Russia on Friday claimed that Ukrainian drones were attacking the city of Grozny as an Azerbaijani Airlines plane attempted to land, before its subsequent crash in Kazakhstan.Chief of Russia’s civil aviation authority Dmitry Yadrov via Telegram noted that severe fog enveloped Grozny during the plane crash incident, stating that “conditions that day and in those…
‘Insane’: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy slams Putin’s ‘missile duel’ suggestion with US (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sharply criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion of a “missile duel” with the United States, dismissing the idea as absurd and labelling Putin as irrational.Speaking at a European Council meeting on Thursday, Zelenskyy addressed Putin’s remarks about testing…
The United States will provide nearly USD 1 billion in long-term weapons support to Ukraine, defence secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Saturday. The Biden administration is expediting the spending of remaining congressionally approved funds to support Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. The new package includes drones and HIMARS munitions, funded through the Ukraine…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (AP) Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to support its nearly three-year war against Ukraine. Some of these troops have already been deployed…
Explosions seen in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike (left) and in a Ukrainian drone attack in Dzerzhinsk (Picture credit: Agencies). Four firefighters sustained minor injuries from shrapnel on Sunday when a Ukrainian drone attacked an industrial area in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia. The region’s governor, Gleb Nikitin, said on the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday quoted PM Modi and said that the Brics is not “anti-West”, but is just “non-West”, just days before the 16th Brics Summit scheduled in his country. “BRICS was never meant to be against anyone. The Indian Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) said that BRICS is not an anti-western group, it…
Political storm churning over disaster aid for hurricane victims WASHINGTON: An ugly political storm is churning over disaster aid for hurricane victims, with MAGA Trumpers alleging that Kamala Harris is “stealing” emergency relief money to give to illegal immigrants and fund war in Ukraine. The charges are coming from the top levels of the MAGA…
WASHINGTON: A devastating hurricane, a port workers strike, and wars in the middle-east and Ukraine is buffeting Kamala Harris‘ campaign in a Presidential race that polls say is still a toss-up. Latest numbers from the non-partisan Cook political report shows Harris with slight leads in five of the seven battleground states, and Trump leading in…
Russia may have used the ODAB-9000, a thermoarbic bomb in Ukraine for the first time, as per reports. According to pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, a video allegedly shows the bomb being used in Vovchansk, located in the Kharkiv region.While some Russian military experts claim this is the bomb’s first deployment in Ukraine, the video has raised…
While many have perished, the war has left many others with severed limbs. A Polish company founded by two Indians is providing advanced bionic arms for soldiers and civilians alike (AFP photo) LVIV: Yevhen Pramonov, a member of a Ukrainian special forces battalion, lost his legs while clearing mines in Donetsk region last Dec. Working…
