On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the Ukraine war’s biggest battle, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a massive steel works. Putin said in a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the KremlinContinue Reading

Russia’s Black Sea flagship sank Thursday after being engulfed in an inferno sparked by a missile strike, according to Ukraine, as the Kremlin complained that Kyiv was targeting its citizens in cross-border sorties. The guided missile cruiser Moskva has led Russia’s naval effort against its neighbour in the seven-week conflict,Continue Reading

President Joe Biden contacted Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday to brief him on “ongoing US assistance” for Kyiv, with the Pentagon allegedly preparing to reveal a fresh multimillion-dollar aid package. According to Zelensky, he and Biden discussed a “additional package of defensive and maybe macro-financial help.” The hour-long talkContinue Reading