Ukraine

LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA’s Welterweight World Champion Douglas Lima (32-8) will defend his 170-pound title against the undefeated and top-ranked Yaroslav Amosov (25-0) in the main event of BELLATOR MMA 260 on Friday, June 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.  In addition to the…

The Russian Navy's Ropucha-class landing ship Kondopoga passes through the Bosphorus on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey April 17, 2021. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea…

Podcast Are human rights going backwards? Is Russia squaring up to Ukraine again? And why are we censoring maps? by The Week team 16 Apr 2021 Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. In this week’s episode, we…

The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ukraine on Friday, the health ministry said. The batch of 117,000 doses, provided under the global COVAX scheme, will be given to nursing home residents and staff, emergency workers and border guards, it said in a statement. Ukraine has already received…

Author of the article: KYIV — The leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany will hold three-way talks on Friday about Ukraine’s standoff with Russia over the conflict in the eastern Donbass region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video released to media on Thursday. Zelenskiy will travel to Paris to…

Author of the article: WASHINGTON — The head of U.S. forces in Europe said on Thursday that there was a low to medium risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine in the next few weeks. Asked by a lawmaker about the chances of an invasion in that timeframe, General Tod…

Cooling towers at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station. Source: npp.zp.ua A financial expert has explained the logic behind the Ukrainian state’s recent nuclear-powered crypto mining push – claiming that the nature of the mining industry makes it an ideal partner to use up surplus power from the country’s nuclear reactors. Inshe…

Northern Ireland booked their place at Women's Euro 2022 on Tuesday night by securing a 2-0 win over Ukraine. Going into the game, Kenny Shiels' side only required a draw on the night after they won 2-1 in the first leg thanks to goals from Rachel Furness and Simone Magill.…

Colonel Valeriy Vavryniuk inspects some trenches at a border station near Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Fortifications like this were once unknown here, but now the frontier with Russia is heavily guarded. Photography by Anton Skyba/The Globe and Mail Walking through wooden-walled trenches dug along Ukraine’s northeastern border, Valeriy Vavryniuk, a…

published : 13 Apr 2021 at 18:45 Ukraine is seeking 'practical' support from Western powers. BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday told Russia to end its "unjustified" military build-up around Ukraine as Kiev and Washington's top diplomats gathered for talks in Brussels. Concern is mounting that the long-simmering…