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Russia launched a blistering assault on Ukraine overnight, killing at least six people and injuring 35. Some 430 drones and 18 missiles targeted the country, Ukraine’s president said, calling the strikes a deliberate and calculated attack “aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure”. Ukraine’s air force said…

Article content Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest…

Russia launched a blistering assault on Ukraine overnight, killing at least six people and injuring 35. Some 430 drones and 18 missiles targeted the country, Ukraine’s president said, calling the strikes a deliberate and calculated attack “aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure”. Ukraine’s air force said…

Letters to the Editor Newsday Saturday 1 November 2025 USS Gravely docked at the Port of Port of Spain. - Photo by Faith Ayoung THE EDITOR: War is costly. Immediately we think of the lives lost, infrastructure destroyed, dreams stolen. We only need to look at the images from Gaza,…

KYIV – Ukraine landed special forces to fight in embattled parts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk earlier this week, just as Russia said it had surrounded Kyiv’s forces in the area, two Ukrainian military sources said on Oct 31. The operation shows how Ukraine is battling to stabilise the…

A former Hungarian politician from Ukraine, now working as a lawyer, made a dramatic escape to Hungary by smashing through a border barrier and knocking down a border guard. Reports reveal that he had been mobilised and serving in the Ukrainian army since 23 June. Although it remains unclear what…

Police raided dozens of homes in Moldova and Ukraine, officials said, as part of a cross-border investigation into hundreds of people linked to Russian mercenary groups and who allegedly committed war crimes in Ukraine. The European police agency Europol said in a statement on October 31 that authorities had identified…

A series of Russian air strikes on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has damaged residential areas, injuring at least 11 people, including four children, as Ukrainian forces targeted energy infrastructure inside Russia. Ukraine's Emergency Services wrote on Telegram that Russia had hit a multistory residential building, private homes, and…

Satellite image collected by BlackSky over Vasylkiv Air Base, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: BlackSky Krakow — The European Commission on Oct. 28 proposed that EU member states approve talks with Ukraine on its participation in its government satellite communication program, known as GOVSATCOM. The European Union’s GOVSATCOM platform is…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We end today’s show in Cuba. On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted to condemn the U.S. embargo on Cuba for…