An assistant to Ukraine’s top army commander was killed when a grenade ignited among birthday gifts he was given on Monday, Ukrainian officials said. Maj. Hennadiy Chastyakov, 39, returned home with gifts from colleagues when his 13-year-old son picked up one of six grenades given to him in a box, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of…
While the eyes of the world are affixed on the Middle East and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, another high-stakes conflict is still going on in Eastern Europe between Russia and Ukraine. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, last week told The Economist his country has reached a stalemate…
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Vladimir Putin isn’t quite the man he used to be — more than a decade has passed since the Russian president engaged in public stunts to boast of his vigor by hugging a polar bear or riding a horse barechested in the mountains. The war in Ukraine has further dented that…
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police said Monday they have confiscated 11 pieces of ancient gold jewelry that were taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016. A police statement said five people who were attempting to sell the pieces in Spain have been arrested in recent weeks. Those arrested included two Ukrainians, one of them an…
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning Thursday of a Russian journalist who fled after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV. Marina Ovsyannikova called emergency services and was hospitalized after suddenly falling ill as she left her Paris apartment and said she suspected she was poisoned, the Paris prosecutor’s office…
Last Updated: October 06, 2023, 14:12 IST Fuga Bluemarine crude oil tanker lies at anchor near the terminal Kozmino in Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia, December 4, 2022. (Reuters File Photo) Russia lifts pipeline diesel export ban, impacting global oil prices. Gasoline export restrictions remain. Fuel prices and exports analyzed Russia’s…
TORONTO (AP) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged infrastructure, a grain silo and an abandoned hotel and injured one person in the Black Sea port city as attacks elsewhere in Ukraine killed five civilians and wounded 13 in the past day, Ukrainian officials said Monday. Ukraine’s air force reported downing…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Air alerts sounded again and again in Kyiv and residents headed to shelters early Thursday morning, as a massive Russian attack on at least six cities across Ukraine killed at least two people, started fires, wounded at least 21 and possibly trapped dozens under rubble. The attack carried out on the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday urged former U.S. President Donald Trump to reveal his long-teased plan for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine in 24 hours. “He can publicly share his idea now, not waste time, not to lose people, and say, ‘My formula is to stop the war and stop all this tragedy and…