Moscow: As many as 354,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the Ukraine war which is grinding towards a protracted conflict that may last well beyond 2023, according to a trove of purported U.S. intelligence documents posted online. If authentic, the documents,
Geneva: Nearly 8,500 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a U.N. body said on Tuesday, with many thousands more unverified deaths still feared. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it had recorded 8,490 people
Beijing: French President Emmanuel Macron urged China's Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with close ally Russia and help end the Ukraine war, while Xi responded by saying he hoped the two sides could hold peace negotiations as soon as possible. In closely-watched talks in Beijing,
Beijing: French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that China had a "major role" to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing. Speaking at a gathering of the French community in Beijing ahead of a meeting
Geneva: The United Nations Human Rights Council overwhelmingly voted in favour on Tuesday of extending the mandate of an investigative body probing possible war crimes committed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Twenty-eight countries voted in favour of extending the mandate of the Independent International Commission of
New Delhi: After refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations and procurement of oil from the country by New Delhi, visible cracks have emerged in the “strategic relationship” between the United States and India. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, there
Kyiv: Ukraine’s government called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. One Ukrainian official said Russia “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.” Further
Warsaw, Poland: Britain’s Prince William paid tribute to Poles who lost their lives in past wars, and expressed gratitude to the nation for what it is doing today to provide humanitarian and military support to Ukraine. The heir to the throne’s visit to Poland underscores Britain’s
Washington: Russia threatened to escalate attacks in Ukraine after the British government announced it would provide a type of munition to Ukraine that Moscow falsely claims has nuclear components. The British defense ministry confirmed it would provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium. Such rounds were
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Chinese proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine, but that the West and Kyiv were not yet ready. In a joint statement issued at the end