The top Republican in the US Senate called for the Biden administration to step up assistance for Ukraine, breaking with his counterpart in the House of Representatives who warned earlier Continue Reading
Ukraine may need electricity imports – energy minister Energy system still stable, minister says in interview 30-40% of power infrastructure hit by Russian attacks KYIV, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Russian Continue Reading
For the first time since Russia invaded, Ukraine is facing large-scale nationwide disruptions to electricity and rolling blackouts from extensive damage to the country’s power infrastructure from Russian missile attacks Continue Reading
Ukrainian officials have expressed “shock” over Republican suggestions that future assistance for Kyiv could be limited if the party wins the 1–louse of Representatives in November’s US midterm elections, calling Continue Reading
One of the most senior Russian-appointed officials in occupied Ukraine said the Ukrainian army was poised to begin an attempt to retake the southern city of Kherson and urged residents Continue Reading
Ukrainians faced their first large-scale nationwide disruptions to electricity on Thursday as officials sought to restrict supply to allow energy companies to repair power facilities that have been pounded by Continue Reading
One of the most senior Russian-appointed officials in occupied Ukraine said the Ukrainian army was poised to begin an attempt to retake the southern city of Kherson and urged residents Continue Reading
Russia’s Izvestia website showed footage of people gathering to cross the Dnieper river By Paul Kirby BBC News Tens of thousands of civilians and Russian-appointed officials are being moved out Continue Reading
Saudi state media announced Saturday that the kingdom will provide $400 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine , following a Friday phone call between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Continue Reading
Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying Continue Reading
A half-dozen Russian soldiers talk about being shipped to an area of intense fighting in eastern Ukraine just 11 days after their mobilization. Asked about his shooting practice, a bearded Continue Reading
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The Russian-installed head of the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson has appealed to Moscow for help in evacuating residents, signaling that Kyiv’s counteroffensive in the area may be picking up Continue Reading
Ukrainian cities and infrastructure are hit by Russian airstrikes for a second day – Monday saw the most widespread attacks for months The southern city of Zaporizhzhia was shelled again Continue Reading
The external power supply to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was restored on Sunday, Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said. The plant, which is in Continue Reading
Russian authorities said that a truck bomb on Saturday caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia — a key supply Continue Reading
An explosion tore through Russia’s bridge across the Kerch Strait to Crimea early on Saturday, severely damaging it in a major blow to Vladimir Putin more than seven months into Continue Reading
Flush with recent battlefield successes, Ukrainian officials are pressing their case for acquiring longer-range missiles to strike deeper into Russian-held territory, including Crimea, raising questions about how aggressively the Biden Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed Ukraine’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is a Russian federal asset, absorbing all facilities and employees as the Kremlin’s push in the east loses momentum Continue Reading
In an abandoned tower block damaged by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s second city, Olga Kobzar plans to tough out winter for as long as she can without electricity, water, and Continue Reading
On Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia since 2014 , indigenous Crimean Tatars say they are being targeted by Moscow for the military draft, leaving them with a stark choice: Continue Reading
Ukraine said on Saturday it had encircled thousands of Russian troops around the eastern town of Lyman, in a battlefield rebuttal to the Kremlin a day after it proclaimed the Continue Reading
Kyiv’s forces are close to encircling a large concentration of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine in what would be a fresh blow to Moscow in the wake of its unpopular Continue Reading
If Moscow carries out a threat to sanction Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz, one of the last functioning Russian gas supply routes to Europe could be shut, exacerbating the energy crisis Continue Reading
Russia’s Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after conducting self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham. Continue Reading
After seven weary months of the war, many Ukrainians fear more suffering and political repression awaits them as referendums orchestrated by the Kremlin with help from gun-toting police portend Russia’s Continue Reading
KUPYANSK, Ukraine—The grain elevator towering over the eastern edge of Kupyansk, the former seat of Russian power in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, was supposed to be defended by soldiers from an Continue Reading
Images of drunken conscripts brawling and staggering as they depart for the Russian army suggest Vladimir Putin could have difficulty in creating effective fighting forces for his war in Ukraine Continue Reading
Referendums in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Seen as paving the way for Russian escalation of war Denounced as illegal, illegitimate by Ukraine, West Regions represent about 15% of Ukraine territory Continue Reading
Booklets were handed out on the eve of the referendum in Luhansk Russian-backed officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine are holding self-styled referendums on joining Russia. Denounced as illegitimate Continue Reading
In promising Ukraine billions of dollars in long-term military aid, the Biden administration is seeking to prove that U.S. support in the war can outlast Russia’s determination. Rallying American lawmakers Continue Reading
A powerful Russian missile exploded less than 900 feet from the reactors of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant early Monday, according to Ukrainian officials, a reminder that, despite battlefield setbacks, Continue Reading
Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting Continue Reading
Ukrainian forces swept further across territory seized from fleeing Russian troops on Monday, as Moscow grappled with the consequences of the collapse of its occupation force in northeastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s Continue Reading
Ukrainian officials shared photos on Saturday showing troops raising the nation’s flag over the main railway city that has supplied Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine, as a collapse in Russia’s Continue Reading
Swiftly advancing Ukrainian troops were bearing down on the main railway supplying Russian forces in the east on Friday, after the collapse of a section of Russia’s front line caused Continue Reading
Shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with the warring sides trading blame again on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed for a safe zone Continue Reading
Ukrainian officials have largely kept silent about the advance to the east of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city , but have hinted at gains. Russian war bloggers close to the Russian Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a suit, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in April. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a trip to Ukraine on Thursday Continue Reading
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant , built during the Soviet era and one of the 10 biggest in the world, has been engulfed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops Continue Reading
Scores of people were trying to evacuate from villages near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear-power plant , Ukrainian officials said, as an explosion cut off access to electricity and water at a Continue Reading
The backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine has been disconnected deliberately to extinguish a fire, but it was not damaged, the U.N. nuclear watchdog Continue Reading
Ukraine’s energy operator said on Monday that a fire caused by Russian shelling had severed a power-transmission line and effectively disconnected the Zaporizhzhia nuclear-power plant from Ukraine’s electricity grid. Ukraine Continue Reading
U.N. atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Friday he plans to issue a report on the safety of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine early next week. Continue Reading
As UN inspectors sought to avert a nuclear disaster on Ukraine’s frontline, the West and Russia wounded each other’s economies, with Moscow keeping its main gas pipeline to Germany shut Continue Reading
The U.N. nuclear agency chief said his experts were staying put after they crossed on Thursday into Russian-held territory in Ukraine and reached Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, where both Continue Reading
As a team of international monitors assessed conditions at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the middle of a raging war zone on Friday, Ukraine accused Russia of offering only Continue Reading
Ukrainian forces have had “successes” in three areas of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson, a Ukrainian regional official said on Wednesday, two days after Kyiv announced the start of a Continue Reading
The team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left Kyiv on Wednesday en route to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine to inspect the damage Continue Reading
A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog headed on Monday to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the agency’s chief said, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of shelling in its vicinity, Continue Reading
