Vladimir Putin

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned outside forces against interfering in the Ukraine conflict, promising a "lightning-speed" response to such actions, with the use of Moscows most advanced weaponry."If someone decides to…

Kiev : Weeks after occupying the major Ukrainian city of Kherson, Russian troops have now taken control of the City Council building, according to authorities. The development was confirmed on Monday by Kherson Mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev and…

Kiev : Satellite imagery have identified the presence of a third mass grave in the outskirts of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to an investigative report. The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report said the pictures by…

Moscow : Russia's Defence Ministry has announced a ceasefire near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol for the safe evacuation of civilians. Russia's armed forces and the formations of the Donetsk People's Republic "from 14:00 Moscow time on…

Kiev : Forensic doctors carrying out post-mortem on bodies in mass graves north of Kiev said they have found evidence that some women were raped before being killed by Russian forces, The Guardian reported."We already have a few cases which…

Lviv : Russian strikes have hit five railway stations in central and western Ukraine, BBC reported.One of those hit was Krasne, east of Lviv. Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv region, has posted on his Telegram channel that a missile hit…

Kiev : Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has appealed to the UN for a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol after efforts to evacuate civilians from the devastated besieged south-eastern city has again collapsed. In a televised…

Istanbul/Kiev : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, discussed the latest developments of the Ukraine crisis over the phone. According to a statement by the Turkish presidential office on…

Kiev : Ukrainian law enforcement officers have discovered 1,084 bodies in the Kiev region, with a majority of them shot dead, a top police official said."The bodies have been examined by investigators and transported to forensic medical…

Moscow : A top Russian commander said that his country was aiming to take full control of southern Ukraine and the separatist Donbas region, according to media reports.The statement was made by Maj Gen Rustam Minnekayev, the deputy…