This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereThe Russian military has attacked the command headquarters of the Ukrainian army’s southern grouping, using missiles and artillery, Russia’s defence ministry said. The claims are yet to be independently verified.Ukraine’s special services claimed responsibility for a drone attack that hit a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan, south of Moscow, early on Wednesday morning. It said the attack took place about 2:00am (2300...
The 26-year-old model planned on returning to the Met Gala for the third year in a row before he was allegedly booted from his job days before.
Ukrainian troops have fallen back to new positions west of Berdychi and Semenivka near Avdiivka
Putin's forces have targeted a hotel housing “English-speaking mercenaries”
Russia and Ukraine renewed attacks on energy infrastructure overnight,
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) French President Emmanuel Macron’s desperate move to get individual NATO member nations to send their troops into Ukraine so as to stave off and prevent Ukraine’s defeat by Russia in the current war between Russia and Ukraine, was endorsed on April 22nd by the Rhodesist U.S. Council on Foreign Relations’s […]
British ambassador called to the foreign ministry in Moscow
The U.S. has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops.
Ukraine’s outnumbered troops have been forced to retreat from three villages on the eastern front lines, the country’s top commander said Sunday, as Russian forces push to break through its beleaguered defenses while Kyiv waits for newly committed U.S. military aid to arrive. It was a rare admission from Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, that his troops were not only struggling, but also that Russia was gaining the upper hand. In a lengthy post on his Telegram channel...
Sophie, the duchess of Edinburgh, is the first member of the royal family to visit Ukraine since February 2022.
British ambassador is summoned and told that installations and equipment in Ukraine and elsewhere could be targetedThe British ambassador to Moscow, Nigel Casey, was summoned to the Russian foreign ministry, Russian state agency RIA reported on Monday. Reuters said the ministry did not give the reason but there is speculation that it is linked to statements made last week by the foreign secretary, David Cameron, saying he had no issue with British-supplied weapons being used by Ukraine to strike...
NATO countries haven’t delivered what they promised to Ukraine in time, the alliance’s chief said Monday, allowing Russia to press its advantage while Kyiv’s depleted forces wait for military supplies to arrive from the U.S. and Europe. "Serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield” for Ukraine,