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The clock is ticking on the arrival of further U.S. military aid for Ukraine but in regretting its delay former president Viktor Yushchenko has already said the frontline “doesn’t take vacation.” Ukraine may soon count on more artillery, air defense interceptors and other ammunition but as Russian president Vladimir Putin sees a window of opportunity…
Residents fleeing a Ukrainian town under constant Russian bombardment fear that their town will be seized by Moscow for a second time in two years, a humanitarian group helping evacuees has told Newsweek. The Kharkiv regional town of Vovchansk was seized by Moscow on the first day of Vladimir Putin‘s full-scale invasion on February 24,…
A Russian military airfield in Crimea has caught fire for a second night in a row, according to new reports, after Moscow said Ukraine had launched consecutive long-range strikes on the Russian-controlled peninsula. The Belbek airfield, close to the port city of Sevastopol on Crimea’s western edge where Russia bases its Black Sea naval fleet,…
Russian forces have captured Robotyne, a key village on Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia front, according to the Russian defense ministry. The defense ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region is now under the control of Russia’s Dnieper Group of Forces. Zaporizhzhia is one of the four Ukrainian regions that Russian…
A former president of Ukraine criticized the delay in U.S. aid to his country, saying it effectively sent a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to “attack, ruin infrastructure, [and] rampage” there. Viktor Yushchenko, who served between 2005 and 2010, said the “colossal waste of time” by Congress—which was deadlocked over approving military aid amid…
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has seemingly warned North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries on Friday that a response over statements made by United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron will be delivered with “special ammunition.” Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, tensions between the military alliance and the Kremlin have continued as NATO leaders have increasingly…
Russian forces launched a “risky” push on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region late last week without factoring in the arrival of fresh military aid from the U.S., according to a new assessment, as local officials hurry to evacuate thousands of people from the region. On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had “tried to expand…
A Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia early on Sunday, according to a Russian regional official, as Kyiv intensifies its drone campaign on Moscow’s oil infrastructure. Russia’s Defense Ministry said early on Sunday that a number of Ukrainian attacks were intercepted across several regions overnight, including one drone over…
Russia currently lacks the troops to capture or encircle Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, according to the latest report from the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington D.C.-based think tank. This is despite Russian forces launching a two-pronged attack into Kharkiv Oblast on Friday which the ISW said made “significant tactical gains.” The Russian…
Russian forces in Ukraine have lost 54 tanks and more than 4,400 soldiers since Sunday, according to data released Friday by Kyiv’s military. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in addition to 4,410 casualties, Russia also lost 100 armored fighting vehicles, 137 artillery systems and 143 drones during the same…
