MADRID (AP) — Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, ending a deadlock that had marred the opening of a leaders’ summit in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis. in decades, caused by the war in Ukraine. After urgent high-level talks with the leaders of the three countries, alliance … Read more
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — The Group of Seven economic powers are pledging long-term support for Ukraine, and the United States is preparing to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Kyiv. The leaders are also set to announce a deal to seek a cap on the price of Russian oil, raise tariffs … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia broke weeks of relative calm in the capital of Ukraine with long-range missiles fired at Kyiv early Sunday morning, an apparent show of force by the Kremlin as Western leaders meet in Europe to strengthen its military and economic support for Ukraine. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the missiles hit … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of fierce fightUkrainian forces have begun withdrawing from a besieged city in the country’s east to move into stronger positions, a regional official said on Friday, marking four months into Russia’s invasion. The planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, comes after relentless Russian bombardment … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of fierce fighting, Ukrainian forces will withdraw from a besieged city in the country’s east to avoid encirclement, a regional governor said Friday. The city of Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Lugansk region, has faced relentless Russian bombardment. Ukrainian troops fought the Russians in house-to-house battles before retreating … Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on the path to EU membership, moving with unusual speed and unity to move the beleaguered country away from Russian influence and closer to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels, the leaders of the 27 EU nations won the unanimous approval required … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The executive arm of the European Union recommended putting Ukraine on the path to membership Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a russian attack that it is killing civilians, leveling cities and threatening its very survival. In another show of Western support, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv Thursday in a show of collective European support for the Ukrainian people as they resist Russia’s invasion, marking the highest-profile visit to the capital of Ukraine from Russia. invaded his neighbor. The French president’s office said that President Emmanuel Macron, … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — As many as 200 Ukrainian soldiers are killed every day in the war with Russia, and only increasingly advanced Western weaponry will reduce the casualties. push back the Russian offensive and force Moscow to come to the negotiating table, said an adviser to the Ukrainian president. Mykhailo Podolyak told the BBC … Read more
A court in a separatist-controlled breakaway region of eastern Ukraine has handed down death sentences to two British citizens and one Moroccan citizen, who were captured while fighting for the Ukrainian army against Russian forces, according to news reports. Thursday’s verdict by the supreme court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), a region controlled … Read more