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Ukraine scrambles for energy with power generation at 'zero'
AFP, Published on 09/11/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure reduced the country's power generating capacity to "zero".
Zelensky hails Ukraine's 'heroism' on third annniversary of Russia's invasion
AFP, Published on 24/02/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his country's "resistance" and "heroism" on Monday on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion as EU leaders arrived in Kyiv in a show of solidarity.
Wagner boss Prigozhin's death confirmed as anger builds
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» MOSCOW - Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was formally confirmed dead on Sunday following genetic analysis, investigators said, as anger and questions over what caused his plane to crash earlier in the week continued to mount.
Riverside Ukraine city left with mud and memories
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia residents braved grey skies and driving rain to visit the banks of the Dnipro, not to relax in riverside bars and resorts, but to contemplate a sea of mud.
For deaf Ukrainians, smart watches can be life-saving
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - It took a second for Andrii Yeger, a deaf Ukrainian, to realise that the waves of energy he felt were coming from a Russian rocket landing near his car.
Russian re-elected head of chess body FIDE, sees off Ukrainian challenger
AFP, Published on 08/08/2022
» CHENNAIซ A Russian former deputy premier was re-elected as head of international chess body FIDE by a landslide Sunday, seeing off a Ukrainian challenger who said the incumbent was part of Moscow's "war machine".
Destroyed tanks, church on frontline of battle for Kyiv
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» LUKIANIVKA, Ukraine: The battle for Kyiv is being fought in villages like Lukianivka, where burned-out Russian tanks and the charred, partially-buried corpse of a Russian soldier lie near a destroyed church.
Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
AFP, Published on 15/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine.
US sanctions 'Russian agent' for trying to damage Biden
AFP, Published on 11/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - The US Treasury slapped sanctions Thursday on Ukrainian politician Andrii Derkach, an alleged Russian intelligence operative who has stoked conspiracy theories advanced by the White House that purport to implicate Democrat Joe Biden in corruption.