Ukraine

Finnish air force sent up ‘an operational flight mission’ and identified the planes and the Border Guard launched an investigation into the violation.Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are suspected of violating Finnish airspace near the coastal city of Porvoo on the Gulf of Finland. The suspected violation happened at 06:40 GMT on Thursday and the…

The Russian state should be tried for historical crimes committed by the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa has said before the premiere of his new documentary, The Kiev Trial, at Venice.Speaking at a press conference, Loznitza – who was expelled from the Ukrainian film academy for expressing his support for Russian film-makers…

Ukraine's military on Wednesday reported its forces had conducted successful missile strikes on three Russian command posts and two ammunition warehouses.Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces said in an update posted on Facebook that Kyiv's military had been involved in 73 "combat clashes" during the day. The update added that Ukraine's…

the rubble of a kindergarten destroyed by a Russian drone in Kyiv. (Photo by Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 642. Local news. Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as well as other cities across the country, saw the largest drone attack to-date in the early…

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been disconnected from Ukraine’s national grid for the first time in nearly 40 years of operation, the country’s nuclear power operator, Energoatom, has said.The final power line connecting the plant to the grid was cut twice by fires at the ash pits of a nearby coal-fired power plant. Three other lines…

A war-battered Ukraine on Tuesday commemorated the 10th anniversary of the so-called Maidan revolution, the popular uprising that toppled a pro-Russia president, showcased the nation’s embrace of European values and foreshadowed the current conflict with Moscow.Across Ukraine, people laid flowers at monuments honoring those killed during the…

WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans want changes to the Biden administration’s request for $106 billion in emergency funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and to manage the flow of migrants at the U.S. border, setting up tricky negotiations that could imperil the bill even before it runs headlong into the currently paralyzed House.The administration’s…

47th Mechanized Brigade infantry train with a Leopard 2.47th Mechanized Brigade photoThe Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade has maybe 17 Leopard 2A6s left out of the 21 of the high-tech tanks Ukraine got from Germany and Portugal early this year. The 69-ton, four-person Leopard 2A6 with its extra-long, 55-caliber main gun is one of the…

Artist Alexander Stolin still has a pretty strong eastern-European accent, though he’s spent the last 30 years living on the North Shore. Back in 1992, when he was 29, he emigrated from Ukraine, where he was born.It…

Interpreter worked with Gorbachev for 37 yearsSays he was shocked, upset by events in UkraineSays Gorbachev still believed in idea of Soviet UnionBut he was against use of force to achieve goalsMOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was shocked and bewildered by the Ukraine conflict in the months before he died and…