Ukraine

Ukraine’s population was 41.9 million in 2020, excluding the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, according to the Ukrainian government’s statistics service. That means about 19% of Ukraine’s prewar population, roughly the equivalent of the population of Washington state, have fled the country. Russia has had its own mass migration as a result…

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The United Nations General Assembly voted in overwhelming support to adopt a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine less than a day before the war in eastern Europe reaches its one-year mark. During an emergency session Thursday, 141 nations approved the resolution calling for Russia to "immediately, completely and unconditionally…

A former speechwriter for Vladimir Putin says a declining Russia combined with Putin's own past as a KGB agent led to the invasion of Ukraine. Abbas Gallyamov, who served for three years as Putin's speechwriter since he was first elected in 2001, told Radio National Australia that the Putin he…

KEY POINTS:Australia will send additional military equipment to Ukraine on one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.The sanctions regime will also be expanded.Australia's funding for Ukraine's war efforts has gone past $500 million.Ukraine's envoy in Australia has declared his country will fight for "as long as it takes" to expel Russian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin. AFP. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said Russia “will pay increased attention” to boost its nuclear forces. The statement of the Russian president comes a day ahead of first anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine. In his address to mark Thursday’s Defender of the Fatherland public holiday…

2 days ago00:55 Thibault Spirlet Sunak to urge G7 to supply longer-range weapons to UkraineRishi Sunak is expected to call on G7 countries to send longer-range weapons to Ukraine and to move faster on supplying military aid, according to a Downing Street press statement. He is expected to say: "The…

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The unannounced trip, days ahead of first anniversary of the war, underscores ‘unwavering’ commitment Ukraine, US says. United States President Joe Biden has made an unannounced visit to Kyiv, days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden’s trip on Monday was the first to Ukraine since Russian…

As the first anniversary of the war approaches on Friday, fighting is most intense in eastern Ukraine. Authorities in Kyiv, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have warned that a new Russian offensive is getting under way, and there are expectations that Ukrainian government forces are planning counterattacks in the coming spring…