NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BRUSSELS / KIEV – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) needs to "ramp up production" of ammunition as Ukraine's rate of usage is depleting current capacities and […]
EU flags are seen outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Jan 6, 2023. An extraordinary European Council summit convened in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, economic policy and migration wrapped up on Feb 10, 2023 with unresolved differences among leaders over key issues. (PHOTO / XINHUA) ROME – An extraordinary European Council summit convened in […]
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands during a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (center) at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS / BERLIN / LONDON- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stopped off in Paris Wednesday evening and met with French President […]
In this photo taken on Jan 30, 2023, cars drive past by board depicting US President Joe Biden and reads: "The World of Brave People! Thank you for support!" in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden said on Monday that he won't approve sending F-16 […]
US President Joe Biden speaks about the continued support of Ukraine in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan 25, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will provide Ukraine with 31 US-made M1 Abrams tanks, which […]
This file photo taken on May 20, 2019 shows soldiers on a Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr driving during an educational practice of the "Very High Readiness Joint Task Force" (VJTF) as part of the NATO tank unit at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany. Germany […]
This handout photo taken on Sept 1, 2022 and obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sept 7, 2022 shows a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during an IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. The IAEA has deployed its permanent monitoring mission at Khmelnytsky nuclear power […]
Journalists queue at a bus as they leave the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, Jan 20, 2023. Defense leaders are gathering at Ramstein Air Base in Germany Friday to hammer out future military aid to Ukraine, amid ongoing dissent over who will provide the battle […]
This file photo taken on October 17, 2022 shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (center) lowering his head as he walks past a Leopard 2 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr during a visit of German Bundeswehr's troops during a training exercise at the military ground in Ostenholz, northern Germany. (RONNY HARTMANN / […]
Germany's newly appointed Defense Minister Boris Pistorius reviews an honour guard during his welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Berlin on January 19, 2023. (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) BERLIN / STOCKHOLM – Germany's new Minister of Defense, Boris Pistorius, took office on Thursday, who stressed that "the meaning of security is different than it was […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Jan 18, 2023. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO / AP) MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the Ukraine crisis is "the result of preparations by the United States and its satellites for the start of a global hybrid war" […]
Ukrainian rescuers work on the site following a Russian missile strike on a local market in Shevchenkove village, Kharkiv region on Jan 9, 2023. (SERGEY BOBOK / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations said Wednesday it aims to increase convoys carrying aid to parts of Ukraine "close to the frontlines," supporting local volunteers and […]
Former head of Ukraine's National Police and current acting interior minister of Ukraine Igor Klymenko holds a press conference in Kiev on Aug 3, 2021. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) KIEV – The Ukrainian government on Wednesday appointed Igor Klymenko, chief of the National Police, as the acting interior minister, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.The appointment […]
A file photo taken on Sept 20, 2022 shows the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant in Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) MOSCOW/KYIV/ANKARA/ZAGREB – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established the support and assistance mission at the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine, IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Monday. "We are here […]
Soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine take part in a military exercise, during the UK-led basic training program, on a military training camp, in an unspecified location in the North East of England, Britain, November 9, 2022. (PHOTO / REUTERS) Britain has announced it will send 14 of its main battle tanks along with […]
This Nov 14, 2007 picture shows a view of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna. The IAEA has praised China's efforts and progress in stepping up nuclear security and contributing to global governance of nuclear security. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) VIENNA / UNITED NATIONS- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on […]
A resident pushes his bike on a snow covered street next to destroyed residential buildings in Borodyanka, near Kyiv on Dec 4, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) KYIV – Ukraine's Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar said that a summit to discuss the peace plan for Ukraine may take place on Feb 24, as Ukraine is […]
Residents remove debris and carry belongings out of a shop destroyed in recent shelling in the Donetsk region on Tuesday. (ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO / REUTERS) One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest aides said on Tuesday that Moscow was now fighting the US-led NATO military alliance in Ukraine and that the West was trying to wipe […]
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the joint staff of troops involved in Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at an unknown location in this Dec 17, 2022 file photo. Gerasimov was named the new […]
A file photo taken on Sept 20, 2022, shows the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant in Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) KIEV – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send monitoring missions to nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Tuesday, citing a senior official. "In the near future, […]