RUSSIA launched a wave of missile strikes overnight on cities across Ukraine targeting homes, a maternity hospital and a shopping mall. The mass attack comes as furious Putin vowed “revenge” after Ukraine struck a key Russian warship in the occupied Crimean port of Feodosia. 8 A massive fireball can be seen after a missile strike … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. This article is part of the Belgian Presidency of the EU special report. BRUSSELS — Ceci n’est pas une campagne électorale. As Belgium gears up for its six-month stint at the helm of the Council of the European Union from January 1, the country’s … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday said that Western nations are quietly changing strategy regarding the war in Ukraine. “Some ‘calls’ begin, whispers, like, why don’t you meet with someone in Europe who would be ready to talk, and talk about Ukraine without Ukraine,” Lavrov told state-owned news organizations RIA Novosti and Rossiya 24, … Read more
ATHENS — A Greek-owned cargo ship struck a mine in the Black Sea on Wednesday as it was en route to Ukraine to be loaded with grain. The Panamanian-flagged vessel “Vyssos” was sailing toward the Ukrainian port of Izmail when it hit the explosive device in the Black Sea’s Danube Delta, according to several Greek … Read more
This month, the UK and its allies, including the US and other member-states of NATO, implemented a new string of restrictions on Russia’s economy. The additional restrictions on Russia’s imports and export licences, marked the most severe sanctions ever imposed on a major country. The sanctions have been prompted by Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, … Read more
Finland would be “the first to suffer” if war broke out between NATO and Russia, one of Moscow’s top diplomats said. “Since they are our neighbors, if, God forbid there is some escalation, they will be the first to suffer,” Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, told Russian state-owned news agency … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a simple promise to Germans after taking office: “You’ll never walk alone.” Scholz, a Social Democrat, borrowed the phrase from Liverpool Football Club’s anthem and has invoked it, mantra-like, at moments of tension, such as when Russia … Read more
KYIV — The last time Valentyna Tkachenko, a 35-year-old mother of two from Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, saw her husband Serhii was just before Russia invaded her country. Serhii, a National Guard soldier, was captured on February 24 of last year, the day Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine. His unit was guarding the … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BELGRADE — Young people and students, switching between playing football and lively dancing at a street crossing at noon in Belgrade, might fool a bystander into thinking they are just out to have a good time. Only their placards, and occasional chants, reveal they … Read more
Well, here we are folks, at the end of another turbulent year. When we put this list together at the end of 2022, its contents largely covered something many of us thought we would not see again in our lifetime: a major war in Europe. Now, we are grappling with two wars in our immediate … Read more
