Amid fears Russia was trying to manufacture a reason to invade Ukraine on Monday, President Vladimir Putin held an extraordinary televised meeting in which he and his top officials discussed Kyiv’s future. Some of Russia’s most influential officials urged Putin to recognize as independent states two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been … Read more
Exclusive: Boris Johnson said an invasion appeared to be ‘in motion’ but it may still be possible to avoid war. He warned the ‘omens are grim’ as he addressed NATO allies at the Munich Security Summit President Biden cited US intelligence assessments that an invasion will definitely happen this week ( Image: Russian Defense Ministry/AFP … Read more
Military officials from Ukraine were forced to take cover in a bomb shelter during a shelling attack, as fears of a Russian invasion grow. The officials were on a tour of the frontline, where Ukrainian soldiers and Russian backed separatists are already fighting in the east of the country. A journalist from The Associated Press, … Read more
The retreat comes after days of shelling between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebel factions in the eastern parts of the country against the backdrop of the threat of invasion A Russian Iskander-K missile launching during a training launch ( Image: Russian Defense Ministry/AFP via) Ukrainian military officials have been forced to retreat during a … Read more
Ukraine accused Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east of more cease-fire violations on Friday, as the United States and its allies warned Moscow might use a spike in shelling there as a pretext for an invasion. With the escalation in eastern Ukraine stoking fresh global alarm and further raising tensions between the Kremlin and the … Read more
Ukraine accused Russian-backed separatists of “a big provocation” Thursday, as a flare-up in the long-running conflict in the country’s east further stoked tensions after the United States and its allies disputed Moscow’s claims of a pullback from around its neighbor’s borders . “The shelling of a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska by pro-Russian forces is a … Read more