Governor of Donetsk urges some 350,000 citizens to evacuate the region to help Ukrainian forces better fight Russian forces. Russia’s capture of the Luhansk region was relatively quick and showed better coordination than in its earlier offensives, the United Kingdom’s defence ministry has said. Sloviansk mayor claims Russia is pounding the town with “massive shelling”. … Read more
Live news updates: The two-day Monsoon session of the Delhi Assembly will start on Monday, in which Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government will table a Bill to increase the salaries of MLAs, according to an Assembly bulletin. The AAP government is likely to bring a resolution against the Centre’s Agnipath defense recruitment scheme in Assembly, party … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington . The Phoenix Mercury Center and two-time US Olympic gold medalist … Read more
Britain’s defence ministry said Russian forces were making “incremental advances” in their offensive to capture city of Lysychansk. NATO has labelled Russia a menace to its security as the bloc plans to revise its defences in response to the war on Ukraine. A Russian missile attack has killed three people and injured five in the … Read more
MADRID (AP) — NATO declared Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its members’ peace and security, as the military alliance met Wednesday to confront what NATO’s chief called the biggest security crisis since World War II. It also promised to “step up political and practical support” to Ukraine as it fights off Russia’s … Read more
Severodonetsk’s mayor says the city is now under the “full occupation of Russia”. Dozens of Russian missiles have simultaneously hit military facilities in western and northern Ukraine, local officials say. Ukraine’s military says attacks on the border region of Chernihiv were launched from the territory of Russia’s ally Belarus. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of fierce fightingUkrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country’s east to move to stronger positions, a regional official said Friday, the four-month mark in Russia’s invasion. The planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, comes after relentless Russian bombardment that … Read more
Assam’s flood situation remained grim as seven more people died due to the calamity on Thursday taking the toll to 108, while Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made an aerial survey of severely affected Silchar town. The total population affected by the current wave of flood, however, registered a decline to 4.5 million in 30 … Read more
Governor of Luhansk says Moscow is sending a large number of reserve troops to Severodonetsk. Russia is renewing its efforts to advance south of Ukraine’s eastern city of Izyum, British defence ministry says. The United Nations estimates more than 10,000 civilians, including hundreds of children, have now been killed or injured in the war in … Read more
Russia is renewing its efforts to advance south of Ukraine’s eastern city of Izyum, British defence ministry says. The United Nations estimates more than 10,000 civilians, including hundreds of children, have now been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine. A Russian vessel that was delivering arms to the strategically important Snake Island has … Read more