This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in aid. Then the meassure quickly passed the Senate and was signed into law by Biden within days. The funds, however, will make little difference to the outcome of the war on the ground More
Alexei Blinovsky reported to have joined unit popular with politicians and VIPs keen to curry favour with the KremlinWhen his wife, a prominent Russian Instagram influencer, was threatened with years of imprisonment over tax evasion charges, Alexei Blinovsky opted for what seemed the most viable means to secure her freedom in Russia today: he joined Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine.Months earlier, his wife, Yelena Blinovskaya, a former beauty queen turned famous self-help coach,...
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‘Difficult but not catastrophic’ situation as Russians press for gains before US resupply of Kyiv’s forces. What we know on day 796See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s troops have made a tactical retreat westwards from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka and Novomykhailivka on the war’s eastern front, according to Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s military commander in chief. “The most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions, where fierce battles continue,”...
Joe Biden gave missiles to Ukraine under prior funding, after the US reportedly warned Russia against using long-range missiles in Ukraine. What we know on day 792Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid...
Sophie met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, first lady Olena Zelenska, to support survivors of sexual violence
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy repeats pleas for more defensive missiles after fourth large-scale aerial assault on energy system in five weeks. What we know on day 795See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageRussian missiles have hammered power facilities in central and western Ukraine, increasing pressure on the country’s ailing energy system. Saturday’s airstrikes, carried out with long-range missiles including cruise missiles, was the fourth large-scale aerial assault targeting the power system since 22...
At least seven Russian officers have been killed in a missile strike near occupied Mariupol, a Ukrainian official has claimed.]]>
Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, says the only possible strategy for exiting the war is the withdrawal of Russian troops from the sovereign territory of Ukraine. — Ukrinform.
THE Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the royal family to visit Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. Sophie met the president and first lady of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zele
The US Senate has passed £49bn in military aid for Ukraine which can be delivered ‘within days’