- 17 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityRussia Ukraine war
Russia says it has liberated Kherson region in southern Ukraine -Interfax
(Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry on Tuesday said its forces had liberated the entire Kherson region in the south of Ukraine, Interfax news agency said. It cited a senior official…
Putin hopes talks with Ukraine will yield positive result
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine were continuing talks in an online format. At the start of his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General…
Putin ally says Ukraine heading for collapse into several states
LONDON (Reuters) -One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies said on Tuesday that Ukraine was spiralling towards a collapse into several states because of what he cast as a U.S.…
Nuclear Resurgence for Peace and War
The emergence of Covid-19 and climate change as existential threats to mankind had relegated the nuclear danger to a second level threat till the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. In 1991,…
By TP Sreenivasan
Russia should launch next phase of Ukraine campaign, separatist leader says
(Reuters) -The Russian-backed separatist leader of the Ukrainian breakaway region of Donetsk said on Tuesday that Moscow should launch the next stage of its military campaign in Ukraine after reaching…
Britain says Russia tries to encircle Ukraine positions in east
(Reuters) - Russia is probably attempting to encircle heavily fortified Ukrainian positions in the country's east, the British military said in an update on Tuesday. Reports say the city of…
Russia says it will halt hostilities to let civilians leave besieged steel plant on Monday
(Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said its troops would halt hostilities to allow civilians to leave the besieged steel plant Azovstal in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol from 1400 Moscow…
U.S.’s Blinken says Russia is failing in its war aims, Ukraine succeeding
SOUTHEASTERN POLAND (Reuters) - Russia is failing in its war aims but Ukraine is succeeding, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday after he and Defense Secretary Lloyd…
Ukraine says Russia deploys Iskander-M launchers near border
(Reuters) - Russia has deployed Iskander-M mobile battlefield missile launchers within 60 km (40 miles) of the Ukrainian border, General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Sunday. "Then enemy…
U.N. chief Guterres heading to Turkey ahead of Moscow, Kyiv visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with…
Missile strike kills five people in Ukraine’s Odesa region, says official
(Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 18 injured in a missile strike on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa on Saturday, the president's chief of staff Andriy…
UK says Russian forces made no major gains in the last 24 hours
(Reuters) - Russian forces have made no major gains in the last 24 hours despite increased activity, as Ukrainian counterattacks continue to hinder their efforts, British military intelligence said on…
