Ukraine

Trump and Zelensky: Is the damage irreparable?

For Trump, it’s always, “What’s in it for me?”

What are Ukraine's critical minerals and why does Trump want them?

Ukraine's soils hold some five percent of the world's mineral resources

Zelenskiy says Ukraine has 'low chance' of survival without US backing

Ukraine demands Russia withdraw from captured territory

Ukraine to get Starlink's direct-to-cell satellite service

Ukraine’s leading mobile operator Kyivstar has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink to introduce direct-to-cell satellite connectivity, its parent company VEON announced on Monday, according to a recent report by Reuters.

IMF, Ukraine, reach agreement on $1.1 bn loan disbursement

The swift agreement, which comes just over two months after the last one, will provide Ukraine with a large injection of funds amid Russia's ongoing assault on the country, which entered its 1000th day on Tuesday.

Team Trump assails Biden decision on missiles for Ukraine

The new policy and Biden's pledge to speed up military aid to Ukraine come as the United States prepares for Trump to take over as president in January, having questioned US assistance throughout the war.

Russia and Ukraine launch massive drone attacks after Trump-Putin call

The Kremlin had earlier said it saw "positive signals" from Trump's willingness to strike a deal, and several people speaking to the US paper said Trump had expressed the desire for more conversations on "the resolution of Ukraine's war soon".

Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones, biggest strike on the Russian capital

Russian air defences destroyed another 36 drones over other regions of Western Russia in three hours on Sunday, the defence ministry said.

IMF board approves $1.1 billion disbursal for Ukraine

The loan disbursal is the latest tranche of funding the International Monetary Fund has released to Ukraine as part of an ongoing 4-year, $15.5 billion program approved last March.

May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022

'When will I be home again?' Ukraine player tires of life on the road

For Anhelina Kalinina, the date of February 17 is burned on her memory. It was the day she left her home in Kyiv to train in Doha expecting to quickly return, just as she always did every few weeks when the grind of the tennis tour allowed.

May 22, 2022
May 22, 2022

Ukraine rejects ceasefire as Russia intensifies fighting in Donbas

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland, as Polish President Andrzej Duda prepared to address the Ukrainian parliament on Sunday.

May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022

Ukraine war: How far it will go?

When President Vladimir Putin launched “a special military operation” on February 24 to “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine, there were a few to doubt that the military campaign would end in Russia’s favour and it would be over soon.

April 7, 2022
April 7, 2022

No need for Bangladeshi volunteers to join military operation in Ukraine: Russian Embassy 

The Russian Embassy in Dhaka today said that although they appreciated the gesture of Bangladeshi citizens who wanted to volunteer in the Russian military operation in Ukraine, there is no need for it.

March 31, 2022
March 31, 2022

Russia wants gas payments in roubles from April 1

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned "unfriendly" countries, including all EU members, that they would be cut off from Russian gas unless they opened an account in roubles to pay for deliveries.

June 4, 2018
June 4, 2018

Russia jails Ukrainian journo to 12yrs for spying

A Russian court sentences a Ukrainian journalist, Roman Sushchenko, to 12 years in jail after convicting him of spying for his native Ukraine, his lawyer says, a move likely to further sour ties between Moscow and Kiev.

May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018

Russian journalist turns up alive after reported murder

A Russian dissident journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappears alive and well today in the middle of a briefing about the killing by the Ukrainian state security service.

September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017

Tens of thousands evacuated from Ukraine arms depot 'sabotage' blasts

Ukrainian authorities has evacuated more than 30,000 people from the central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors say is a possible act of "sabotage".

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

Russian security services behind cyberattack: Ukraine

Ukraine accused the Russian security services Saturday of planning and launching a cyberattack that locked up computers around the world earlier this week.

March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017

Ukraine MP claims ex-president's party secretly paid ex-Trump aide $750,000

A Ukrainian MP alleges that the party of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych secretly paid former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort $750,000 via an offshore shell company.