Lyne Sammouri, 23/08 22:03 - Reading : less than a minute
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kyiv was hailed as "historic" by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, coming just over a month after Modi's controversial hug with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During his visit, Modi reaffirmed support for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict and witnessed the signing of four new ...
This Is Beirut, 23/08 14:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first visit to Kyiv on Friday to again call for a diplomatic solution to more than two years of war with Russia, saying he stood "firmly for peace" in talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Modi was in Kyiv just over a month after angering Ukraine by hugging President Vladimir Putin during a meeting ...
This Is Beirut, 22/08 11:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia said Thursday that it had repelled several Ukrainian drone and missile attacks in the west of the country, including in Volgograd where a fire broke out at a Defense Ministry site. Volgograd region Governor Andrey Bocharov said Russian air defenses repelled a drone attack in the area of Marinovka and that "most of the drones were ...
This Is Beirut, 20/08 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine's parliament voted Tuesday to ban the Russian-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move Kyiv says strengthens its independence as the country cuts ties with institutions it considers aligned with Moscow. Kyiv has been trying to curb spiritual links with Russia for years—a process accelerated by Moscow's 2022 invasion, which the powerful ...
This Is Beirut, 18/08 10:23 - Reading : less than a minute
Ukrainian forces said they thwarted a Russian missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, where air raid sirens sounded before dawn on Sunday. "This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August, with a clear interval of six days between each attack," the Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram after the early morning ...
This Is Beirut, 17/08 14:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine claimed on Friday to be continuing its unprecedented advance into Russia's Kursk region, saying it wanted to force Russia into “fair” negotiations after nearly two and a half years of a large-scale invasion of its territory by Moscow. The Russian army, for its part, is maintaining its pressure further south, in Ukraine's Donbas ...
This Is Beirut, 15/08 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops had "advanced well" in Russia's Kursk region, as Kyiv's biggest cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian Army entered the Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War ...
This Is Beirut, 14/08 11:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his troops were "moving further" into Russia, as Kyiv's biggest ever cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian army entered Russia's Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War ...
This Is Beirut, 11/08 16:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands of Ukrainian troops are taking part in a major incursion into Russian territory, aiming to destabilize Russia by showing up its weaknesses, a top Ukrainian official has told AFP. "We are on the offensive. The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilize the situation in Russia as they are ...
This Is Beirut, 10/08 10:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Moscow on Saturday launched a "counter-terror operation" in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv's biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. Ukrainian units stormed across the border into Russia's western Kursk region on Tuesday morning in a shock attack and have advanced several kilometers, according to ...
This Is Beirut, 09/08 11:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion into Russia, where state media and local officials on Friday reported a fire at a military airfield and "massive" drone attacks hundreds of kilometers from the border. The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region over the past few days appears to be the most significant attack on Russian soil ...
This Is Beirut, 23/07 13:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine's foreign minister was in China Tuesday for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it is not sending lethal assistance to either side, unlike the United States and other Western ...