Russia-Ukraine war HIGHLIGHTS: Finland to announce decision on joining NATO on Sunday, reports AFP
- Ukraine war HIGHLIGHTS: The war which began on February 24 has shown no signs of let up as reconciliations during the first month of fighting did not reach any significant breakthrough.
Russia-Ukraine war HIGHLIGHTS: As the fighting raged between Russia and Ukraine, Kyiv said it has recaptured Pytomnyk - a village about halfway to the Russian border. Warnings were issued about the fate of civilians and the last fighters in the southern port of Mariupol, following intense bombardment by Russia in the past weeks which, according to the city's mayor, had turned the city into a "medieval ghetto". The war which began on February 24 has shown no signs of let up as reconciliations during the first month of fighting did not reach any significant breakthrough. Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky told French students via videolink, "The war will end when Russia returns our right to live". Meanwhile, Ukraine will launch its first war crime trial over the Russian invasion. Kyiv and Washington have repeatedly accused Russian troops of committing war crimes since the invasion, which has sparked a massive exodus of nearly six million civilians, many of whom bear accounts of torture, sexual violence and indiscriminate destruction. ...Read More
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- May 13, 2022 03:24 am IST
Ukrainian president accuses Russia of 'barbarity'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces on Thursday night struck the Chernihiv region and hit schools.
“Of course, the Russian state is in such a state that any education only gets in its way. But what can be achieved by destroying Ukrainian schools? All Russian commanders who give such orders are simply sick, and incurable.”
He condemned what he suggested were senseless attacks on the refinery in the central Ukrainian industrial hub of Kremenchuk, on the Zaporizhzhia region and the Donbas.
“They are cowards, and they try to hide the truth behind missiles, airstrikes and artillery shelling," he said in his nightly video address to the nation. “Therefore our task is to fight until we achieve our goals in this war: to free our land, our people and secure our security.”
- May 13, 2022 02:37 am IST
Moscow warns Finland over NATO
Moscow warned Finland on Thursday it would face consequences as it seeks to apply for NATO membership "without delay" and Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian navy logistics ship in the Black Sea, where there has been renewed fighting in recent days.
- May 13, 2022 01:23 am IST
'Shot in the back': Russia accused of war crimes in Ukraine
Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating a series of war crimes allegedly committed by Russian forces, including the fatal shooting of two unarmed civilians outside Kyiv, officials said Thursday.
CNN released Thursday what it said was security camera footage showing two Ukrainian civilians shot in the back by Russian soldiers near a car dealership outside of Kyiv on March 16. One man died on the spot, the other died shortly after. Prosecutors are investigating the attack as a war crime, CNN reported.
- May 12, 2022 09:35 pm IST
China votes against UNHRC resolution for inquiry in Ukraine
China on Thursday voted against UN Human Right Council Resolution setting up Ukraine inquiry, reported news agency Reuters.
- May 12, 2022 07:08 pm IST
Europe must end 'dependence' on Russian gas: Ukraine's foreign minister
Europe must end 'dependence' on Russian gas, 'switch off' Moscow's 'energy oxygen,' said Ukrainian foreign minister, according to news agency AFP.
- May 12, 2022 04:33 pm IST
Russia hits Ukraine's east as Finland moves toward NATO bid
Russian forces unleashed airstrikes on the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the besieged city of Mariupol and pressed their advance on towns across the country's east, Ukraine's military said Thursday.
- May 12, 2022 02:47 pm IST
Russian gas transit through Ukraine to Europe sees major fall
- May 12, 2022 02:23 pm IST
Many Ukraine abuses may amount to war crimes: UN chief
The UN Human Rights chief said on Thursday that a thousand bodies had been recovered in the area of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in recent weeks, adding that many of the violations it is verifying since the Russian invasion may amount to war crimes.
- May 12, 2022 02:02 pm IST
3 killed, 12 injured in Russian strike in northern Ukraine, reports AFP
Three people were killed and 12 others wounded on Wednesday in a Russian strike on a town in Ukraine's northern Chernigiv region, the emergency services told AFP.
- May 12, 2022 12:53 pm IST
Finland to announce decision on joining NATO Sunday
Finland to announce decision on joining military alliance NATO on Sunday, AFP reports, citing an official statement.
- May 12, 2022 12:24 pm IST
Russian airstrikes continue on steel mill
Russian forces were continuing their airstrikes on the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol and pressing their advance on towns in eastern Ukraine, AP quoted the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces as saying Thursday.
- May 12, 2022 11:38 am IST
Ukraine keeps up counterattack to north of Kharkiv: Britain
Britain said on Thursday Ukrainian forces are keeping up a counterattack to the north of the second largest city of Kharkiv and recapturing several towns and villages toward the Russian border, reports Reuters.
- May 12, 2022 11:12 am IST
Finland and Sweden to take final steps in joining NATO
Finland and Sweden are taking the final steps to join defense alliance NATO, spurred by a full-scale war Russia is waging in Ukraine.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is on Thursday expected to declare his support for membership, and in Sweden, ruling Social Democrats are likely to announce their backing after a party executive meeting on Sunday.
- May 12, 2022 08:42 am IST
Russia 'most direct threat to world order': EU President
Russia is the "most direct threat" to the international order because of its invasion of Ukraine, AFP quoted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as saying Thursday in Tokyo. "That brings me to Russia. It is today the most direct threat to the world order with the barbaric war against Ukraine, and it's worrying pact with China," she said after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida along with European Council President Charles Michel.
- May 12, 2022 07:44 am IST
Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial over Russian invasion
Ukraine will launch its first war crimes trial over Moscow's ongoing invasion, bringing a 21-year-old Russian service member to the stand, Kyiv's prosecutor general announced Wednesday, reports AFP.