Russia claims to have recaptured the village of Andriivka in the eastern Donetsk region, where Kyiv’s forces are suffering manpower and ammunition shortages and struggling to repel attacks.]]>
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Ukrainian forces have “stopped” Russia from advancing further into Kharkiv and are now counter-attacking, the country’s army has said.]]>
At least seven people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, officials said
Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, praises troops’ courage in ‘hard and dangerous fight’. This live blog has closedRussia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, the Russian state news Tass agency reported on Monday.It said the ministers were meeting to discuss the implementation of Russian-Chinese agreements reached during Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China last week, and events in...
Moscow Times, citing a draft government decree published on the legal acts portal, has reported Russia's decision to unilaterally alter its maritime boundaries with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea. The Russian Defence Ministry has prepared a document declaring parts of the eastern Gulf of Finland and areas near the cities of Baltiysk and Zelenogradsk in the Kaliningrad region as Russia's internal maritime waters. This will involve changing the geographical coordinates of points used to...
Russia claimed to have taken full control of the settlement of Bilohorivka
Russia’s defence ministry says its forces have captured a village in the northeastern Kharkiv region.]]>
... ready to settle for what land he has now and freeze the conflict at the
Ivan Popov was fired in 2023 after criticising Russia's management of the Ukraine war in a leaked recording.
Lithuania and Finland have not yet reacted to Russia's decision toward the maritime border, nor has Russia's unilateral decision been recognized internationally.
Incumbent, who beat challenge from prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė, says Lithuania’s independence a ‘fragile vessel that we must cherish’Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda has won re-election, official results showed, in a vote marked by defence concerns over neighbouring Russia.The count published by the electoral commission showed that Nausėda won 74.6% of votes with 90% of ballots counted after polls closed on Sunday in the second-round vote. Continue reading