Tag: War
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Criminal Court to Open War Crimes Cases against Russians
The International Criminal Court will open two cases against Russian officials over the invasion of Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Monday. A spokeswoman for the office of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said it “offers no comment about this story.” In its report the New York Times said the first case involved Russia’s alleged…
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Ukraine War: Celebrations as Kyiv takes back Kherson
Ukrainian soldiers have been welcomed into Kherson by jubilant residents, after Russia said it had fully withdrawn from the key southern city. Video showed locals on the streets, flying Ukraine’s national flag and chanting as Kyiv’s troops arrived. Some sang patriotic songs around a large camp fire well into the night. Kherson was the…
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Ukraine’s President, Zelensky, involved in car accident
A motorist collided with a vehicle carrying Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as his motorcade passed through Kyiv, though the president was not seriously injured in the accident, his spokesman said early Thursday morning. “In Kyiv, a passenger car collided with the car of the President of Ukraine and escort vehicles,” spokesman Sergiy Nikiforov…
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Ukraine advances to Recapture all Lands from Russia, calls for Western Arms
Ukraine handed out aid in a battle-scarred town on Tuesday after driving back Russian forces in the northeast and vowed to liberate all of its territory, calling on the West to speed up deliveries of weapons to back the dramatic advance. Since Moscow abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, marking its…
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Ukraine War: Russia wants to Destroy Europeans’ Normal Life, Zelensky Warns
Russia wants to destroy the normal life of every European citizen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. “It is trying to attack with poverty and political chaos where it cannot yet attack with missiles,” Mr Zelensky said in his regular address on Saturday. He was speaking hours after Russia said that its main gas…
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Ukrainians Mark 31st Independence Day amid Fears of New Attacks
Ukrainians revelled in a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out this week as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark the 31st anniversary of independence, but fears of fresh Russian attacks lurked behind their show of defiance. An air raid siren perforated an eerie calm in Kyiv on the morning…
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Putin blasts NATO ‘imperialism’ over Western military shake-up plan
NATO’s promise of continued support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s “cruelty” has brought an angry response from Vladimir Putin, who denounced the alliance’s “imperialist ambitions”. At their summit in Madrid, members of the Western military alliance pledged to back Ukraine for as long as necessary, modernising the country’s army to help it resist…
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Ukraine war: Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin jailed for life over war crime
A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February. He admitted shooting Mr Shelipov but said he had been…
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Seven journalists killed in Ukraine – Report
Citing United Nations data, top independent rights experts on Wednesday said seven journalists had been killed in Ukraine while many had been facing unprecedented danger and even targeted while performing their work. The alert from UN-appointed independent rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, cited “numerous reports” that journalists have been…
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Biden Announces New $800m Military Aid for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a new package of $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, saying it would help Kyiv in the fight against Russian forces in the Donbas region. The Pentagon said the newest round of US support will include 72 155mm howitzers, 72 armored vehicles to tow them, 144,000 rounds of…