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8+ min ago   (463+ words) Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark. Russia fired almost 300 drones,…...

26+ min ago   (400+ words) The United States condemned Russia on Monday for launching a nuclear-capable ballistic missile near Ukraine's border with Poland, calling it a "dangerous and inexplicable escalation" as the Trump administration attempts to broker peace negotiations. US Deputy Ambassador to the United…...

41+ min ago   (163+ words) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report from Oleg Luhovsky, First Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, and instructed the Service to provide partners with new information regarding Russia's attempts to expand its tanker fleet. Luhovsky…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (96+ words) Emergency power outages have been introduced in the city of Kyiv and the Bucha district in Kyiv Oblast on the morning of 13 January. Source: DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company Quote: "Rolling outage schedules do not work during emergency power…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (217+ words) This file image shows Kim Song, North Korea's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaking at a session of the 74th General Assembly, Sept. 30, 2019. Captured from U.N. Web TV North Korea on Tuesday denounced a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (567+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's UN Ambassador Iftikhar Ahmad this week expressed alarm as the Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies, calling for an immediate ceasefire and demanding both countries resolve their issues peacefully through dialogue." February 2026 will mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (248+ words) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleksandr Mischenko, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhiy Boyev, and Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Roman Andarak joined the online meeting. The Council meeting was held in the Political Committee format....

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (226+ words) The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has supported the president's motion to dismiss the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Maliuk. Rada backs president's motion to dismiss SBU head Maliuk The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has supported the…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (119+ words) The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov from his post as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation at his request. Some 270 deputies voted for corresponding resolution No. 14371 at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (602+ words) The attack came shortly after the US accused Russia at the UN Security Council of escalating the conflict. A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv has killed at least four people and wounded six, officials have said,…...