•Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia accused Ukraine today of rupturing a now defunct pipeline used to transport Russian ammonia into Ukraine for export, releasing toxic gas into the air. The incident took place near the frontline village of Rusin Yar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Russia said. “During Ukraine’s retreat from the area...
•Ukrainian rescuers work among the rubble following drone attack today Ukraine and Russia launched attacks on each other’s territory early today, leaving at least five people dead, authorities on the two sides said. In Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, a missile strike killed three people in the village of Maslova Pristan, about 15 ...
•Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky A Russian drone strike on a railway station in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy wounded at least 30 people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today. Russia’s army has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s railway infrastructure since invading in February 2022, reports AFP. Zelensky called the strike on ...
•Workers install nets to protect against drone attacks in Ukraine A drone killed a French photojournalist on assignment in eastern Ukraine yesterday, officials and media groups said, bringing the toll of journalists killed in the conflict to at least 17. Antoni Lallican, 37, was embedded with the Ukrainian army near the front line in the [&hel...
•Russian prisoners of war (POWs) today after the exchange Russia and Ukraine exchanged 185 prisoners of war each today, Moscow and Kyiv said, the latest in a series of swaps that have continued despite the lack of progress towards ending the conflict. Russia’s defence ministry said on Telegram that “185 Russian servicemen have been returned” [...
•A Ukrainian tank Ukrainian drones today hit a major Russian oil refinery some 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) from the front line, triggering a fire, officials from both countries said. The strike is the latest in a wave of drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure as Kyiv seeks to knock out Russia’s vital energy revenues that […]...
•Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin warned today that any Western forces deployed to Ukraine would be a “legitimate” target for Moscow’s army, a day after Kyiv’s allies said they had committed to a troop presence in the event of a peace deal. Two dozen countries, led by France and Britain, pledged yesterday to join […]...
•Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he would carry on fighting in Ukraine if a peace deal cannot be reached, as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky arrived for a meeting with allies in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron, who will co-host the meeting of European leaders today...
Russia launched a fresh wave of overnight strikes on Ukraine, firing 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile just hours after President Vladimir Putin met with United States President Donald Trump in Alaska. Ukraine’s air force said Moscow targeted several frontline regions with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and Shahed-type drones last nigh...
•Freed Ukrainian prisoners of war wrapped with Ukrainian national flags Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each yesterday Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of prisoners of war (POWs) released so far this year. This latest one came on the eve of a high-level summit between […]

