Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine Thursday. Kiev has confirmed war has broken out between Russia and Ukraine, and Moscow has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian troops may have captured up to 1,000 Ukrainian forces during the chaotic retreat from Avdeevka over the weekend, the New York Times daily has reported, citing anonymous Ukrainian and Western sources. The newspaper described the withdrawal from the former Ukrainian stronghold in Donbass as a “devastating loss” for Kiev that “could deal a blow to already weakening morale".
Support for Ukraine among Europeans remains broad, but nearly two years after the Russian full-scale invasion barely 10% now believe it can defeat Russia, according to an EU-wide poll – with some form of “compromise settlement” seen as the most likely end point.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has stated Russian troops would push further into Ukraine to build on their success on the battlefield after the fall of the town of Avdiivka where he said Ukrainian forcess had been forced to flee in chaos.
The longer the conflict in Ukraine drags on, “the better Russia will do”, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes. The billionaire has been calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine since 2022, arguing that Kiev needs to accept its loss of territory to avoid further catastrophe.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and a former president of the Russian Federation, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the US, the UK, Germany and Ukraine if Moscow loses all occupied Ukrainian territories.
US President Joe Biden has blamed this week’s fall of a Ukrainian stronghold to Russia on Republican lawmakers who refused to approve his request for $60 billion in additional aid to Kiev.
Russian soldiers have “completely captured” the city of Avdeevka, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. Some 1,500 Ukrainian troops were killed as they retreated, leaving their weapons and equipment behind, the ministry added.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has claimed that the North Atlantic Alliance is militarily stronger than Russia, although its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revealed certain shortcomings.
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the front-line city of Avdiivka, the new army chief has announced, after months of heavy fighting and little progress in repelling Russian troops in the country’s eastern front.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has revealed that only about 20% of the large companies from Europe and 16% from the US have left Russia in light of Western sanctions pressure related to Ukraine war.
Kiev has “transitioned” from offensive operations to strategic defense, Ukrainian General Aleksandr Syrsky has told the German TV channel ZDF in an interview published on Tuesday.
Moscow will give a very tough response to any seizure of its assets and will treat the West as equivalent to thieves, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said on air during a Soloviev Live television broadcast.
Head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin has claimed the West wants to create a new “special envoy” to Kiev who would have permanent direct access to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Russian official likened the position to a foreign “governor” of Ukraine.
The Russian military never officially ordered SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet terminals and they are not certified for use in Russia, the Kremlin has announced. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made the comment after Ukrainian intelligence claimed that Russia was using the technology amid the ongoing armed conflict between Moscow and Kiev.
The European Union on Monday took a step towards confiscating the interest earned by Russian sovereign funds the bloc has frozen in response to the conflict in Ukraine.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has dismissed supplying his Starlink satellite internet network to Russian soldiers. The service has been widely used by the Ukrainian army during its fight with Moscow.
The situation on the conflict frontline has become even more “difficult” for Kiev, the secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Aleksey Danilov, has admitted. In order to alleviate it, Kiev urgently needs even more weapons from its backers, the official added, warning further setbacks suffered by Ukraine would ultimately damage the west’s own “image, authority and unity".
Moscow prepares its economy for a long war, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said, calling on Europe to increase its arms production to support Ukraine and prevent “potentially decades of confrontation” with Russia.
General Valery Zaluzhny was fired as the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces partly because he had clashed with the Pentagon about how to conduct the counteroffensive against Russia last summer, Politico has reported.
Ukrainian frontline units have resorted to rationing artillery rounds because US supplies have stopped and the EU has been unable to deliver on its promises, a Financial Times report has claimed.
Modern Ukraine is a country that was artificially created by the actions of the late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin after World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin told American journalist Tucker Carlson on Friday.
The US Senate has blocked a $118 billion supplemental funding bill with aid for Ukraine and Israel, as well as immigration reforms and national security measures.
The Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian peninsula of Crimea to the Krasnodar Region will be destroyed in 2024, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Aleksey Neizhpapa, has threatened.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning a “serious” overhaul of the country’s leadership team, he told Italy’s RAI TG1 news channel, when asked about his reported plan to fire Ukrainian military commander General Valery Zaluzhny.
