Russia Ukraine conflict

January 9, 2025 11:20 AM

US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war, fighting against Ukraine

The United States warned on Wednesday that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang "more capable of waging war against its neighbors." Russia has forged closer diplomatic and military ties with North Korea since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022. More than 12,000 North Korean troops are in Russia and last month began fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to th...

December 30, 2024 11:46 AM

In a first, Ukraine captures North Korean soldier

In a first, Ukraine claims to have captured a North Korean soldier who was fighting alongside Russian forces in the Kursk region. A photo of the purportedly captured North Korean soldier, who appeared to have sustained injuries, circulated on Telegram. The soldier was captured alive but has since died from his wounds. He is believed to be the first North Korean prisoner of war captured since Pyongyang deployed forces to support Russia's war in Ukraine. Ukraine's military-focussed news outlet Mi...

December 12, 2024 5:36 PM

Russia supports Orban’s POW swap proposal but Ukraine refused, Kremlin says

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had fully supported a prisoner of war exchange between Moscow and Kyiv proposed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, but that Ukraine appeared to have turned down the idea. Orban made the proposals during a call with Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during yesterday's telephone conversation with President Putin, made a proposal on the eve of Christmas to carry o...

December 11, 2024 2:40 PM

Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking car used to carry UN nuclear experts on Dec 10

Russia on Wednesday accused the Ukrainian armed forces of attacking a car used to transport experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Dec. 10, saying someone could have been killed. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi saidon the day of the incident that a drone had hit and severely damaged an official vehicle of the agency on the road to Ukraine's Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Tuesday, but that there had been no casualties. Ukrainian President Volod...

November 28, 2024 4:59 PM

Putin says Russia could strike ‘decision-making centres’ in Kyiv

Russia is selecting targets in Ukraine that could include "decision-making centres" in Kyiv in response to Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian territory with Western weapons, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Russian attacks have not so far struck government buildings in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv is heavily protected by air defences, but Putin says Russia's Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which it fired for the first time at a Ukrainian city last week, is incapable of being intercep...

November 28, 2024 1:15 PM

Russia mounts ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, minister says

Russia carried out its second big attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this month on Thursday, with national and local officials reporting blasts and emergency power cuts across the country effecting hundreds of thousands of people. "Energy infrastructure is once again targeted by the enemy's massive strike," Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook. Ukraine's national grid operator Ukrenergo introduced emergency power cuts amid the attack, Galushchenko said. Ukrai...

November 21, 2024 11:50 PM

Ukraine says Russia struck it with ‘new’ missile; claims it was an ICBM are disputed

Ukraine said Russia fired a new kind of missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday, and while there was debate over what kind, it appeared to be a nuclear-capable weapon that carried multiple warheads, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war. Kyiv said Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon designed for long-distance nuclear strikes and never before used in war. Three U.S. officials said it was an intermediate range ballistic missile that has a smaller range. Regard...

October 30, 2024 10:19 AM

Nine injured in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s officials say

At least nine people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl, and several apartments were on fire after a Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Falling debris from a destroyed drone sparked a fire in a multi-storey apartment building in the Solomianskyi district in Kyiv's west, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram messaging app. "So far, nine people have been injured," Klitschko said. "All of them were treated by medics on the spot." The military admi...

October 29, 2024 9:53 AM

No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, Pentagon says

The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia. The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even as attention shifts to the Middle East. It could signal how Russia hopes to offset mounting battlefield losses and continue making slow, steady gains in easte...

October 25, 2024 9:13 PM

“India is on the side of peace”: MEA on Russia-Ukraine conflict, situation in West Asia

India reiterated its stance on peace during discussions on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the crisis in West Asia, reaffirming its efforts to pursue dialogue among all parties. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, addressing a special briefing on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's official visit to India, confirmed that these global issues were discussed in depth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his insights from meetings with Russian and Ukrainian leaders, highlighting India’s diplomatic effort...