#Live updates: Russia&x27;s war in Ukraine

[neyatimes]

Russia's war in Ukraine, Odesa attacks

Ukraine has been struggling to repel a wave of Russian strikes against the southern city of Odesa, its air defenses unable to cope with the types of missiles that Moscow has used to pummel the region this week. Ukraine’s Air Force said it destroyed just five of 19 Russian cruise missiles fired at the country overnight into Thursday. That’s a significantly lower success rate compared to previous…

[nicoleheaviland]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

A year ago, Natalia’s life was upended by war. With her family, she fled the fighting in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol and crossed into Russia. From there, she and many other Ukrainians were encouraged by Russian authorities to take a 4,000-mile train journey east to the very edge of Siberia, to a coastal town called Nakhodka on the Sea of Japan, a stone’s throw from North Korea. It’s…

[reportwire]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference in Paris, France, on March 10. (Kin Cheung/Reuters) The United Kingdom will ramp up defense spending by $6 billion to “fortify” against growing threats from Russia and China, the country’s leader announced on the eve of highly anticipated talks with AUKUS partners, the United States and Australia. In a statement released Sunday, British Prime Minister…

[world-news24]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

A man walks past a model of the G20 logo outside the finance ministry in New Delhi, India, on March 1. (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies have convened in New Delhi, setting the stage for a grand test in Indian diplomacy as it attempts to navigate tensions over Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. In the second high-level ministerial…

[ausark-media]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s White House visit Wednesday will symbolically bolster America’s role as the arsenal of democracy in the bitter war for Ukraine’s survival and send a stunning public rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February is to the United States will also highlight President Joe Biden’s historic role in…

[entertainmentusanewstoday]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

A priest accused of leaking information about the positions of Ukrainian troops to Russia has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). The SBU said the rector of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the city of Lysychansk “passed to the occupiers information about the combat positions of Ukrainian troops in the city, as well as in the area of…

[usaitbari]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

Denys Shmyhal attends a joint briefing in Kyiv on December 6. (Hennadii Minchenko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images) Ukraine said it has reduced its “power deficit” as engineers work to restore infrastructure damaged by waves of Russian missile strikes. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that after Monday’s attacks, “power engineers promise to eliminate the consequences” in the…

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Russian-backed authorities deny Ukraine's claims about withdrawal from Zaporizhzia nuclear plant

Russian-backed authorities deny Ukraine’s claims about withdrawal from Zaporizhzia nuclear plant

The head of Ukraine’s nuclear energy provider says the company has received information that Russian forces may be preparing to leave the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. “We are now observing signs that the Russian invaders may be preparing to leave,” Petro Kotin, the head of Energoatom, said in a statement Sunday. “First of all, a lot of publications began to appear in the Russian media that…

[globalcourant]

Town near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under Russian rocket fire again, Ukrainian officials say

Town near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under Russian rocket fire again, Ukrainian officials say

Russian forces in the occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the flow of ammunition, armor and fuel to front-line units, according to Ukrainian officials and Western analysts, thanks to a concerted Ukrainian campaign to cut off river and rail supply lines as well as target ammunition depots. The Russians are moving command posts from the…

[neyatimes]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Harvester works on a wheat fields in Prymorske, Ukraine on July 5. Amadeusz Swierk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Wheat and corn prices on global commodities markets jumped Monday after Russia pulled out of a crucial deal allowing the export of grain from Ukraine. The collapse of the pact threatens to push up food prices for consumers worldwide and tip millions into hunger. The White House said the…

[reportwire]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Power across the Kharkiv region has been fully restored, a spokesperson for the regional military administration told CNN. The metro in Kharkiv city has reopened but the trams remain at a standstill, the spokesperson – who asked not to be named for security reasons – added.  Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration, said Saturday that power to all customers in…

[ausark-media]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

A view of the damage caused after a shelling by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk’s center Thursday. (Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Ukrainian forces carried out the biggest attack on the occupied Donetsk region of the country since 2014 on Thursday, according to a Russian-installed official. Donetsk has been held by Russian-backed separatists since 2014 and it is one of four Ukrainian…

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Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

A satellite image shows bomber aircraft at Engels Air Base in Saratov, Russia, on December 4. (Maxar Technologies/Reuters) Moscow’s accusation that Ukrainian drones struck two airbases deep inside Russia has once again raised the febrile question of escalation nine months into the war. The strikes are an extraordinary breach of Russia’s assumptions that it can protect its deep interior, from…

[usaitbari]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

Fighting in eastern Ukraine continues to be concentrated in the Bakhmut area of Donetsk, according to Ukrainian officials. Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk regional military administration, said on Ukrainian television that the “Donetsk sector is the most difficult as Russians are trying to capture Bakhmut — and all settlements from Lysychansk to Bakhmut are important for them.” Lysychansk is…

[globalcourant]

Ukrainian troops took back 4 villages in the south from Russian occupation, military source tells CNN

Ukrainian troops took back 4 villages in the south from Russian occupation, military source tells CNN

Ukrainian gunners prepare to fire with a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region on August 27. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images The White House says it has seen reports that Ukraine has begun a counteroffensive against Russian forces in southern Ukraine but does not want to comment further on specific Ukrainian military operations, John Kirby,…

[neyatimes]

Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed Sunday that the US will allow European countries to start training Ukrainian fighter pilots to use F-16 fighter jets, after reports that Europe was awaiting formal approval.  “Yes, we will,” Sullivan told CNN’s Jake Tapper when asked. “The president has given a green light and we will allow, permit, support, facilitate and in fact provide the…