British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that Britain was willing to assist with de-mining operations off Ukraine’s southern coast and was considering offering insurance to ships to move millions of metric tons of grain stuck in the country. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine and blockade of its Black Sea ports has prevented the
The Russian and Ukrainian ambassadors have turned Indonesia – this year’s G20 chair – into a diplomatic battlefield by holding tit-for-tat press briefings, becoming regulars at local newsrooms and giving interviews to present their versions of what’s happening in the actual warzone. Take the case of an in-person press conference last week by Lyudmila Vorebieva,
Singapore – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the international community to make a concerted effort to support countries that see their sovereignty and territorial integrity threatened by larger powers. In a virtual speech addressing defense ministers and senior officials from 42 countries attending this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore, the Ukrainian
The future rules of the international order are playing out in Ukraine’s war zones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore as he rallied support for his country Saturday in its fight against Russia’s invading forces. The Ukrainian leader appeared on a giant screen as he addressed delegates from 40 countries,
KYIV – Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk. Dark smoke could be seen from many miles away after the attack on
BUCHA, Ukraine – She called him Sunshine. He called her Kitty. They met nearly 20 years ago when she was working at a hospital and he sauntered through the door, young, muscular and beautiful, to fix the roof. Iryna Abramova said she made the first move and followed him to where he smoked cigarettes behind
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine – Russian forces have launched their long-anticipated offensive in eastern Ukraine, attempting to push through defenses along almost the entire front line early on Monday in what Ukrainian officials described as the second phase of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had begun the “Battle of Donbas” in the east on
LVIV/KYIV – Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverized port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said troops in Mariupol were still fighting despite a
KYIV – Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Western world has watched with admiration how the brave Ukrainian people have resisted Vladimir Putin’s despotic evil. This admiration has translated into unprecedented levels of humanitarian and military aid, without which Ukraine would not have survived, let alone begun to repel the
LVIV/Bucha, Ukraine – Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin forces withdrew to refocus their attacks in other parts of the country. In the town of Bucha, 37 kilometers (23 miles) northwest of Kyiv’s
