Ukraine Says it Has Bombed a Major Fuel Depot Inside Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine's military said Wednesday it has attacked a fuel depot deep in Russia, causing a huge fire at a facility supplying a vital Russian air base. Russian authorities confirmed there had been a large-scale drone attack in the area and said authorities had set up an emergency command center to extinguish […]
Ukraine war briefing: Trump sympathises with Russian stance against Ukraine joining Nato | Russia
President Donald Trump said he sympathized with Russia's position that Ukraine should not join NATO and lamented his inability to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before Inauguration Day. NATO members and the Biden administration have expressed support for eventual membership, but Ukraine has not received an invitation. Kiev said joining NATO would deter further […]
Brittney Griner returns to year-round basketball with Unrivaled after Russia detainment drama
Brittney Griner will play organized basketball during the WNBA offseason for the first time in nearly three years. Greiner will be one of 36 players to take the court in Miami later this month in the inaugural year of Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 women's basketball league co-founded by WNBA stars Brianna Stewart and Nafeesa Collier. It's […]
Russia to share advanced satellite technology with North Korea, Blinken warns
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that Russia plans to share advanced satellite technology with North Korea. While in Seoul, Blinken said, using North Korea's official name, “North Korea is already receiving Russian military equipment and training, and I believe Russia intends to share advanced space and satellite technology with North Korea.'' I now […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hopes Trump’s ‘unpredictability’ can end war with Russia | Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed his hope: US President-elect Donald Trump's “unpredictability” could help end the war with Russia. President Trump, who will be inaugurated on January 20, has said he would end the nearly three-year-old conflict within “24 hours” when he takes power, a claim that would force him to give up land […]
Ukraine war briefing: New Year’s Day drone strike kills two in Kyiv | Russia
The breakaway Moldova region of Transdniestria cut off heating and hot water to homes on Wednesday after Russia cut off gas supplies. To Central and Eastern Europe via Ukraine. The cut off in gas flow was immediately felt in the territory of about 450,000 people, mostly Russian-speaking, which broke away from Moldova in the early […]
Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine cease as transit agreement expires | Russia
Russian gas has stopped flowing to Europe through Ukraine, ending a key energy route that dates back to Soviet times and withstood three years of all-out war between the two countries. Ukraine cut off the shipping route after the agreement signed in 2019 expired in the early hours of New Year's Day. This marks a […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows his country will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia | Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed that his country will use 2025 to fight to end nearly three years of Russian aggression. The Ukrainian leader's speech caps a difficult year for the war-torn country, which has been fending off resource-rich Russian forces for nearly three years. “May 2025 be our year,” President Zelenskiy said in […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russia vows to retaliate after state media reportedly blocked on Telegram in EU | Russia
Russia has vowed to retaliate after the EU's popular social media platform Telegram apparently blocked state media channels. According to media reports, on Sunday in several countries, including France, Belgium, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands and Italy, the channels of Rianovosti news agency, Russia 1, Pervikanal, NTV television, Izvestia newspaper and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper were turned […]
Azerbaijan president accuses Russia of ‘absurd’ plane crash cover-up, says flight was ‘shot down’
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of carrying out an “absurd” cover-up after Russian air defense forces allegedly “shot down” a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized for this weekend's “tragic incident,” but the Kremlin has not officially said that Russian air defenses shot down the plane. At least 38 people […]