Washington: The US Senate approved $12 billion in new economic and military aid for Ukraine as part of a stopgap extension of the federal budget into December. The measure, agreed by senators of both parties, includes $3 billion for arms, supplies and salaries for Ukraine s
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin will sign formal documents on Friday proclaiming Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Moscow rushes to lock in territorial claims that the Ukrainian army is threatening to reverse on the battlefield. The move, one of the legal steps Russia says will
United Nations: India told the UN Security Council that the need of the hour is to end the conflict in Ukraine and return to dialogue and said the nuclear issue is a particular anxiety, underlining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion to Russian President Vladimir Putin
New York: Ukraine demanded the United Nations punish Russia for its invasion and strip it of its security council veto as a showdown loomed on Thursday when the UN Security Council meets over atrocities committed in Ukraine. The Security Council meeting comes a day after Russian
Washington: Russia’s invasion caused over $97 billion in direct damages to Ukraine through June 1, but it could cost nearly $350 billion to rebuild the country, a report released by the World Bank, Ukrainian government and European Commission shows. It said Ukraine had also suffered $252
United Nations: The United Nations said there are credible accusations that Moscow s forces have removed children from Ukraine to Russia for adoption as part of larger-scale forced relocations and deportations. "There have been credible allegations of forced transfers of unaccompanied children to Russian occupied territory,
Washington: Russia is buying potentially millions of artillery shells and rockets from communist North Korea to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine, the White House said. "Our sense is you could include literally millions of rounds, rockets and artillery shells," National Security Council spokesman John
Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as the last regular line supplying electricity to Ukraine s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was restored hours after being cut. Zelensky blamed shelling by Russia s military for fires in the ash pits
New Delhi: India for the first time voted against Russia during a procedural vote at the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine, as the 15-member powerful UN body invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address a meeting through a video conference. This is for the first
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Moscow of a powerful response if Russian forces carry out attacks on or around Ukraine s Independence Day. Zelenskyy has warned that Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb 24, could try "something particularly ugly" in the run-up to Wednesday s