Ukraine crisis - Page 14

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned Putin that Russia will not outlast the West in Ukraine, and that support for the Zelensky admin is “not going away”.

The UK and Dutch governments have committed to working together on obtaining advanced F16 fighter jets for Ukraine.

An object believed to be a spy balloon entered Polish airspace from Belarus and flew over the country for several hours before disappearing.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said a counteroffensive will attempt to liberate areas occupied by Russia, not to attack Russian territory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican, saying it was a great honour to meet with the pontiff,

The battle for Bakhmut has apparently taken a turn in favour of Ukraine, with the Russians retreating in “bad order”, according to UK intel.

Germany will provide Ukraine with an additional 2.7 billion euros in military aid, including tanks, anti-aircraft systems, and ammunition.

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to take some verbal shots at Vladimir Putin, seemingly referring to him as a delusional “grandpa”.

The Biden administration is set to hand Ukraine another $1.2 billion in military aid, U.S. government insiders say.

Ukraine air defenses shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv during Russia’s assault, as attacks across Ukraine killed three civilians.

The head of the Wagner mercenary group said Russia had promised more ammunition after threatening to pull out in scathing videos.

Volodymyr Zelensky met representatives from the globalist investment firm BlackRoc this week to discuss the reconstruction of the country.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog expressed growing anxiety about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant amid ongoing fighting.

The car of prominent pro-Kremlin novelist Zakhar Prilepin exploded in Russia on Saturday, injuring him and killing his driver.

Ukrainian armed forces claimed to have shot down a Russian hypersonic missile using the American-made Patriot missile defence system.

Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened to pull troops out of Bakhmut, the centre of Ukraine’s fight against Moscow’s forces.

Chancellor Scholz said Ukraine must not use weapons supplied by Germany to attack Russian territory so as to avoid a broader war with Moscow.

Weapons provided to Ukraine from the NATO country of Italy are reportedly not battle ready, according to Kyiv defence sources.

A massive fire erupted at an oil reservoir in Crimea after it was hit by a drone, a Russia-appointed official there reported Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday morning that he held his first telephone conversation with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping since China’s “unlimited partner” Russia invaded Ukraine. Zelensky described his conversation with Xi as “long and meaningful.”

The White House is reportedly “annoyed” with French President Macron’s attempts to strike a peace deal in Ukraine with the aid of China.

Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orbán shot down claims from NATO cheif Jens Stoltenberg that “all members” agreed on allowing Ukraine to join the alliance.

French President Macron is reportedly working on a “secret plan” with Communist China to craft a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday.

The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s border with Russia – primarily meant to curb illegal migration – has broken ground.

Poland said that it will temporarily prohibit food imports from Ukraine to protect local farmers from having their prices undercut.

Ukraine has barred its national sports teams from competing at international events which include athletes from Russia and Belarus.

Russian President Putin signed a bill to allow authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the war in Ukraine.

Poland’s agriculture minister vowed to impose quality controls on the massive influx of grain from Ukraine amid local farmer protests.

Farmers in Romania and Bulgaria staged protests against the EU allowing Ukrainian grain to flood their markets and undercut local prices.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow’s exports remained.

Ukraine’s national securitychief warned that the West must prepare for the collapse and fragmentation of Russia similar to the Soviet Union.

Calls for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are “pure cynicism” a Kyiv government official claimed Saturday.

Ukraine’s top security agency notified a top Orthodox priest Saturday that he was suspected of justifying Russia’s aggression.

A company linked to Russia is set to help continue the work of a major nuclear project operating in Germany.

Authorities in Kyiv have reportedly expelled a large number of Christian monks from a historic monastery in the country amid claims they are “pro-Russian”.