Lviv, Ukraine, Jan 20 (EFE).- Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday thanked the US for a new $2.5 billion defense aid package as Nato and its allies were due to meet to coordinate arms supplies to Kyiv. “Thank you Potus for providing Ukraine with another powerful defense package worth $2.5 billion,” Zelenskyy said on … Read more
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, on Tuesday urged global businesses and political leaders meeting in Davos this week to use their influence and to show resolve and unity in confronting Russia’s aggression against her country. “I am meeting at the Davos forum because deep inside we believe there … Read more
Lviv, Ukraine, Jan 16 (EFE).- The number of people killed by a Russian missile strike on a multi-story apartment block in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 35, including two children, the local governor said Monday. At least 75 people, including 14 children, were injured in the powerful blast that on Saturday … Read more
Moscow/Lviv, Jan 13 (EFE).- Russia said Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, a claim which Ukraine has denied. “The liberation of the town of Soledar was completed on January 12,” Russian defense ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in the daily … Read more
Lviv, Ukraine, Jan 5 (EFE).- At least 60% of the embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been destroyed amid fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces, local authorities reported Thursday. Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk region military istration, told local media that hostilities have devastated the strategic city, which used to have more … Read more
Moscow, Dec 21 (EFE).- Russian president Vladimir Putin warned a meeting of the top brass of the Russian defense ministry on Wednesday of Nato’s growing role in the war in Ukraine, as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was visiting the United States to shore up military . Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu denounced that there are … Read more
Washington, Dec 21 (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Wednesday to the United States congress that their is “vital” not only to resist the Russian invasion, but to achieve a “turning point” in the battlefield and to hasten victory. “Ukraine stands on its lines and will never surrender,” he said in his speech at … Read more
Lviv, Ukraine, Oct 5 (EFE).- Ukrainian forces continued to make “significant gains” against Russian occupiers in the southern Kherson region, one of the territories Moscow says it has annexed, according to a United States think tank, which concurred with claims by Kyiv and its Western allies. The Institute for the Study of War said in … Read more
