Ukraine hits two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers with naval drones
Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry. The two oil tankers, identified as the Kairos and Virat, were empty […]
Trump says spoke with Putin, still sees chance for Ukraine peace deal
ISLAMABAD:Voicing optimism about ending the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump said Monday he had recently spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin following his Washington meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders.Trump was last known to have spoken to Putin on August 18, when he interrupted his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans at the […]
Trump sees Putin ready for peace in Ukraine
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV: US President Donald Trump has said that he believes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is now willing to end the war in Ukraine.Speaking just a day before his much-awaited meeting with the Russian leader in Alaska tomorrow, the US president said peace would probably need another meeting, this time with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy […]
FO rejects ‘baseless’ claims of Pakistani nationals’ involvement in Ukraine war
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday categorically rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “baseless and unfounded” allegations that its nationals were involved in the Ukraine conflict, saying no credible evidence has been presented to substantiate such claims.The Foreign Office’s response came a day after President Zelensky claimed that Ukrainian troops in northeastern Ukraine were fighting foreign “mercenaries” from […]
Top Trump aide accuses India of financing Russia’s war in Ukraine
New Yark :US President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. — ReutersUS President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. — ReutersStephen Miller calls […]
Ukraine offers its front line as test bed for foreign weapons
WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) – Ukraine will let foreign arms companies test out their latest weapons on the front line of its war against Russia’s invasion, Kyiv’s state-backed arms investment and procurement group Brave1 said on Thursday.Under the “Test in Ukraine” scheme, companies would send their products to Ukraine, give some online training on how to […]
Ukraine celebrates Trump’s weapons reversal, but the ‘devil’s in the details’
WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.Now comes the hard part — agreeing on who will actually give up their prized systems, including the Patriot missile batteries that Kyiv has been desperately seeking.“We’re going to make […]
Russia attacks west Ukraine with drones and missiles, kills two
KYIV : Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles on Saturday, in the fourth major attack this month, targeting western cities and killing at least two people in Chernivtsi on the border with Romania.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia launched 597 drones and 26 missiles, killing two people, wounding 20, and […]
Ukraine says Russia launched largest drone attack of war
KYIV : Russia pummelled Ukraine Wednesday with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, hours after US President Donald Trump launched an expletive-filled attack on Russian leader Vladimir Putin.AFP journalists in Kyiv heard explosions ringing out and drones buzzing over the capital during the barrage after air raid sirens […]