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September 13, 2024 10:40 PM

Kremlin says it disagrees with Turkey’s Erdogan that Crimea should return to Kyiv’s control

Russia completely disagrees with comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Crimea should return to Ukrainian control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Erdogan said this week that Turkish support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence was unwavering, and that the return of Crimea - which Russia seized from Ukraine and annexed in 2014 - was a requirement of international law. Asked about Erdogan's comments, Peskov said the topic of Crimea "fall...

September 6, 2024 4:26 PM

Ukraine presses for long-range strike support, US announces more aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Western allies on Friday to ignore Moscow's "red lines" and allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons for strikes on Russian territory, as Washington pledged another $250 million in weaponry for Kyiv. Zelenskiy made his first appearance at a regular U.S.-hosted gathering of Ukraine's allies at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and sought to present the long-range strike options as another way to pressure Russia to end its 2-1/2-year-old invasion. He spoke a...

August 27, 2024 10:54 AM

Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, drones for second day in row

Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight targeting Kyiv and other regions, Ukraine's military said early on Tuesday, a day after Moscow's biggest such attack of the war. At least one person was killed when a civilian object was "wiped out" in the central Ukraine city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said. Kyiv region's air defence systems were deployed several times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting the Ukrainian capital, the region's military admi...

September 16, 2024 3:59 PM

PM Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Kyiv, honours children killed in war

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Ukraine on Friday, paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi in Kyiv, marking the start of his historic visit to the war-torn country. Accompanied by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, PM Modi also honored the Memory of Children at the Martyrologist Exposition at the Ukraine National Museum in Kyiv, which commemorates the young lives lost during the full-scale Russian invasion. The Gandhi statue, symbolizing the enduring legacy of Mahatma Gandhi'...

August 23, 2024 1:35 PM

PM Modi arrives in Kyiv, first-ever visit by Indian Prime Minister

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in war-torn Ukraine after a 10-hour journey from Poland aboard the special train, Rail Force One. This marks the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine, following an invitation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Upon arrival, PM Modi was welcomed at the train station before heading to the Hyatt Hotel for his initial engagements. The Indian diaspora warmly greeted him at the hotel. PM Modi is scheduled to make a significant s...

September 16, 2024 3:59 PM

PM Modi’s Ukraine visit is likely to explore deeper ties in different sectors

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Kyiv in war-hit Ukraine on Friday after concluding his two-day visit to Poland. This is the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine. The visit came at the invitation of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. " I will be visiting Ukraine at the invitation of President Zelenskyy. This visit will be an opportunity to build on the earlier discussions with him and deepen the India-Ukraine friendship. We will also share perspectives on the ...

August 22, 2024 6:29 PM

Russia says it thwarts Ukrainian cross-border raid in new area

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the capture of another Russian village as he visited a border area from which Ukrainian forces entered Russia over two weeks ago, but Moscow said its troops had taken a village in east Ukraine. Kyiv also said it had mounted a drone strike on an air base in southern Russia, its latest counterattack as Russian forces slowly advance in eastern Ukraine 2-1/2 years after Moscow's full-scale invasion. Russia said its troops had beaten back an attempt by a Ukra...

September 16, 2024 4:02 PM

Modi’s Poland & Ukraine visit: PM’s visit will send a powerful signal to world, says Polish diplomat

Poland's Charge d'Affaires, Sebastian Domzalski, has stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visits to Poland and Ukraine, amid the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, will send a "powerful signal" to the international community that India stands for peace, dialogue, the UN Charter, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations. In an interview with ANI, Domzalski expressed his happiness over PM Modi's decision to visit Poland and to combine this visit with one to U...

August 13, 2024 12:15 PM

Ukraine touts huge gains in Kursk region as it takes war back to Russia

Ukraine said on Monday its biggest cross-border assault of the war had captured 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia's Kursk region and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have to be forced into making peace. With Russia still struggling to repel the surprise assault a week after it began, Ukraine's top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by video link and said the advance into Russian territory was ongoing. "We continue to conduct an offen...

August 12, 2024 3:20 PM

Russia evacuates another border region amid growing threat from Ukrainian units

Russia on Monday evacuated civilians from parts of a second region next to Ukraine after Kyiv increased military activity near the border just days after its biggest incursion into sovereign Russian territory since the start of the 2022 war. Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border last Tuesday and swept across some Western parts of Russia's Kursk region, a surprise attack that may be aimed at gaining leverage in possible ceasefire talks after the U.S. election. Apparently caught by ...