by what Moscow says is indiscriminate shelling by Kyiv’s forces. Unverified footage showed debris strewn across the street and […]
By Anna MALPAS with Florent Vergnes KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – Russia launched a massive air attack over Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding over a hundred across the country in the fiercest assault since the first days of the war nearly two years ago. Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were among the buildings hit in the barrage, said Ukrainian officials. The attacks — […]
WARSAW, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – A Russian missile passed through Polish airspace Friday, entering from and then back into Ukraine, the Polish army said, as Russia pummelled Ukraine with one of the biggest air attacks of the war. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile entered Polish airspace… It also left our airspace,” said General Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the general staff of the Polish armed forces. “We have national and allied radar confirmation,” he […]
By Anna MALPAS KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – Russia launched a wave of missile strikes on Friday across Ukrainian cities, including the capital, officials said, as they raised a nationwide air alert. “We are doing everything to strengthen our air shield. But the world needs to see that we need more support and strength to stop this terror,” Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak wrote on Telegram. AFP reporters in central Kyiv heard several […]
MOSCOW, Dec 28, 2023 (AFP) – Russian and US space agencies have agreed to keep working together to deliver crews to the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2025, Russian corporation Roscosmos said Thursday. The space sector — including its so-called cross-flights that involve sending crews from different nationalities on one spacecraft — is a rare area of cooperation remaining between Moscow and Washington since Russia sent troops to Ukraine. “An agreement was reached […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 27, 2023 (AFP) – The US government on Wednesday announced what it said was the last remaining package of weapons available for Ukraine under existing authorization, with Congress now needing to decide whether to keep supporting Kyiv’s battle against Russian invasion. “The year’s final package” includes air-defense and artillery munitions, the State Department said in a statement. It added that Congress, where Republicans are split on supporting Ukraine, should “act swiftly” to renew […]
MOSCOW, Dec 25, 2023 (AFP) – Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, allies said on Monday after over two weeks during which his whereabouts were unknown. Authorities transferred Russia’s most prominent opposition politician to an isolated penal colony three months before a presidential vote expected to easily hand Vladimir Putin a fifth term. “We have found Alexei Navalny,” his ally, Kira Yarmysh, said on social […]
MOSCOW, Dec 23, 2023 (AFP) – Russia’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday rejected an application by a candidate calling for peace to stand in next year’s presidential elections. The commission cited “mistakes in documents” submitted by Yekaterina Duntsova, a former journalist and city councillor campaigning “for peace and democratic processes”, Russian television reported. The commission’s chief, Ella Pamfilova, said the members unanimously rejected Duntsova’s bid to stand in polls that President Vladimir Putin is expected […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 23, 2023 (AFP) – Ukraine’s military said it has shot down three Russian fighter-bombers in the south of the country. Air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said the Su-34 jets were downed around noon on Friday. In his announcement he noted a message found on a downed Russian drone which read “Die, bitches”. “Great idea! Here is our response!” he said on Telegram. In his nightly address on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked […]
