Ukraine seeks recovery investment in Davos as Trump urges peace
Davos, Switzerland Reuters As Ukraine’s President discussed peacekeeping forces needed to enforce any ceasefire and US President Donald Trump urged an end to three years of war, Ukrainian officials were courting private investors this week to help rebuild the country. Oleksiy Sobolev, first deputy economy minister, described a $US500 billion reconstruction effort that would pay […]
As Trump era begins, Ukrainians are exhausted by war
Kharkiv region/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters As Donald Trump’s second term as US President dawns, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians see a hard road ahead in their war with Russia, and many have come to hope for a ceasefire without expelling Russian forces. Trump’s aides have conceded that a deal to end the war could take months or […]
Essay: Trump signals he will start pushing for a new world order in first 100 days
STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at how the Trump administration will approach foreign policy…
Postcards: Warm weather threatens Epiphany ice water plunges for Russia’s Orthodox Christians
AP News reports from Moscow where thousands have been forced to cancel the traditional – and bracing – cold water dip as part of Epiphany celebrations due to rising temperatures…
Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine including in Kyiv, officials say
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing three people, while two other attacks in the country’s south killed three more, officials said. In Kyiv, explosions boomed across the pre-dawn sky as air defences activated against the attack, which also wounded three […]
Trump the saviour?: Anxious Ukrainians question President’s power to end war
DAN PELESCHUK and MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, report that many Ukrainians have little faith in the incoming US President’s power to swiftly end the war…
North Korea’s suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia
Seoul, South Korea Reuters After a battle in Russia’s snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers. Among them, they found one still alive. But as they approached, he detonated a grenade, blowing himself up, according to a description of […]
Russia and Ukraine swap 25 POWs each in UAE-mediated exchange
Reuters Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 25 prisoners of war each after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, according to statements from both sides. Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are seen after a swap, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at an unknown location in Ukraine, in this handout picture released on 15th January, 2025. […]
Russia launches new missile barrage at Ukraine, targets gas infrastructure
Reuters Russia launched scores of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in a new barrage against the struggling power system in the depths of winter. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the Russian forces launched over 40 missiles during the morning attack and used more […]
Ukraine fires US, British missiles into Russia, launches one of largest drone attacks so far
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date. After Ukraine first launched ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia last year, […]