🔄 Click here to see the most recent posts
5 posts
6 mins ago
Zelensky lays a wreath in honor of the soldiers killed in the conflict
President Volodymyr Zelensky honors the memory of the deceased (Photo: President of Ukraine)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky laid a wreath at a memorial to the thousands of servicemen who died fighting Russian and Russian-backed forces between 2014 and February's full-scale invasion.
The wreath was laid in honor of the Defenders of Ukraine Day, which was first celebrated in 2015.
"In Kyiv's Mykhailivska Square, in the presence of a guard of honor and to the sound of Surma, a wreath of flowers of the Ukrainian people was placed on the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War," he said. the office of the president in a statement.
The ceremony comes after the bodies of 62 Ukrainian soldiers were "returned home" earlier this week after "difficult negotiations", according to the country's Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories.
"62 fallen heroes have been returned home," the ministry statement said, adding that the bodies included those of soldiers who had been held in a prison in Olenivka, in the eastern Donetsk region.
9 mins ago
The head of the Ukrainian army says that "nothing and no one will stop us" in his efforts to recover the territory
By Olga Voitovych
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 19.
(Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
The battlefield is "complicated but controlled" as Ukrainian forces advance in their counteroffensive to retake parts of the country seized by Russia in the first days of the invasion of Moscow, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Thursday. Valery Zaluzhnyi.
"In fierce battles, under the steel rain of Russian shells, we held on to every piece of our land. We stopped the enemy onslaught and buried the myth of the invincibility of the Russian army. And now we are taking ours back. No one and nothing stop," Zaluzhnyi said in a Twitter message.
Zaluzhnyi said last winter "is already part of world history."
"We resisted the attack of a powerful enemy. We showed what it means to be Ukrainian, to have the courage to fight for your freedom," he said.
In the latest sign that Russian troops are fighting back against Ukrainian advances, Moscow said Thursday that its forces would help evacuate residents of the occupied southern Kherson region to other areas.
The Ukrainian army has carried out a counteroffensive in Kherson and in the east of the country, retaking territories that had been occupied by Russia and attacking critical infrastructure such as bridges and railways.
Arms aid
: This Thursday, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, reiterated his request for more air defense capabilities during the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, stating that Kyiv only has 10% of what it needs to combat deadly Russian attacks.
And according to Zaluzhnyi, the superiority of Russian artillery means that "the question of increasing the fire capabilities of the Armed Forces remains relevant."
"The issue of developing the integrated air missile defense system is also essential," he said.
12 mins ago
In an almost unanimous vote, European lawmakers call for Russia to be declared a "terrorist" regime
By Mick Krever
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on the screen as he delivers a speech remotely before members of the political delegations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, France, on October 13.
(Photo: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images)
An assembly of representatives from 46 national parliaments across Europe on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling on European countries to "declare the current Russian regime as terrorist."
A total of 99 of the 100 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted in favor of the resolution.
Only one Turkish deputy from the Republican People's Party abstained.
"The Russian military's continued use of long-range artillery to attack towns and cities across Ukraine has caused massive destruction and casualties," the resolution said.
"With these indiscriminate attacks, Russia intends to advance its terrorist policy to suppress the will of Ukrainians to resist and defend their country and cause maximum harm to civilians."
The resolution calls on Russia to "completely and unconditionally withdraw its occupying forces."
PACE is a parliamentary body of the Council of Europe, an international organization independent of the European Union.
It has a broader membership, including countries such as Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
PACE is made up of national parliamentarians from its member countries.
16 mins ago
Russia claims to have shot down rockets in its Belgorod region, near the Ukrainian border
By Josh Pennington
A general view shows the Russian city of Belgorod, about 700 km south of Moscow.
(Photo: VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP via Getty Images)
A Russian official said Friday morning that the country's air defenses had shot down rockets in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine to the north, near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
"Our air defenses have shot down rockets this morning near the Novoskolsk district. The debris fell in the immediate vicinity of the railway. Power lines were damaged. Railway traffic has been temporarily suspended," Belgorod Governor Viacheslav Gladkov said in a statement. statement on Telegram.
"Emergency crews are on their way. I am sure they will rectify the situation very quickly and traffic will be restored. I will keep you posted. The most important thing is that there are no casualties."
A bit of context
: Moscow and Kyiv have blamed each other for the damage caused this Thursday in a residential building in Belgorod.
Russian officials blamed Ukraine, although Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Russia launched a missile toward Kharkiv and missed its target.
19 mins ago
A rocket hits the city of Zaporizhia on Friday morning
By Josh Pennington, Mohammed Tawfeeq
A rocket hit the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia on Friday morning, according to Telegram messages from the head of the regional military administration and the acting mayor of the city.
"The enemy has attacked Zaporizhia. The infrastructure of one of the city's districts has been destroyed," Anatoliy Kurtev, the city's acting mayor, said in a post on Telegram.
Kurtev said that rescue teams have rushed to the scene of the attack.
Neither official said if there were any casualties.
A bit of background
: Zaporizhia is a major center in southern Ukraine, not far from the front line in a region partially occupied by Russian forces, who have been carrying out attacks on the city this week.
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted measures to illegally annex four Ukrainian regions, including Zaporizhia.
war in ukraine