IAEA chief, in Kyiv, warns of nuclear risk from attacks on Ukraine grid; five killed in Russian missile attack on Izium

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday and inspected an electricity distribution substation, warning that attacks on Ukraine’s power grid could pose a risk of a nuclear accident by disrupting supply. “I’m at Kyivska electrical substation – an important part of Ukraine’s power grid essential for […]
UN body reports “alarming rise” in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has recorded an “alarming rise” in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by the Russian armed forces during the war in recent months, it said on Monday. The mission in Ukraine said it had received reports of 79 executions in 24 separate incidents since the end […]
Ukraine says US push for truce, elections is “failed plan” unless it consists of more

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters An aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday a US call for Ukraine to hold an election after agreeing a ceasefire with Russia looked like a “failed plan” if that is all it consists of, though more details were needed. President Donald Trump’s top Ukraine official Keith Kellogg told Reuters the […]
Russian air attack kills 15 in Ukraine, gas infrastructure targeted

Updated: 12:20pm, 3rd February, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine on Saturday, killing 15 people and damaging dozens of residential buildings as well as energy infrastructure across the country, Ukrainian officials said. In the central city of Poltava, Ukraine’s Emergency Services said a Russian missile had struck a […]
Russian missile attack seriously damages historic centre of Ukraine’s Odesa

Reuters Russian forces launched missiles on the centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, seriously damaging historic buildings and injuring seven people, local officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the attack was “a deliberate strike” that underscored again the need to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences. He said Norwegian diplomats […]
Russian drone strikes apartment block in Ukraine, killing nine, Zelenskiy says

Reuters A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. “Hour by hour we get updates on the situation in Sumy. Work at the site of the impact of a Russian ‘Shahed’ (drone) […]
Zelenskiy urges Trump to be on Ukraine’s side, says Putin not afraid of Europe

Washington DC, US Reuters Ukraine needed broader security guarantees and Russian President Vladimir Putin was not afraid of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Fox News in an interview in which he urged US President Donald Trump to be on Ukraine’s side. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends an event to mark the 80th anniversary of […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says war means mobilisation rules cannot be changed

Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the rigours of nearly three years of war did not allow for changes in mobilisation rules because if soldiers left for home en masse, Russian President Vladimir Putin “will kill us all”. Zelenskiy told Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was released this month after being detained […]
Zelenskiy says Trump could end Ukraine war only if Kyiv included in talks

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters US President Donald Trump could fulfil his promise to end the war in Ukraine, but only if he includes Kyiv in any talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. Zelenskiy also said the terms of any deal that might arise under Trump were still unclear – and might not even be clear […]
Putin says he and Trump should meet to discuss Ukraine and energy prices
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the US President has highlighted in the first five days of his new administration. Putin said, however, that there could be no serious peace talks with Ukraine […]