Ukraine ask Pope’s help in getting children back from Russia
Rome, Italy AP Ukraine’s Prime Minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience Thursday to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children who were forcibly taken to Russia. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, briefing reporters on his half-hour audience with the pontiff, said he also invited Francis to come to Ukraine. “I asked His Holiness to […]
Ukraine plans for ‘complete transformation’ of six war-hit towns
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine will seek the “complete transformation” of six towns that have been badly damaged in Russia’s full-scale invasion under a reconstruction programme announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Tuesday. Kyiv’s Western partners are preparing to pour billions of dollars into Ukraine to support reconstruction efforts after 14 months of war. A […]
Russia strikes Ukrainian power grid and gains ground in the east
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles hit power facilities on Friday across Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from a tour of Western capitals and Ukrainian officials said a long-awaited Russian offensive was underway in the east. Ukraine’s air force said 61 of 71 Russian missiles had been shot down. But Energy Minister German Galushchenko said […]
Ukraine says half energy system crippled, Kyiv facing possible “shutdown”
Kyiv/Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine’s energy system, the government said on Friday, and authorities in the capital Kyiv warned that the city could face a “complete shutdown” of the power grid as winter sets in. With temperatures falling and Kyiv seeing its first snow, officials were working to […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy condemns shelling as bodies line streets of Mariupol
Lviv/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian authorities condemned Russian artillery attacks on cities in the northeast and the continuing siege of the southern port city of Mariupol, of which Moscow said it had taken almost full control, following almost two months of bloody fighting. After failing to overcome Ukrainian resistance in the north, the Russian military has […]