Ukraine

Russia fires missiles on Kyiv in rare daytime attack

By Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine, May 29, 2023 (AFP) -- Russia fired a barrage of missiles at Kyiv…

Kyiv repels air strikes, day after huge Russian bombardment

KYIV, Ukraine, May 29, 2023 (AFP) -- Kyiv repelled another large volley of overnight air strikes, officials said Monday, as…

Two die, 30 wounded by strike on clinic in Ukraine’s Dnipro

KYIV, Ukraine, May 26, 2023 (AFP) - A Russian missile on Friday morning struck a medical facility in the central…

Russia sending nuclear arms to Belarus in Ukraine fight

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Russia had begun moving nuclear weapons to its territory,…

Scholz says plans to speak to Putin ‘in due course’

BERLIN, Germany, May 26, 2023 (AFP) -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir…

Record number of Russians moved to Finland in 2022

HELSINKI, May 24, 2023 (AFP) - Record numbers of Russians, by far the highest in three decades, moved to neighbouring…

Russia will respond to future incursions ‘extremely harshly’: ministry

MOSCOW, May 24, 2023 (AFP) - Moscow will respond to attacks on Russian soil "extremely harshly", Russia's defence minister warned…

Zelensky says Bakhmut ‘not occupied’ by Russia

KYIV, Ukraine, May 22, 2023 (AFP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Bakhmut was "not occupied" by Moscow,…

Moscow claims it has captured Bakhmut, epicentre of Ukraine fighting

MOSCOW, May 21, 2023 (AFP) - Russia said Saturday it has captured the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, epicentre of…

Wagner claims Bakhmut captured, Kyiv says fighting ongoing

MOSCOW, May 20, 2023 (AFP) - Russia's private army Wagner claimed Saturday the total control of the east Ukrainian city…

Wagner chief says Bakhmut ‘unlikely’ to fall soon

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine's eastern city of Bakhmut is "unlikely" to fall to Russian forces in the coming days,…

Ukraine claims Bakhmut gains, admits Russian progress

  By Victoria LUKOVENKO Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine said Tuesday it had pushed Russian forces from the…

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