United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has again raised alarm over continuous killing of children in Ukraine as two were reportedly killed and at least 15 injured in a wave of deadly new year attacks across Ukraine. Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine, in a statement on Wednesday, said...
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U.S. President Joe Biden has condemned Russia’s aerial attack on Ukraine, calling on the world to stop the killings of the innocent people in the country. The attack launched on Thursday night is likely to be the biggest aerial bombardment since the war began, according to Ukraine President....
A Ukrainian village councillor set off hand grenades at a meeting, wounding 26 people, national police said Friday, triggering the launch of a terror investigation. The incident took place Friday morning at the headquarters of the village council of Keretsky in western Ukraine’s mountainous Zakarpattia region....
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused 151.2 billion dollars in direct damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure as of September this year, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing a recent study. According to the study conducted by the Kyiv School of Economics, the housing sector was hit the most by...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told world leaders in the UN General Assembly that alongside its ongoing nuclear threat, Russia is also weaponising essentials like global food and energy markets, and using them “not only against our country, but all of yours as well.” Since the start...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un predicted a Russian victory in Moscow’s war against Ukraine, during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I am deeply convinced that the heroic Russian army and people will brilliantly adopt the tradition of victory and demonstrate their honour and glory on...
Russia came under a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack overnight, with reports of damage flowing in from a half-dozen regions on Wednesday morning. This is thought to be the biggest drone raid on Russian territory since Moscow launched the all-out invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. In...
Russian Courts are convicting a growing number of men for desertion, indicating low morale among soldiers, according to the latest assessment by Britain’s Ministry of Defence. “Refusal to fight likely reflects the lack of training, motivation and high stress situations Russian forces face along the entire Ukrainian frontline,’’...
African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine conflict and to renew a deal on the safe wartime export of Ukrainian grain that Moscow tore up last week. While not directly critical of Russia, their interventions...
Another ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea has been hit in a drone attack according to the regional governor. Eleven drones were shot down over Crimea, Moscow-appointed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram on Monday. However, he said there was an “impact at the ammunition depot in the Dzhankoy district’’...
UN political affairs chief, Ms Rosemary DiCarlo says Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea could have far-reaching impacts on global food security. DiCarlo said this while briefing the Security Council on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. DiCarlo strongly condemned the aerial strikes this...
United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, on Monday expressed regrets over Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Blinken, in statement, said the Russian government’s continued weaponization of food harms millions of vulnerable people around the world. Since August 2022, the Black Sea Grain...
Russian authorities have described an incident on the Kerch Bridge in the annexed peninsula of Crimea as an act of terrorism. The incident, described earlier by the local administration as an “emergency’’ caused traffic to be halted on the heavily-used bridge. The Ukrainian secret service SBU commented on the...
French officials on Tuesday said France will join Britain in supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, which can travel 250 km (155 miles). This was a move that allows Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supplies deep behind front lines. Emmanuel Macron said he had decided to boost...
Russia’s most senior generals have dropped out of public view after a failed mercenary mutiny aimed at toppling the top military brass, amid a drive by President Vladimir Putin to reassert his authority. Unconfirmed reports say that at least one person has been detained and is being questioned. Russia’s...
European Union (EU) foreign ministers decided on Monday to top up the fund for military aid for Ukraine and other partner countries. The top up fund would amount to another 3.5 billion euros (3.82 billion dollars), an EU spokeswoman has said. “We will continue to double down on our...
The United Nations has accused Russia of killing 136 children in 2022 during its war of aggression against Ukraine, an internal report seen by dpa in New York on Thursday showed. UN Secretary general António Guterres said he was “appalled” by the killings. The report also stated that 80...
Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank) says the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine crisis exposed the vulnerability of Africa in many ways.afre According to him, these events dramatise Africa’s over-dependence on others for our basic needs of food and healthcare....
Britain on Monday introduced legislation that will allow it to keep sanctions against Russia in place until Moscow pays compensation to Ukraine. “As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, the terrible impacts of Putin’s war are clear. “Ukraine’s reconstruction needs are, and will be immense,” British foreign...
Russian President Vladimir Putin hass given African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided, pouring cold water on a plan already largely dismissed by Kyiv. The African leaders were seeking agreement on a series...