This is Beirut, 2025-07-03 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Russian military said Thursday it had captured the village of Milove in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, opening a new front on their shared border. Ukraine did not immediately comment on Russia's claim. Milove lies on a section of the border that Moscow's forces had not penetrated since their offensive began in 2022 and ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-02 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine appealed to the United States for clarity on Wednesday after it was caught off guard by a White House announcement that Washington was halting some arms shipments to the war-battered country. The Ukrainian defense ministry, which is deeply dependent on US arms, said it had not been prior notified about the reduction in aid announced one ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-02 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Ukraine Russia Military aid
The White House said Tuesday it is halting some key weapons shipments to Ukraine that were promised under the Biden administration for Kyiv's battle against the Russian invasion. Stopping the delivery of munitions and other military aid, including air defense systems, likely would be a blow to Ukraine as it contends with some of Russia's largest ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-01 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kyiv Ukraine Izhevsk Drone Russia
A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian city more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the front line left multiple people dead and wounded early on Tuesday, the region's governor said. It was one of the deepest strikes into Russian territory of the three-year-old conflict. Izhevsk, far from the battlefield in Ukraine, is home to multiple arms ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-30 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
European Union Europe Ukraine Trade
The European Union said Monday it had agreed to a new long-term trade deal with Ukraine, covering imports of food products from the war-torn country that have angered EU farmers. "With this modernized agreement, we are securing trade flows from Ukraine to Europe and global markets," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-30 09:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Johann Wadephul Germany Russia Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to surrender, Germany's top diplomat said on Monday as he visited Kyiv after weeks of stepped-up Russian bombardments of the country. Amid stalled peace talks to end the more than three-year war, "Putin is not ceding on any of his maximalist demands – he doesn't want negotiations; he wants a ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-29 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Ottawa Convention
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website. The treaty bans signatories from acquiring, producing, stockpiling or using anti-personnel mines, which are designed to be buried or hidden on the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-29 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Russian strikes targeting Ukraine overnight Saturday to Sunday wounded at least 12 people, according to local authorities, prompting Kyiv to renew calls for new air defense systems. Since its invasion in February 2022 Russia has launched near-nightly bombardments of Ukrainian towns and cities, sending barrages of drones and missiles against ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-27 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia and Ukraine's demands for peace were "absolutely contradictory," after two rounds of peace talks failed to bring the sides closer to an elusive ceasefire. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators swapped memorandums outlining their visions for how to end the three-year conflict at ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-25 23:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Russia Council of Europe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed an accord with pan-European rights body the Council of Europe for establishing a special tribunal to try top officials responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The court would prosecute the "crime of aggression" in the invasion, which Russia launched in February 2022, and could, in ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-24 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Trump Zelensky NATO Ukraine Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump are planning to meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, a senior source in the Ukrainian presidency told AFP. The war-time leader has been a central figure at recent summits but given his fractious relationship with Trump, Zelensky has not been invited to the main ...
This is Beirut, 2025-06-24 08:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Kyiv Russia
Russian drone attacks killed three people near the northeastern city of Sumy, including a five-year-old child, local authorities said on Tuesday. It came a day after Ukraine said Russia carried out dozens of drone and missile strikes on its territory, killing 10 people in the capital Kyiv. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have ...