November 19, 20240 Comments

Russia says Ukraine attacked it using U.S.-made missiles

Moscow signaled to the West that it’s ready for a nuclear confrontation after Ukraine was given permission to attack Russian territory — and appeared to quickly act on that greenlight — using U.S.-made long-range missiles. Kyiv appeared to waste little time after reportedly being given the go-ahead by Washington Sunday to use U.S.-made ATACMS missiles against specific targets. Ukrainian news outlets reported early Tuesday that the missiles had been used

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November 18, 20240 Comments

What we know about North Korean troops in Ukraine

Getty Images Some observers now say we should not be too quick to dismiss North Korea’s military capabilities When rumours first emerged in October that North Korean troops were about to start supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, it wasn’t immediately clear what role they would be fulfilling. Their lack of battlefield experience was given as a key reason why they might just be assigned to non-combat roles. But after the

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November 17, 20240 Comments

Biden to allow Ukraine to use US weapons inside Russia: Reports | Russia-Ukraine war News

The move comes as Joe Biden heads into his final months in US office, with successor Donald Trump believed to be more favourable towards Russia. Outgoing United States President Joe Biden will allow Ukraine to use US-provided weapons to strike inside Russia, various news outlets, including Reuters, the Associated Press and the New York Times, have reported. Three sources, familiar with the matter, including two US officials, told Reuters on

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November 17, 20240 Comments

Blackouts in Ukraine as Russia targets power grid

A “massive” Russian missile and drone attack has targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. It is the largest such assault since early September, with reports of multiple explosions across the country, according to authorities and local media. “Peaceful cities, sleeping civilians” and “critical infrastructure” were targeted, Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said. Emergency blackouts were enacted in Kyiv and two other regions in the

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November 16, 20240 Comments

G7 backs Ukraine as Zelenskyy says he wants to end war next year | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine president says Kyiv will do everything possible so the war with Russia ends in 2025 ‘through diplomatic means’. Leaders of the G7 alliance have reaffirmed support for Ukraine “for as long as it takes” as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants to end the war through talks next year. The Ukrainian president said in a radio interview aired on Saturday that his side will do everything possible so that

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November 16, 20240 Comments

Russian gas exports via Ukraine to Europe stable despite Austria cuts By Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gas producer Gazprom (MCX:) said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday, the same volume as on Friday, despite expectations of gas supplies cuts to Austria over a contractual dispute. Russian Interfax news agency cited data from European gas pipeline operators as saying that gas exports from Russia via Ukraine were stable, while Austrian company OMV was not

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November 15, 20240 Comments

North Korean troops in Ukraine ‘grave escalation’, Scholz tells Putin

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops against Ukraine was a “grave escalation” of the conflict, according to government sources. In the first phone call between the leaders in nearly two years, Scholz called on Putin to end the war and pull Russian troops out of Ukraine. The Kremlin described the conversation as “a detailed and frank exchange of

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