Category Ukraine

Russia Books by bestselling author Grigori Chkhartishvili, who writes under pen name Boris Akunin, removed from shelves Reuters Sat 13 Jan 2024 12.01 CET Russia’s justice ministry late on Friday designated one of the country’s most popular fiction writers a…

The United States is investing in Ukraine’s defense industry for the long haul, even if direct Ukraine aid dwindles in 2024. President Biden’s most recent drawdown of weapons from U.S. stockpiles is the last he can approve. Other U.S. military…

The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said he would visit Kyiv in the next few days. Warsaw is one of Ukraine’s key allies in its war against Russia but relations between the two countries became tense last year, under the…

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation boosted the intensity of use of their tactical aircraft on the east and southeastern front on the night of 12-13 January. Source: Ukrainian Air Force on…

Stock photo: watman/Depositphotos Russian authorities are holding Ukrainian citizens in penal colonies and pre-trial detention centres without charges. Among them are residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Source: Olha Skrypnyk, Head of the Board of…

Photo: Stéphane Séjourné on Twitter (X) New French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 13 January. Source: French Foreign Ministry, reported by European Pravda Details: The French Foreign Ministry noted that Séjourné arrived in Ukraine…

IVAN SHMURATKO. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Ukrainian figure skater Ivan Shmuratko performed in the free programme of the European Figure Skating Championships wearing a shirt with a red stain. Source: Suspilne. Sport Details: Shmuratko was the first to start performing in…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Rishi Sunak meeting with the servicemen in hospital. Photo: Ukrainian President’s Office Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have visited Ukrainian servicemen being treated in one of Kyiv’s medical facilities. Source: Office of…

TU96MS. PHOTO: Defence UA The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that Russian strategic aircraft were active near Olenya airfield on the night of 12-13 January. Source: Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram Details: The military noted that Russian aircraft do not…

TAIPEI — Taiwan has been slow to learn the lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and should be accelerating a shift away from big-ticket warplane and warship projects and switching to agile weaponry like drones and mobile air-defense systems that…