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21 Sep 2023
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.
21 Sep 2023
Several Ukrainian cities were targeted by Russian attacks overnight, leaving two dead in Kherson on Thursday, while falling debris from downed incoming missiles caused multiple injuries in the capital Kyiv.
20 Sep 2023
Ukraine's armed forces said Wednesday they had destroyed 17 out of 24 Russian drones launched overnight, while an oil refinery was hit, according to a regional governor. [AD] During the night, Russia "attacked Ukraine with 24 kamikaze drones of the Shahed-136/131 type, 17 of which were destroyed by Ukrainian air defence," the General Staff said…
20 Sep 2023
Ukraine's president is set to go face to face with Russian officials for the first time since his country was invaded, as the UN Security Council meets Wednesday for a potentially dramatic session. Volodymyr Zelensky flew to New York for the annual UN General Assembly, where he delivered a speech Tuesday in his trademark military…
19 Sep 2023
Moscow and Beijing are closely aligned in their positions on the United States and resolving the Ukraine conflict, the Russian foreign ministry said following talks between their top diplomats on Monday. The statement came after China's Wang Yi kicked off a four-day visit to Moscow with a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the…
19 Sep 2023
Ukraine will "soon" receive M1 Abrams tanks from the United States as Kyiv's forces make "steady" progress in a counter-offensive against Moscow's troops, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. Washington had promised the tanks to Kyiv at the beginning of the year, part of more than $43 billion in security assistance pledged by…
19 Sep 2023
Ukraine on Tuesday said the International Court of Justice should impose reparations on Russia for its "war of annihilation", arguing that international law itself was at stake. "Russia is not above the law. It must be held accountable," Ukraine's lead speaker Anton Korynevych told the court, sitting just a few metres from his Russian opponents…
14 Sep 2023
Bulgaria decided on Thursday not to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain imports in five eastern EU nations that is set to expire this week.
13 Sep 2023
Ukrainian cruise missiles struck a shipyard in the Crimean port of Sevastopol overnight, Russia's defence ministry said Wednesday, as Kyiv's attacks on the Moscow-annexed peninsula intensified. Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014, said that Ukraine used three maritime drones and ten cruise missiles in the attack, which it claimed damaged two ships undergoing repairs. "The…
12 Sep 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said electronic financial declarations by officials should "immediately" be available to the public, vetoing a law that triggered an outcry across Ukraine. Zelensky has stressed the need for transparency during the war, with several corruption scandals leading to the arrest or dismissal of public officials in recent months. "Declarations…
11 Sep 2023
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday urged Berlin to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles during a surprise visit to Kyiv by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
10 Sep 2023
Two aid workers, one Canadian and one Spanish, were killed in east Ukraine, said Kyiv on Sunday blaming Russian forces and calling their deaths near war-ravaged Bakhmut "a painful, irreparable loss".
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