Ukraine

Russia's invasion nears six-month markKyiv fears Russia will launch attacks on Independence DayUkraine are defiant, but apprehensive as war rumbles onKYIV, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Ukrainians revelled at a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark 31 years of independence this week, but…

Putin condemns ‘despicable, cruel crime’ after Russia accuses Ukraine of Darya Dugina’s murderRussia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has sent his condolences to the family of Darya Dugina, describing the daughter of the ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin as a “patriot of Russia”.In a statement published on the Kremlin website, the…

Taiwan is learning from Ukraine how it could defend itself against China's much larger military. Ukraine has effectively used smaller weapons like handheld missiles and drones to attack Russian forces. Tensions have heightened between China and…

A tank of Russian troops drives in Russian-held part of Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterAug 20 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of poisoning some of its servicemen in the Russian-controlled part of…

Russian forces are allegedly planning to display captured Ukrainian soldiers in iron cages during a "show trial" on Ukraine's Independence Day, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.The event will take place in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where the Mariupol Chamber Philharmonic is being "urgently remodeled" in…

Finnish air force sent up ‘an operational flight mission’ and identified the planes and the Border Guard launched an investigation into the violation.Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are suspected of violating Finnish airspace near the coastal city of Porvoo on the Gulf of Finland. The suspected violation happened at 06:40 GMT on Thursday and the…

Placeholder while article actions loadKYIV, Ukraine — At a military position near the front line, members of a Ukrainian military unit snickered as a soldier with tattooed arms scrawled a phallic symbol on an artillery shell designed for an M777 howitzer cannon.At a separate position, a Ukrainian soldier loaded a shell that read “Hello from…

Explosions have rocked an ammunition depot in Crimea, severely disrupting railway services, Reuters reports. Moscow’s senior representative in the region, Sergei Aksyonov, said two people were wounded, railway traffic was halted and about 2,000 people were evacuated from a village near the military depot – but he skirted talk of a cause.…

Three people were killed and two others wounded when a mine exploded at a beach in Ukraine, local authorities said Monday. Footage shows beach-goers being fatally maimed as they swam Saturday at a beach in Zatoka in Ukraine’s Odesa region, where millions of residents and tourists alike spend summer vacations along the Black Sea.…

ISTANBUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a U.N.-brokered deal arrived in Istanbul on Sunday, the Joint Coordination Centre based in the Turkish city, said.The Belize-flagged vessel is the first to carry wheat from Ukraine through the Black Sea since Russia's invasion. The Sormovsky was loaded with…