President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, April 21, declared the long-suffering city Mariupol fully under Russian Federation (RF) control, as defenders claimed they had destroyed more RF tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in street battles. Putin in a ...

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed Russia’s “liberation” of Mariupol after Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told him Moscow controlled the Ukrainian port city apart from the Azovstal steel plant. “Block off this industr...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked to meet with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine in their respective capitals, a UN spokesman said Wednesday. As the war in Ukraine rages, Guterres made the request in letters sent to Ru...

Russian Federation (RF) forces used mercenaries from Libya, Syria, and Russia in a series of unsuccessful attacks on the Donbas town Popasna, official Ukrainian sources and military unit statements said on Thursday, April 21. Ukrainian Armed Forces (...

A senior Kyiv official on Wednesday, April 20, accused the International Committee of the Red Cross of working “in concert” with Russia in Ukraine, a charge the organisation denied. Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova decried ICRC’s annou...

G7 finance ministers pledged additional support to Ukraine exceeding $24 billion for 2022 and beyond, adding that they were prepared to do more as needed. In a statement, the ministers said they regretted Russia’s participation in international...

Ukraine’s last defenders in devastated Mariupol are refusing to surrender, but have appealed for security guarantees, with Russian forces on the brink of taking complete control of the strategically vital city. Mariupol has been under siege alm...

Vilnius handed over heavy mortars to Ukraine, the cost of all military assistance to Kyiv is tens of millions of euros, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said. “We gave Ukraine help in form of heavy mortars, I won’t name a nu...

Experts hold differing views on Vladimir Putin’s path to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But they largely agree the West’s lack of action following the 2014 attack contributed to Putin’s decision. There is no consensus on the precise pathway and ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has once again expanded its sanctions list against Russia adding individuals and legal entities to it, a statement said. In particular, restrictive measures are imposed on 40 legal entities, including the Tsargrad society...