A Ukrainian serviceman fires with a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft cannon at a position near a front line in the Kharkiv region. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s surge in missile strikes in Ukraine is partly designed to exhaust Kyiv’s supplies of air defences and finally achieve dominance of the skies above the country, a senior Pentagon … Read more
Train operations were suspended early on Friday near Novyi Oskol, a town in Russia’s Belgorod region that borders Ukraine, after remains of a missile fell near the railway, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app that anti-craft defences shot down missiles near Novyi Oskol, a town of about 18,000 people … Read more
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned Russia’s attempted annexation of four Ukrainian areas while Kyiv’s allies committed more military aid after intense Russian missile strikes. In New York, three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly – 143 countries – voted on Wednesday in favour of a resolution that called Moscow’s move illegal, deepening Russia’s international … Read more
Fumio Kishida is by nature a dovish diplomat, but surrounded by increasingly hostile regimes in China, Russia and North Korea, Japan’s prime minister has little choice but to reshape his nation’s defences. For more than 70 years Japanese prime ministers have entrusted the safety of their people to the security alliance with the US, the … Read more
Towering. That’s the first word that flashes through the mind when one sees Erling Haaland line up for his team on the football pitch. Standing next to his teammates, professional athletes who are themselves giants in the land of mortals, Haaland’s almost mythical presence casts an aura that mesmerizes the world. After getting used to … Read more
Ukraine said it broke through enemy lines in several places near the southern city of Kherson as it pressed a new campaign to retake territory while Moscow said Kyiv’s counter-offensive had failed as Russia shelled the port city of Mykolaiv. Kyiv’s move came after several weeks of relative stalemate in a war that has killed … Read more