US to send billions more in aid to Ukraine
The US is to give Ukraine a further $4.5bn (£3.7bn). That’ll bring its total budgetary support, since Russia launched its invasion back in February, to...
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Missile strike on Ukraine space plant kills three
Russian long-range cruise missiles killed three people in Ukraine’s central city of Dnipro when they hit a space rocket plant and a nearby street, local...
US sends $1bn in new security aid to Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced up to $1 billion in weapons aid for Ukraine, including anti-ship systems, artillery rockets and rounds for howitzers. The...
Fuel shortage hits Africa
The surge in crude prices and oil shortage as result of the war in Ukraine has led to shortage of fuel supplies, disrupting airlines and...
Mariupol: Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers evacuated
Ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna...
Ukraine war: Italy orders seizure of yacht linked to Putin
Italy has ordered the seizure of a $700m yacht linked to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs at a port in...
US accuses Russia of depravity, brutality
The US defence department has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of acting with “depravity” in his invasion of Ukraine. Spokesman John Kirby became visibly emotional...
Rockets hit Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Rockets hit Kyiv during the UN Secretary General’s visit to the city, in which he criticised his own organisation’s Security Council. Antonio Guterres said the...
Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol refuse to surrender
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says defenders of the besieged city of Mariupol will fight to the end against Russian forces. The port city has...