Ukraine/Russia war
24 Feb
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday urged Ukraine and its allies not to "lose heart" as Russian President Vladimir Putin presses his bloody offensive two years into the war.
5 Feb
At least 28 have been killed in an attack on a building in the town of Lysychansk in the Russian-occupied region of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the region’s Moscow-installed head said yesterday.
3 Feb
A fire erupted at a major Russian oil refinery in the southwestern Volgograd region overnight after a drone attack blamed on Ukraine, the regional governor said Saturday.
22 Jan
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday said that the war between Ukraine and Russia was a fight "between good and evil" in a visit to Kyiv to show support, almost two years into Moscow's invasion.
22 Jan
The Kremlin on Monday blamed Ukraine for an attack that started a fire at a gas terminal at the Baltic port of Ust-Luga over the weekend.
1 Jan
Ukraine said Monday it had foiled a "record" number of Russian drones on the night of New Year's Eve after a week of escalation in the nearly two-year conflict.
2 Dec
Ukraine said Saturday that two power lines connecting its electricity grid to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were cut overnight, putting the plant at risk of an "accident". The plant has been at the centre of fighting since it was captured by Russian forces last year, and both sides have accused each other of compromising its…
24 Nov
Russia said Friday it had destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones in the south of the country and over the annexed Crimean peninsula. On Thursday night, "an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aerial drones against sites on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted," Russia's defence ministry said. "Air…
18 Nov
Ukraine's air force said Saturday Russia fired 38 drones at its territory overnight -- the highest reported number in more than six weeks.
6 Nov
Ukraine said Monday that Russian forces had launched four missiles and nearly a dozen attack drones from occupied regions of the country in the south overnight. Fears are building in Ukraine that Moscow will launch systematic attacks on energy facilities like last winter, leaving millions with disrupted heating and lighting. "Fifteen Shaheds and one Kh-59…
25 Sep 2023
Ukraine says the missile strikes on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea was timed to coincide with a meeting of naval officials. In a statement, the Ukrainian military claimed the strike had caused deaths and injuries but did not provide more details. At the weekend, Moscow said one serviceman was missing after…
21 Sep 2023
Writer’s Note: As part of a Taz Panter Stiftung program bringing African journalists together with European experts to discuss African-European relations, we discussed the impact of the Ukraine war on food security in Africa. Being the only Nigerian journalist in the room, I was aware that the food crisis in my country was already at…
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