Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has travelled to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Mr Johnson visited the outskirts of the city on Sunday before being received by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Conservative MP said it was a “privilege” to…
Ukraine war: Germany yet to make decision on sending tanks
Germany has not yet decided whether to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, or allow other countries to donate theirs, despite pressure on Berlin to act. A meeting on Friday to co-ordinate military donations for Kyiv did agree to supply more…
Spanish leader calls for negotiations with Putin to end Ukraine war
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Sánchez made the comments on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. “It is important that we maintain…
Ukraine’s interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash
Eighteen people have been killed, including Ukraine’s interior affairs minister, after a helicopter crashed beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv. Three children were among the dead and 15 more are being treated in hospital. The…
Scholz, Zelensky address Davos as allies push Berlin to send tanks
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver the most high-profile speeches at this year’s Davos forum on Wednesday, as pressure mounts on Berlin to send combat tanks to Kiev. Zelensky is readying for a second year…
Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders plea for Western tanks
As the UK and other European nations prepare to send tanks to Ukraine to help it liberate more territory from Russia, our correspondent Andrew Harding has been to visit members of a front-line Ukrainian tank unit already engaging Russian forces…
Russia claims control of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, its 1st victory in months
Russian forces on the front line of the bitter fight for control of eastern Ukraine have claimed their first victory in several months of grinding conflict. After some of the war’s most intense combat, Russia now controls the mining town…
Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears ostracism over her activism
Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy prime minister, over her choice of clothing at a tournament in October. Back in 2020,…
Ukraine war: Russia controls most of pounded salt mine town, Soledar, says UK
Russia is “likely” to finally control most of the salt-mining town of Soledar in Ukraine’s east after a months-long battle with Ukrainian forces, the UK’s Ministry of Defence says. Russian troops and the mercenary Wagner Group have made advances in…
2 British men missing in Ukraine, say officials
Two British nationals have gone missing in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, Ukrainian police have said. Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, were doing voluntary work, police said, and were last seen on Friday heading to the town…