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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….
Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new counter-offensive in the western Kursk region aimed at repelling Russian and North Korean troops who are trying to retake the area captured by Kiev’s forces last August. . The Russian Defense Ministry said Kiev deployed “an assault group consisting of two tanks, a mine-clearing vehicle…
Russian forces have taken control of the village of Nadia in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region and shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports. The ministry said its air defense systems had shot down 10 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory on Saturday morning,…
Kyiv, Ukraine – Prime Minister Dorin Racine said on Friday that Moldova was facing a security crisis, with its separatist pro-Moscow Transdniestria region cut off from Russian gas supplies, factories closed, central heating restricted. and a rolling power blackout has been imposed. The flow of Russian gas through Ukraine to Central and Eastern Europe was…
Kyiv, Ukraine – A Russian drone strike toward the Ukrainian capital on Friday killed one person and injured four in the Kiev suburbs, local officials said. Moscow’s military has stepped up airstrikes across Ukraine in the first weeks of winter, including a drone strike targeting central Kiev on New Year’s Day that killed two people….
London- European gas prices hit a 15-month high on Thursday after Ukraine blocked the transit of Russian gas from its territory to the EU. Russian state-run firm Gazprom is set to lose more than $5 billion a year following the closure of the route, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called “one of Moscow’s biggest…
As the harsh winter season approaches in Ukraine, UNICEF and other aid organizations are helping communities in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine prepare for the cold weather. Due to the war many local people have lost their jobs and reliable income sources and are unable to afford heating. These include the Malachi family, whose…
Ukraine said on Saturday it had struck a storage and maintenance depot for long-range Martyr drones in Russia’s Oryol region, “significantly reducing” Russia’s ability to launch a large-scale drone attack on Ukraine. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said in a statement on Telegram that the attack occurred on Thursday and was carried out…
Seoul, South Korea – A North Korean soldier captured while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine has died of wounds, South Korea’s spy agency said Friday. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s military, including in the Kursk border area, where Ukraine made a sudden border incursion in August. One of those North…
Seoul, South Korea – South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it has confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to support Russia’s war against Ukraine has been captured by Ukrainian forces. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russian forces, including in the Kursk border area, where Ukraine made a sudden border incursion in…
