Posts tagged Kyiv
WORLD BRIEFING: December 20, 2023

A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hints at mobilisation of up to 500,000

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 15, 2022

European Union member states failed to agree on a ninth package of Russia sanctions in talks. US citizen held since June is among dozens released in a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 5, 2022

Several regions of Ukraine reported interruptionsMonday to power and water supplies amid freezing temperatures after about 70 Russian missiles were fired at targets across the country in a new round of Moscow strikes. Drone explosions were reported deep inside Russia at a military air base

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 15, 2022

Ukrainian officials say they are targeting towns in the eastern Donbas region after making a series of gains in a rapid counter-offensive. Meanwhile a Ukrainian official says his country will need billions of dollars in budget support for an indefinite period.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 9, 2022

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to the Queen after the announcement of her death. Shelling on Tuesday damaged a backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian military says its forces have been able to advance 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) in the Kharkiv region, liberating 20 settlements in their counter-offensive.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 4, 2022

Shocking revelations emerge about the treatment of Ukrainian staff at the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv in the run up to Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian forces blow up a strategic railway bridge leading out of occupied Crimea. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 25, 2022

Air raid sirens were triggered in many regions of Ukraine Sunday as the Russian side continued its bombardment by long range cruise missiles. The grain deal signed in Istanbul appears to have been threatened by violations from the Russian side after it bombed the port area in Odesa

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WAR IN UKAINE: April 17, 2022

The Kyiv region was hit for the second day-in-a-row by Russian missile strikes. Meanwhile, the situation in the besieged city of Mariupol is becoming more desperate as the Russian side demands Ukrainian forces in the city to surrender. Today is Palm Sunday on the Julian calendar

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 14, 2022

As the war in Ukraine enters its 50th day, I argue on my latest opinion piece that no area of Ukraine will be safe until Kyiv can protect all of its skies from long-range Russian missiles. But it cannot achieve this alone.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 4, 2022

As international condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine become sharper and more widespread - leading to call for more sanctions against Russia - Ukraine's prosecutor-general says that 400 bodies have been recovered from towns around the capital

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