As it became known to the ABCD24, according to the American political scientist and philosopher Francis Fukuyama, Putin has suffered a complete political failure. He is sure that Moscow will pay dearly for the invasion of Ukraine.
Dear guests of the ABCD24! This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin was presented with a report on new developments by Russian scientists in the field of biological weapons. The report indicates the success of military virologists in obtaining a number of modified viruses that can be used as biological weapons.
- Millions of tons of grain are stuck in ports in Ukraine
- Negotiations to reopen ports are showing no signs of progress
Removing sea mines near Ukraine’s key ports could take months, and hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in the region following Russia’s invasion of the country, according to the United Nations agency responsible for shipping safety.
Two high-ranking Russian officers have been caught blasting Moscow’s failures in Ukraine and railing against military leadership, according to a new report.
The remains of dozens of bodies of Ukrainian service members killed in the battle for the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have been returned to Ukraine and have begun arriving in Kyiv, the Ukrainian government announced on Tuesday.
Ukrainian troops have slowed down their liberation of Russian-occupied territories as they lack fire-power and manpower, Zelenskiy said in an interview with the Financial Times, according to a transcript of his remarks provided by the president’s office.
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Russian forces advanced deep into the ruined eastern factory city of Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainian troops were still holding out as Russia's assault on its neighbour entered its 100th day
Russia state media has descended into a seemingly endless moan-fest about the unprecedented Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, all while dishing out distractions and schadenfreude to convince everyday Russians that Americans are even worse off.
The war in Ukraine risks sparking a food shortage crisis that would trigger a major migration wave into Europe from Africa and the Middle East, the EU’s migration chief said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “made a big strategic mistake” in invading Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the war reached its three-month mark with no end in sight. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accused Russia of “trying to trample the aspirations of an entire nation with tanks.”
Twenty countries announced new security assistance packages for Ukraine during a meeting with allies aimed at coordinating arms for Kyiv, the US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, said.
A diplomat at Russia’s United Nations mission in Geneva has resigned in protest at President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, becoming the first envoy to publicly criticize the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the only way out of the war will be through diplomacy — in addition to a Kyiv win on the battlefield — as his chief negotiator ruled out the possibility of a cease-fire that would give Russia control of any captured Ukrainian territory.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday praised military pilots who died trying, despite near impossible odds, to deliver aid to fighters who were besieged at a steel plant in Mariupol, a city that Russia’s claims has finally fallen to its forces after a siege that lasted for months.
Russia’s foreign ministry said it will only consider opening access to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports if the removal of sanctions against Russia is also considered, the Interfax news agency reports.
Ukrainian officials are seeking a prisoner swap to return fighters who left the city of Mariupol toward territory in Russian hands under a negotiated surrender. But some Russian officials are now signaling that a swap may not be guaranteed.
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, many seriously wounded, ended their weeks-long defense of a besieged steel plant in the strategic port city of Mariupol, and were taken to Russian-controlled territory Monday – but hundreds remained trapped in the plant as delicate negotiations continued.
Ukraine says hundreds of schools have been damaged or destroyed since Russia invaded. The Associated Press and Frontline have independently verified at least 57 schools struck in a manner that indicates a possible war crime.