UKRAINIAN POLICE
Ukrainian police shoot dead gunman who killed 5, took hostages in supermarket
The head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media that special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed.
Metro 2039 Returns: Why is this the darkest Chapter yet for the iconic post-apocalyptic shooter series?
Metro 2039 is revealed as the next installment in the popular post-apocalyptic shooter series. Players return to the Moscow Metro tunnels. A new authoritarian regime, the Novoreich, has united the underground factions. The game promises a dark story focusing on survival, tyranny, and freedom. Gameplay will emphasize environmental storytelling and tense encounters.
Russia, Ukraine trade accusations of Orthodox Easter ceasefire violations
Russia and Ukraine traded accusations over ceasefire violations during Orthodox Easter. Both sides reported numerous drone and shelling attacks. The truce, intended for Orthodox Easter, saw continued fighting. Russia called it a humanitarian gesture, while Ukraine agreed to the truce. Reports of civilian injuries emerged from both sides.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Volodymyr Zelensky discuss energy security, peace efforts
The two leaders had discussed relations between the countries, "peace efforts in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and regional and international developments", it added. Zelensky said they had discussed "steps to implement joint projects in developing gas infrastructure, as well as opportunities for joint development of gas fields".
ULFA-I alliance threatens Assam elections: Security think tank warns of deadly attacks
A recent report from a security think tank has raised alarms over a burgeoning coalition of militant factions, including ULFA-I from Assam, PCJSS hailing from Bangladesh, along with ARSA and RSO. This unsettling alliance, thought to have been sparked by support from intelligence agencies, has heightened tensions as the national elections approach.
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US, Ukraine talk peace; Russia strikes big on Kyiv
Ukrainian and US officials met in Geneva to advance post-war reconstruction plans even as Russia launched 420 drones and 39 missiles in fresh strikes on critical infrastructure. With peace talks stalled, Kyiv seeks $800 billion over a decade for rebuilding. Discussions also covered potential trilateral talks with Moscow aimed at ending the five-year war.
Russia launches major missile, drone attack on Ukraine
The capital Kyiv, regularly targeted by Russian missile and drone attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion, has faced waves of overnight strikes in recent weeks as Moscow has intensified assaults amid freezing winter temperatures.
Why are Ukraine and Russia not able to agree on the fate of Donetsk?
Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine face a major hurdle. The core issue is the disputed Donetsk region. Russia wants Ukraine to cede territory it currently controls. Ukraine insists on retaining its land. Both sides have suffered heavily in the fight for Donetsk. Potential compromises are being explored, but a resolution remains elusive.
Russian presence in Donbas even after truce: Kremlin
Moscow will give its blessing to a ceasefire only after Ukraine's forces have withdrawn from the front line, Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said in comments published Friday in Russian business daily Kommersant.
As Russia advances in Ukraine, a cop has to flee city after city
Volodymyr Nikulin, a Ukrainian police officer, fled Donetsk in 2014. He escaped Mariupol in 2022. He helped journalists document the siege. He recently left Myrnohrad due to the Russian advance. Nikulin has been wounded but remains optimistic about Ukraine's future. He continues to help evacuate civilians from the front lines.
Russia scrambles troops, arms to defend Ukraine incursion
Russia on Friday said it was deploying more troops and munitions to a frontier region where Ukraine has mounted a major ground offensive, while Russia struck a supermarket in east Ukraine, killing at least 10 people. A Russian artillery strike on a supermarket in the east Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka during the middle of the day killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said in a post on Telegram.
Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power stations
Fifty drones were shot down by air defences over eight Russian regions, including 26 over the country's western Belgorod region close to the Ukrainian border. Two people - a woman with a broken leg and the man caring for her - died during the overnight barrage, after explosions sparked a blaze that set their home alight, Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on social media.
British combat medic Katherine Mielniczuk who volunteered in Ukraine found dead 'in her bed’
British volunteer Katherine Mielniczuk, known as 'Kat' or 'Apache' among comrades, has been discovered dead in her bed by fellow members of the 151st Special Operations Forces unit, leaving a void in the mission to aid Ukraine amid escalating tensions and a plea for enhanced air defenses.
Spain seizes ancient gold jewellery stolen from Ukraine
Spanish police have seized gold artefacts worth over €60 million ($64 million) that were stolen from Ukraine and illegally taken out of the country. The 11 pieces, including necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, were smuggled out of Ukraine before 2016 and were going to be sold in Madrid. Three Spanish and two Ukrainian nationals, including an Orthodox Church priest, were arrested in connection with the operation. The artefacts, which date back to the 8th and 4th centuries BC, had forged documents to make it appear as if they belonged to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Teenage refugee girl from Ukraine dies after being spotted unconscious on South Devon beach
The death of the Ukrainian girl has remained 'unexplained' as an investigation has begun.
Spain's PM sent letter bomb similar to device that injured Ukraine embassy official
The Interior Ministry revealed on Thursday that an "envelope with pyrotechnic material" addressed to Sanchez had been received on Nov. 24 and disarmed by his security team.
With Russia's retreat in Kherson, reports of abuses emerge
The war continued elsewhere in Ukraine Tuesday. Kyiv's mayor said strikes on Ukraine's capital hit two residential buildings and that air defence units shot down other missiles. Vitali Klitschko, said on his Telegram social media channel that medics and rescuers are being scrambled to the sites of the attacks. The strikes followed air raid sirens in the capital and break what had been a period of comparative calm since previous waves of drone and missile attacks several weeks ago.
Ukrainian police, TV broadcasts return to long-occupied city
People across Ukraine awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating after the Kremlin announced its troops had withdrawn to the other side of the Dnieper River from Kherson.
Miss Crimea fined by Russian authorities for singing patriotic Ukrainian song
Olga Valeyeva -- who won the Miss Crimea 2022 beauty pageant -- and an unnamed friend sang the popular Ukrainian "Chervona Kalyna" song on a balcony. A video of the women singing was posted on Instagram stories. According to the Crimean police, Valeyeva was fined 40,000 rubles (680 euros), while her friend was given a 10-day prison sentence.
Russia loses control of key northeast towns as Ukrainian troops advance
The swift fall of Izium in Kharkiv province was Moscow's worst defeat since its troops were forced back from the capital Kyiv in March. This could prove a decisive turning point in the 6-month-old war, with thousands of Russian soldiers abandoning ammunition stockpiles and equipment as they fled.
Fear and suspicion as Ukraine hunts for traitors in the east
The sense of paranoia runs deepest here, in eastern Ukraine, where suspicions of treason committed by locals divide formerly occupied villages like Kutuzivka, a once-sleepy hamlet east of Kharkiv, where signs of a recent Russian presence are everywhere.
UK military: Russia using anti-ship missiles on land targets
Russia is likely using such weapons because it is running short of more precise modern missiles, Britain's Defense Ministry said in a daily update. It gave no details of where exactly such missiles are thought to have been deployed and there was no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian authorities of the use of the heavy missiles.
Two Ukrainians detained in Assam for illegally entering the country
A senior official in the state government who does not want to be named told ET, “These people were travelling without valid passports. They were handed over to Karimganj police. The embassy is contacted to verify their details.” He added, "We are waiting for confirmation from the Ukrainian embassy”.
Ukrainian military plane shot down, five killed: Authorities
Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday in the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two.
India to take up with Ukraine the matter of killing of two Indian students
India is taking up with Ukraine on an urgent basis the matter of killing of two Indian students in Uzhgorod Medical College in the Eurasian country.
Two Indian medical students stabbed to death in Ukraine, 1 injured
Two Indian students at a medical college in Ukraine were stabbed to death while another sustained injuries in the attack.
Ukraine protesters defiant after police storm square
With their numbers swelled to at least 10,000 after the police action, dozens formed human walls to prevent more riot police from entering the square from adjoining roads.
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