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WASHINGTON, May 2, 2024 (AFP) – The US State Department accused Russia Wednesday of having used a chemical weapon against Ukrainian forces in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, while also announcing fresh sanctions against Moscow. In addition to the chemical agent chloropicrin, Russia also used “riot control agents (tear gas) as a method of warfare in Ukraine, also in violation of the CWC,” the department said in a factsheet. “The use of such chemicals […]
By Anna MALPAS The clocks had stopped at the exact moment Russian missiles recently ripped into the Ukrainian power plant, where workers were clearing scorched debris under a gaping hole in the roof. Oleksandr, the 51-year-old production manager at the facility, said it had already been damaged by Russian attacks but noted a worrying difference in damage after the last barrage. “It’s a lot worse,” he told AFP journalists at the facility, whose location could […]
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2024 (AFP) – The CIA chief warned Thursday that Ukraine could lose the war to Russia by the end of this year unless the United States sends more military aid. The grim warning by Bill Burns came as the US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Saturday on a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine that has been held up for months by Republican lawmakers allied with Donald Trump as he […]
The NATO military alliance on Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of its founding treaty in Washington. Here are some facts and figures about the organisation forged in the Cold War and re-energised by Russia’s war on Ukraine. – 12 to 32 – Just 12 countries were founder members of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 as the United States, Canada and much of western Europe clubbed together to face up to the […]
By Sébastien RICCI BEIJING, April 1, 2024 (AFP) – France’s top diplomat said Monday that Paris expects China to send “clear messages” to its close partner Russia over its war in Ukraine, after meetings with his counterpart in Beijing. France and China have sought to strengthen ties in recent years and, during meetings in Paris in February, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told President Emmanuel Macron that Beijing appreciated his country’s “independent” stance. But Paris […]
By Clare BYRNE PARIS, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – From the town of Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces in February after a brutal battle that recalled the fight for Bakhmut, to Valery Zaluzhny, the popular army chief who was fired by Zelensky, here are some of the words that defined year two of the war in Ukraine. A – AVDIIVKA The capture of the eastern town of Avdiivka — the biggest win for Russian […]
By Emmanuel PEUCHOT KYIV, Ukraine, Feb 12, 2024 (AFP) – Ahead of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian army is increasingly on the defensive against more numerous and better armed Russian forces, but hoping that a recent military leadership change can make a difference. After last year’s failed counter-offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky last week named Oleksandr Syrsky as the new military commander-in-chief with the task of setting out a “realistic and […]
By Anna MALPAS Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday in a “massive” early morning attack that killed at least four and injured more than a dozen, officials in Kyiv said. Russian strikes on the capital Kyiv killed three people, local authorities said, as images showed a large fire billowing in the top floors of a high-rise residential building. “Another massive attack against our country. Six regions were under enemy attack,” […]
By Jonathan BROWN KYIV, Ukraine, Feb 5, 2024 (AFP) – Andrei Volna had long started losing faith in his homeland before Russian tanks entered Ukraine. That was when the Russian surgeon’s disillusionment passed the point of no return and he decided to flee. Waiting in a line of cars at the border with Estonia, the 61-year-old left behind a comfortable life in Moscow — with his wife and three children in tow — determined to […]
By Victoria LUKOVENKO with Lea DAUPLE in Warsaw Ravaged forests, flooded towns and dead dolphins: after nearly two years of war in Ukraine, experts say environmental damage is becoming an “enormous” tragedy that will affect generations to come. The invasion of Ukraine has been particularly devastating for nature, said Doug Weir, head of research at the Conflict and Environment Observatory, a British non-governmental organisation. Unlike conflicts limited to particular areas, the front line in Ukraine […]
By Danny KEMP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes his second wartime visit to Washington on Thursday in a bid to win fresh aid to fight Russian invaders despite signs of war fatigue among US lawmakers. Zelensky will travel to the White House for talks with President Joe Biden and go to the Pentagon to seek more weapons including longer-range missiles to boost Ukraine’s forces. But his most crucial date is likely to be with leaders […]
The United States providing depleted uranium tank ammunition to Ukraine “is a clear sign of inhumanity”, Russia’s embassy in Washington said Wednesday. The ammunition will be among more than $1 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine announced earlier by the United States. The 120-millimetre rounds are for M1 Abrams tanks that are expected to be delivered to Ukraine before the end of 2023. The US decision “is a clear sign of inhumanity”, the […]
