ukraine
Billionaire Kolomoyskyy’s home searched in Ukraine
Ukraine’s State Security Service and Bureau of Economic Security searched the home of billionaire businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyy on Wednesday, Ukrainian media reported, citing an official on condition of anonymity. The search was reportedly related to...
Kyiv claims 128,420 Russians killed since outbreak of hostilities
The Ukrainian defence forces on Wednesday said the country’s troops had killed about 128,420 Russian servicemembers since the outbreak of hostilities on February 24 of the last year. The office said 920 Russian troops were killed on Tuesday alone. ...
Kyiv to receive up to 140 modern, western tanks – Kuleba
Ukraine will receive 120-140 modern western tanks from the allies in the first stage of aid, minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday. He noted that currently the tank coalition had 12 members, although “it is too ea...
US won’t supply F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv
US President Joe Biden said on Monday that Washington would not supply F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv. A reporter at the White House asked Biden if the president was planning to supply fighter jets to Ukraine, to which Biden replied “no”, although he...
Risk Russia using nuclear weapons “low”, rhetoric “irresponsible” – Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said the risk of Russia using nuclear weapons amid its war with Ukraine was small, but the Kremlin’s “nuclear rhetoric” was irresponsible and dangerous. “The risk of using nuclear weapons is small...
Kyrylo Tymoshenko quits as deputy chief of Ukraine president’s office
Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Tuesday confirmed his resignation from the post of deputy head of the office of the president of Ukraine, without identifying the reasons behind the move. Expressing gratitude to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “trust and the...
Head of Ukrainian ruling faction announces arrest of corrupt officials
Davit Arakhamia, the head of the ruling faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on Monday said corrupt officials would be held accountable with imprisonment starting from spring. “Probably, we will start actively putting them in prison from the s...
Interior minister, 17 others killed in Ukraine helicopter crash
Eighteen individuals, including the Ukrainian interior minister Denys Monastyrskyy, other officials and three children, have been killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Brovary, outside Kyiv, on Wednesday, near a local kindergarten. His first ...
Helicopter crashes near kindergarten in Kyiv province
A helicopter crashed on the territory of a kindergarten in Brovar, Kyiv oblast, and a fire broke out on the spot, leaving several injured, local officials said on Wednesday. “A helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a residential building in th...
Ukrainian presidential advisor Arestovych quits after scandalous post over Dnipro strike
The freelance adviser of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Oleksiy Arestovych, on Tuesday announced his resignation following a social media post over the Dnipro strike last week, where he said the Ukrainian air defense system allegedly first s...
