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By Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine, May 29, 2023 (AFP) — Russia fired a barrage of missiles at Kyiv on Monday, sending panicked residents running for shelter in an unusual daytime attack on the Ukrainian capital following overnight strikes. A series of explosions rang out in Kyiv as Russia targeted the city for the second time in 24 hours. The latest barrages hit the pro-Western country as the Ukrainian capital was still recovering from […]
KYIV, Ukraine, May 29, 2023 (AFP) — Kyiv repelled another large volley of overnight air strikes, officials said Monday, as the Ukrainian capital was still picking up the pieces from the biggest drone attack to hit it since Russia’s invasion began. Local air defenses managed to fend off more than 40 drones and cruise missiles, and there were no casualties, authorities said. Kyiv had been mostly spared since the beginning of the year, but this […]
KYIV, Ukraine, May 26, 2023 (AFP) – A Russian missile on Friday morning struck a medical facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing two and injuring 30 including two children, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of smoke billowing from roofless buildings with blown-out windows. “There are already 30 victims, including two children. There is still no contact with three people who may have been here,” the head of the […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Russia had begun moving nuclear weapons to its territory, which borders the European Union, ratcheting up tensions with the West over the Ukraine conflict. On the diplomatic front, Russia’s foreign ministry announced a visit to Moscow by China’s special envoy for Ukraine, Li Hui — Beijing’s latest effort to broker an end to the fighting. Li’s visit to the Russian capital, where he is […]
BERLIN, Germany, May 26, 2023 (AFP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin “in due course”, holding out the prospect of resuming contact after a near-total breakdown in relations since the Ukraine war. “My last telephone call was some time ago,” Scholz told the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper in an interview published Friday. “But I plan to speak to Putin again in due course.” The leaders last spoke […]
HELSINKI, May 24, 2023 (AFP) – Record numbers of Russians, by far the highest in three decades, moved to neighbouring Finland in 2022, official statistics published Wednesday showed. A total of 6,003 people moved from Russia to Finland last year, according to Statistics Finland, making it the top country of origin for immigration. Immigration to Finland was up overall, with almost 50,000 people moving to the country, compared to an average of between 29,000 and […]
MOSCOW, May 24, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow will respond to attacks on Russian soil “extremely harshly”, Russia’s defence minister warned Wednesday, after Russian jets and artillery fought off an armed group that crossed from Ukraine. The incursion was the most serious since Moscow launched its offensive in Ukraine last year, with fighting in Russia’s Belgorod region lasting days. “We will continue to respond promptly and extremely harshly to such actions by Ukrainian militants,” Sergei Shoigu […]
KYIV, Ukraine, May 22, 2023 (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Bakhmut was “not occupied” by Moscow, while the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group insisted his fighters had taken control of the eastern city “to the last centimeter”. Kyiv’s military said it was hanging on to a small part of the city and said its troops were advancing on its flanks. Bakhmut, a salt-mining town that once had a population of […]
MOSCOW, May 21, 2023 (AFP) – Russia said Saturday it has captured the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, epicentre of the fighting, as President Vladimir Putin congratulated his troops and private mercenary group Wagner. The announcement from the Russian army came hours after Kyiv said the battle was continuing, while admitting the situation was “critical”, and with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky meeting G7 leaders in Japan. Bakhmut, a salt-mining town that once had a population […]
MOSCOW, May 20, 2023 (AFP) – Russia’s private army Wagner claimed Saturday the total control of the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the epicentre of fighting, as Kyiv said the battle was continuing, while admitting the situation was “critical”. The announcement by Wagner came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took part in the G7 summit in Japan. Bakhmut, a salt mining town that once had a population of 70,000 people, has been the scene of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut is “unlikely” to fall to Russian forces in the coming days, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, said early Friday. Wagner has led the grinding, months-long assault on Bakhmut, which has seen the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. “Bakhmut is unlikely to be completely taken tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,” Prigozhin wrote on Telegram, reporting heavy fighting in the southwestern suburbs […]
By Victoria LUKOVENKO Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine said Tuesday it had pushed Russian forces from the flanks of Bakhmut but conceded that Moscow’s forces were pushing deeper inside the embattled town. The announcement came as European leaders meeting in Iceland agreed to create a “register of damages” to record the wartime harm and destruction wrought by Russia in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said. It would be an initial step towards […]
