Ukraine has been forced onto the defensive in the past few months (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Russian attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine killed at least three people on Wednesday, officials said, as Kyiv called for more Patriot air defence systems to battle a surge in missile strikes. Moscow has escalated aerial attacks on Ukraine in…
Valeriy Zaluzhnyi began his military training in the 1990s. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian armed forces commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who was replaced on Thursday, became a national hero for repelling Moscow’s invading forces two years ago but suffered battlefield setbacks as the war ground on. The move ends intense speculation over his fate after reported frictions…
Ukraine has also not confirmed or denied Russia’s central claim that Kyiv shot down the plane (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s SBU security service on Thursday opened a criminal probe into the downing of a Russian military plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Kyiv has not said whether captured Ukrainian soldiers were killed…
Russia has vigorously denied committing atrocities or targeting civilians in Ukraine (File) The Hague: A former Russian soldier has sought asylum in the Netherlands and wants to testify at the International Criminal Court about war crimes by Russia that he witnessed while fighting in Ukraine, a Dutch legal source told Reuters on Tuesday. The man,…
