Ukraine

Russia's long-range drone strikes on Ukraine dipped sharply over August, an AFP analysis published on Monday showed, during a flurry of high-profile but fruitless meetings aimed at ending Moscow's grinding invasion. The fall off in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump…

In February 2022, just days before Russia invaded Ukraine, Kenya’s ambassador to the United Nations, Martin Kimani, delivered a speech that startled the chamber—and, briefly, the world. “We meet tonight on the brink of a major conflict in Ukraine,” he said. “The diplomacy we urged on the 17th of February…

PARIS - The leaders of France and Britain will on Sept 4 co-chair a Paris summit involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Elysee said, amid a new international push to broker an end to Russia’s three-and-a-half-year invasion. The gathering of the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will comprise some 30…

GERB party leader Boyko Borisov and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, June 2024. Photo: EPA/VASSIL DONEV. The European Commission said on Monday that it had received information from the Bulgarian authorities that suspected Russian interference disrupted GPS navigation at Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria, forcing a…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane landed safely at Plovdiv airport and von der Leyen will continue her planned tour of European Union’s nations…

The defining photo of the recent White House Ukraine summit will likely turn out to be one depicting five European leaders plus the leaders of the European Commission and NATO smooshed in around the Resolute Desk, seemingly listening to a soliloquy by the unseen President Donald Trump. The photo was…

Gambling licences in Ukraine have been informed that their transactions will be recorded by a new ‘State Online Monitoring System’. The measure was confirmed via a Telegram message issued on Sunday 31 August by the Cabinet of Ministers, governing Ukraine under conflict from Russia. The Cabinet announced that it had…

During the SCO summit, Prime Minister Modi told Russian President Putin that ending the Ukraine war is a humanitarian imperative and called for lasting peace. PM Modi meets President Putin Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that it is humanity's call to end the…

The vast majority of policymakers in Westminster, let alone elsewhere around the UK, have never heard of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the geopolitical grouping currently holding its summit at Tianjin, but hear me out on why we should all be paying considerable attention to it. Because the more attention you…

Kyiv's European allies are working on “pretty precise plans” and a "clear road map" for a potential deployment of troops to Ukraine should a peace deal be struck between Kyiv and Moscow, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. Von der Leyen, in comments published in The Financial Times…