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Nearly 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 2,700 others wounded in Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in a closed briefing on Monday. The National Intelligence Service said he had taken part in the interrogation of several North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces. The briefing came…
Moscow — Russia said on Saturday that Ukraine carried out drone strikes in several regions of Russia, including two residential houses in the Tambov region that were hit and at least three people injured. People were treated for injuries caused by broken windows caused by a drone strike on two houses in the city of…
Russia accused Ukraine of launching a deadly missile attack Friday on a supermarket in the Moscow-controlled city of Donetsk, while Kiev responded to a huge wave of Russian drone attacks on several areas and fierce fighting near the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Informed. The fighting on Friday came a day after…
Washington— President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday it was expanding sanctions against Russia’s vitally important energy sector, revealing a new effort to torment Moscow over its nearly 3-year-old war in Ukraine as the newly elected President Donald Trump is ready to return to his post. End the fight quickly. The outgoing Democratic administration billed the…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held bilateral meetings with his Ukrainian and British counterparts on Wednesday before hosting the Ukraine Defense Contact Group for the last time. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb is traveling with Austin as the US is expected to announce its final military aid package to Kiev under the Biden administration. Source…
A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia killed at least 13 people and injured dozens of others on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came just minutes after regional governor Ivan Fedorov warned that “high-speed missiles” and “glide bombs” were headed towards the Zaporizhia region. The bodies of the victims and…
Ukrainian forces carried out what Russian officials said was a massive drone attack on the Saratov region on Wednesday, causing damage to an industrial enterprise. Saratov Governor Roman Busargin said the attack targeted the neighboring cities of Saratov and Engels, an area that is home to air bases for Russian bombers. Russia’s Defense Ministry said…
Washington— US President-elect Donald Trump held an omnibus press conference at his Florida estate on Tuesday, where he outlined his stances on key foreign policy issues as he prepares to take office in two weeks. He strongly called for the release of hostages held in Israel more than a year ago by the terrorist group…
Russia’s military said on Monday its forces had captured a key town in eastern Ukraine, while Ukrainian officials cited thousands of Russian casualties in fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. The Russian Defense Ministry said its control of the city of Kurakhov, after several months of fighting for the logistics hub, would allow Russian forces to…
Nearly three years ago, just before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 23-year-old Ukrainian Army Lieutenant Myroslav Pylypchuk was preparing to become a father. Instead, he found himself facing the invaders on the front lines, where he faced death repeatedly, including a head-on encounter with a Russian tank in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine….
