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Russias stance in ukraine

Russia is preparing to shell Odessa, says Ukraine President Zelensky

By AFP

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Sunday that Russian forces were preparing to shell Odessa, a historic port city on the Black Sea coast.

  • This grab made from a handout video released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, shows a damaged apartment building which is said was hit by shelling in Chernihiv on 3 March 2022. Picture: Ukraine Emergency Ministry Press Service / AFP

    At a glance: The latest from Russia's war in Ukraine

    Here are the latest developments in Russia's war in Ukraine.

    155 days ago
  • A woman carries a dog while people cross a destroyed bridge as they evacuate the city of Irpin during heavy shelling and bombing on 5 March 2022. Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP

    Putin threatens Ukraine’s ‘statehood’ as Moscow is hammered by sanctions

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened the existence of Ukrainian statehood as his army's invasion of the neighbour faces stiff resistance and his economy is increasingly asphyxiated by sanctions.

    156 days ago
  • People remove personal belongings from a burning house after being shelled in the city of Irpin on 4 March 2022.

    Russia announces ceasefire to allow Mariupol residents to evacuate

    Russia's defence ministry announced a ceasefire to allow residents of two Ukrainian cities that were surrounded by Russian forces, including the strategic port city of Mariupol, to evacuate.

    156 days ago
  • People try to get an evacuation train at Kyiv central train station on 4 March 2022.

    Russia's siege of Mariupol prompts comparisons to Nazi blockade of Leningrad

    Invading Russian troops have blockaded the strategic Ukrainian port city Mariupol, its mayor announced Saturday, as Moscow and Kyiv aimed to hold new talks over the weekend.

    157 days ago
  • People remove personal belongings from a burning house after being shelled in the city of Irpin on 4 March 2022.

    Blast from Russia attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant would equal ‘six Chernobyls’

    Ukraine accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror" and the West expressed horror on Friday, after Europe's largest atomic power plant was attacked and taken over by invading Russian forces.

    157 days ago
  • A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin on 4 March 2022.

    Russia's war in Ukraine: A wrap of the latest developments

    Here are the latest developments in Russia's war in Ukraine.

    157 days ago
  • "As forces build up around those cities we can fear a siege mentality," says France Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Picture : Anatolii Stepanov/AFP

    Russian troops advance into Ukraine ‘from all directions’, fresh sanctions

    Moscow ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine "from all directions" while the West responded with sanctions that sought to cripple Russia's banking sector.

    163 days ago
  • A man takes a picture of a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. Picture: Genya Savilov / AFP.

    GALLERY: Ukrainians have been caught in the crossfire as Russia invades

    While Russia continues its offensive, Ukrainians have been left scrambling as they seek for places of safety.

    163 days ago
  • A volunteer, holding a rifle, protects a main road leading into Kyiv on 25 February 2022.

    Kyiv's volunteers: ‘They gave out rifles, loaded them for us and here we are’

    Ukrainian historian Yuriy Korchemniy seemed slightly uncertain about his role in defending the Ukrainian capital against Russian President Vladimir Putin's invading forces.

    164 days ago
  • Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line with Russian forces in the Lugansk region of Ukraine on 25 February 2022. Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP

    Two days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 50,000 have fled, dozens killed

    Ukrainian soldiers repulsed a Russian attack in the capital, only hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow would attempt to take Kyiv before dawn.

    164 days ago
  • Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against US military involvement with Russia over Ukraine during a rally in Times Square on 5 February 2022. Picture: AFP

    US says Russia preparing full-scale invasion of Ukraine

    United States intelligence assessments say Russia is stepping up preparations for a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, US officials said.

    184 days ago
  • Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces walk on a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near to Avdiivka, Ukraine on 8 January 2022. Picture: AFP

    United States, Russia kick off high stakes talks amid Ukraine war fears

    The US and Russia open talks on Sunday in Geneva on soaring tensions over Ukraine, with Moscow seeking a wide-ranging new security arrangement with the West but facing strong pressure to pull back troops.

    212 days ago
  • FILE: Russia said it had sent tens of thousands of troops to the country's south and west and to Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, for a series of military drills. Picture: AFP

    Russia begins drawdown of troops from Ukraine borders

    Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Thursday that tens of thousands of troops who had deployed to southern and western Russia for exercises over the past few weeks would be returning to their bases.

    472 days ago
  • A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka that sits just north of the pro-Russian rebels' de facto capital of Donetsk on February 2, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Fighting in eastern Ukraine worst since February: OSCE

    In February, a surge of violence around the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka cut off power and water to thousands of civilians on the front line.

    1693 days ago
  • Russian troops in Ukraine. Picture: supplied

    American member of watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine

    The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the killing was the first death of one of its members while on patrol in Ukraine.

    1933 days ago
  • A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka that sits just north of the pro-Russian rebels' de facto capital of Donetsk on February 2, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Ukraine ceasefire ‘doesn’t look too good’ - OSCE head

    Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists had appeared to be respecting the new ceasefire attempt on Monday.

    1994 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin.Picture: AFP

    Russia announces war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot

    Ukraine has called the accusations false and says they look like a pretext for Russia to escalate hostilities.

    2188 days ago
  • FILE: A Russian troops stands guard in front of an APC at a checkpoint in Crimea, near the town of Armyansk, Ukraine. Picture: AFP.

    Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine

    Troops, weaponry including rocket launchers, tanks and artillery populate the makeshift base.

    2629 days ago
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