Russian billionaire and former owner of Premier League football club Chelsea Roman Abramovich has lost a legal challenge to overturn his inclusion on the European Union’s sanctions list following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In its ruling the General Court of…
Zelensky: “Nobody wants Europe to be seen as untrustworthy’’
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Thursday pleaded in favour of starting EU accession talks with Kiev in a video address to European Union leaders gathered in Brussels. “Today is a day for a political decision in response to what we’ve…
Ukraine’s Zelensky visits Argentina in a bid to win support from developing nations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Buenos Aires to witness the swearing-in on Sunday of Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei. It is the Ukrainian leader’s first-ever trip to Latin America as Kyiv continues to court support among developing nations for…
Russia set to hold presidential election in March 2024
Russia’s upper house of parliament has voted to set the date for the country’s next presidential election for March 17, 2024, potentially moving President Vladimir Putin closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation Council of the…
Ukraine aid from US in doubt after failed Senate vote
Senate Republicans have blocked a move to pass an aid bill for Ukraine after failing to secure border compromises they sought in exchange. The $110bn (£87.3bn) package included $61bn for Ukraine, as well as funds for Israel and aid for…
Ukraine reports another 50 overnight drone attacks
Russia has showered Ukraine with a new wave of drone attacks overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Wednesday morning. Forty-one of the 48 combat drones launched by the Russian army have been repelled, the air force said on Telegram.…
Zelenskyy says he survived no fewer than 5 Russian assassination attempts
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has lost count of assassination attempts he’s survived, comparing them to bouts of Covid. In an interview with the British tabloid The Sun, he said that he’s survived “no fewer” than five or six…
Ukraine war: Russian artist Sasha Skochilenko jailed for anti-war price tags
A Russian anti-war activist has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for replacing supermarket pricing labels with anti-war messages. Sasha Skochilenko, 33, an artist from St Petersburg, has been in detention since April last year. She admitted…
Zelensky tells Leipzig conference Russia threat to Ukraine’s neighbours
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also joined the German-Ukrainian municipal partnership conference in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Wednesday. He emphasised that it was not only Ukraine that was under threat from the Russian regime, neighbouring countries were also…
Kiev launches combined drone, missile attacks on Crimea
The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had hit a Russian air defence base on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in an attack with naval drones and missiles. A strategically important air defence object on the west coast…
