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☆ Ukrainian president visits frontline Bakhmut, hails 'superhuman' troops
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/8] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a national flag as he visits a position of Ukrainian service members in the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 20, 2022. KYIV, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy paid a surprise visit on Tuesday to the frontline city of Bakhmut, where he hailed the "superhuman" troops waging a battle that has come to symbolise the grinding brutality of the war in Ukraine. He urged them to maintain morale as the battle for Bakhmut enters its fifth month, increasingly straining the Ukrainian and Russian armies. Control of the city, which had a pre-war population of 70,000-80,000, could give Russia a stepping stone to advance on bigger Ukrainian cities but Ukrainian forces have held on to Bakhmut. "The East is holding out because Bakhmut is fighting," Zelenskiy wrote in a message accompanying the vide on Telegram.

☆ Zelenskiy calls for global peace summit in video message
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday proposed holding a global peace summit this winter, in a video message Kyiv was hoping would be broadcast ahead of the soccer World Cup final in Qatar, although it appeared unlikely FIFA would allow the move. CNN reported on Friday that Zelenskiy had asked world soccer's governing body FIFA to let him share a message of peace before the final. We offered it because there are no champions in war, there can be no draw," Zelenskiy said in a video message issued by his office. "I announce the initiative to hold a Global Peace Formula Summit this winter. The summit to unite all nations of the world around the cause of global peace.

☆ Russia preparing for long war, Ukrainian military says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Residential houses are damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov/File PhotoSummary Russia seeks prolonged war, Ukrainian general saysHe dismisses the possibility of a New Year ceasefireLikelihood of attack from Belarus is low, he saysKYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Russia is digging in for a long war in Ukraine and still wants to conquer the entire country, a senior Ukrainian military official said on Thursday. Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov told a military briefing that although he did not expect Moscow to launch an attack from Belarus, Russian was training new troops on its neighbour's soil and had moved military aircraft there. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar, at the same briefing, warned against allowing complacency to set in after recent Russian military setbacks. Gromov did not say what Russia's aim might be in prolonging the already nearly 10-month-old war.

☆ Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Putin says Russia ready to negotiate, attacks continue
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing because of continued Russian attacks. * Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message, saying the world was suffering from a "famine of peace". [1/9] A Ukrainian serviceman waves from a tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, during intense shelling on Christmas Day at the frontline in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 25, 2022. * Blasts were heard at Russia's Engels air base, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the Ukraine frontlines, Ukrainian and Russian media reported on Monday. The air base was hit on Dec. 5 in what Russia said was an Ukrainian drone attack.

☆ Zelenskyy and the Spirit of Ukraine win Time’s 2022 Person of the Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the spirit of Ukraine have been named Time’s 2022 Person of the Year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the answer as to why he did it was simple: “It’s the people.”“My security was 100% against it,” Zelenskyy told Time during the trip to Kherson. “Zelenskyy gives me confidence,” a 35-year-old woman identified as Natasha in Ukraine told TODAY. In addition to Zelenskyy, Felsenthal revealed the women of Iran as 2022’s Heroes of the Year.

CNN —A series of attacks deep inside Russia this week have raised the stakes for Moscow at a time when its war on Ukraine is faltering. Russia has said that Ukrainian drones carried out three strikes on its air bases, yet two of the targets are hundreds of miles inside Russian territory and beyond the reach of Ukraine’s declared drone arsenal. Russia said it was targeted in three separate drone attacks on Monday and Tuesday. Russia said a second drone flew to the city of Engels, around 500 miles southeast of the capital, before attacking an air base with the same name. However, they have so far refused to provide Kyiv with long-range attack drones, fearing that strikes inside Russian territory would escalate the war and draw them directly into a conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

[1/3] Firefighters work outside an office building destroyed in shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, Ukraine December 5, 2022. A new Russian missile barrage had been anticipated in Ukraine for days and it took place just as emergency blackouts were due to end, with previous damage repaired. "In many regions, there will have to be emergency blackouts," he said in a late Monday video address. The United States said it would convene a virtual meeting on Thursday with oil and gas executives to discuss how it can support Ukrainian energy infrastructure, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Russia says it is waging a "special military operation" in Ukraine to rid it of nationalists and protect Russian-speaking communities.

☆ Russia launches heavy new missile strikes, at least two dead - officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Russia unleashed a new barrage of missiles on Ukraine on Monday, killing two people, destroying homes in the southeast and causing major power outages, officials said. Air raid sirens blared in the capital Kyiv and across the country in what officials described as the latest wave of Russian missile strikes since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion. The attack followed a spate of heavy Russian air strikes on energy facilities in recent weeks. Netblocks, a London-based internet monitor, said that connectivity had plunged in multiple Ukrainian regions during the strikes. Russian forces have increasingly targeted Ukrainian energy facilities in recent weeks as they faced setbacks on the battlefield, causing major power outages as winter sets in.

☆ Ukraine presidential aide warns against Musk's 'magical simple solutions'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Mykhailo Podolyak, a political adviser to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Sergiy VoloshynKYIV, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A top Ukrainian presidential aide criticised Twitter owner Elon Musk on Sunday for the billionaire's "magical simple solutions," citing ideas put forward by Musk on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Twitter content moderation. Ukraine has had a complicated relationship with Musk, the world's richest man, since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. Soon after this dispute, Musk publicly complained about the cost of providing free Starlink services to Ukraine indefinitely. In a change of tone Musk said on Oct. 15 that the company would continue to run Ukraine's free Starlinks.

☆ Zelenskiy's chief of staff: Price cap on Russian oil should be lowered to $30 a barrel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil agreed to by the Group of Seven nations and Australia on Friday should be lowered to $30 per barrel to hit Russia's economy harder, a senior Ukrainian presidential aide said on Saturday. "This was everything that was proposed by the McFaul-Yermak group, but it would be necessary to lower it to $30 to destroy the enemy's economy quicker," Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine's presidential administration, wrote on Telegram referencing an international working group on sanctions. The G7 and Australia have agreed a $60 per barrel price cap. Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Kremlin says Putin open to talks; Zelenskyy aide says up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An elderly woman looks at damaged caused by overnight Russian shelling of a residential building on Dec. 1, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. Between 10,000 and 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war with Russia so far, according to a reported estimate from Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak. Meanwhile, Ukraine's regional heads said in an update that Russian forces launched a missile attack on an infrastructure facility in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov reportedly said Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to talks over a possible settlement deal. That comes shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would be prepared to meet Putin if he was looking for a way to end the war.

☆ Vast Ukrainian nuclear plant remains under Russian control - Russia-installed authorities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine remains under Russian control, authorities installed by Moscow in the nearby city of Enerhodar said on Monday, after a Ukrainian official suggested Russian forces were preparing to leave. "The media are actively spreading fake news that Russia is allegedly planning to withdraw from Enerhodar and leave the (plant). The head of Ukraine's state-run nuclear energy company said on Sunday there were signs that Russian forces might be preparing to vacate the vast Zaporizhzhia plant which they seized in March, soon after invading Ukraine. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency), wants to create a protection zone around the nuclear power station, which is Europe's largest. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said late on Sunday that he had no doubt that Russian forces would leave the plant, where Ukrainian staff are still operating.

☆ Ukraine holds food security summit in Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 26, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSKYIV, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted an international summit in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss food security and agricultural exports with the prime ministers of Belgium, Poland and Lithuania and the president of Hungary. Zelenskiy opened the summit speaking at a panel flanked by his chief of staff and prime minister. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen delivered speeches that were shown by video. Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; writing Tom Balmforth; Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ukraine urges limiting electricity use and readies voluntary Kherson evacuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A woman walks past a statue in the central sqaure after Russia's military retreat from Kherson, Ukraine November 21, 2022. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that half of the country's power capacity had been knocked out by Russian rockets. Ukraine narrowly escaped disaster during fighting at the weekend that rocked the plant, Europe's largest, with a barrage of shells. The head of Russia's state-run nuclear energy agency, Rosatom, said it had discussed Sunday's shelling with the IAEA, and said there was a risk of a nuclear accident. Ukraine's nuclear energy firm Energoatom said Russia's military shelled the site, accusing it of nuclear blackmail and actions that were "endangering the whole world".

☆ Ukraine hails China's opposition to nuclear threats
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Zelenskiy, who had earlier visited Kherson, the biggest prize his troops have recaptured since the invasion began in February, welcomed Monday's remarks. "It is important that the United States and China jointly highlighted that the threats of using nuclear weapons were unacceptable," Zelenskiy said in a late Monday address. Zelenskiy said Ukraine had gathered evidence of at least 400 war crimes committed by Russian troops during their occupation of the area, including killings and abductions. Mass burial sites have been found in other parts previously occupied by Russian troops, including some with civilian bodies showing signs of torture. Russia says it is waging a "special military operation" in Ukraine to rid it of nationalists and protect Russian-speaking communities.

☆ White House's Sullivan visits Kyiv, says 'unwavering' support to continue
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] U.S White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak attend a news briefing, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichKYIV, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said during a visit to Kyiv on Friday that U.S. support to Ukraine would remain "unwavering and unflinching" following Tuesday's midterm congressional elections. "We fully intend to ensure that the resources are there as necessary and that we'll get votes from both sides of the isle to make that happen," he told reporters during a briefing at the Ukrainian presidential administration. Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; editing by Tom BalmforthOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian 'blackmail' over grain export deal failed - Ukrainian presidential aide
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Russia is resuming participation in a deal to free up grain exports from Ukraine because it realised the initiative would still work without Kremlin involvement, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said in a written statement to Reuters that Moscow's decision showed that Russian "blackmail" and "escalation and threats" fail when they meet a resolute response. "One way or another, Russia, embarrassed, returned to the 'grain initiative' because it suddenly turned out that the grain corridor would work even without the Kremlin's participation," Podolyak said. "When you want to play blackmail, it is important not to outplay yourself," Podolyak said. Another senior Ukrainian official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters that Moscow's decision was mainly a result of Turkish pressure on Russia.

☆ 5 weapons that have allowed Ukrainian troops to turn the tables on Russia's military
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Peter Suciu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Since Moscow attacked in February, Ukrainian troops have halted and pushed back Russian forces. FGM-148 JavelinA soldier with a Javelin anti-tank missile in a Ukrainian Independence Day parade in Kyiv in 2018. T-72 main battle tankUkrainians load a Russian T-72 onto a truck outside the town of Izyum on September 24. However, it has been Moscow that has inadvertently provided scores of the T-72 to Ukraine — as Russian tank crews have abandoned their tanks. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichAnother weapon that has been seen as critical in the Ukrainian war effort is the lightweight M777 155mm howitzer.

☆ Ukraine questions Twitter takeover amid precarious ties with Musk
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A senior Ukrainian official expressed scepticism on Saturday about the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, whose relations with Kyiv have been precarious since the billionaire suggested in early October Ukraine should give up occupied land for peace. Musk, a self-declared "free speech absolutist", has expressed desire to shake up Twitter's content moderation, and tweeted that "the bird is freed" after completing the purchase. Musk tweeted on Friday that Twitter would form a content moderation council "with widely diverse viewpoints". Kyiv's reaction to his takeover of Twitter also contrasted sharply with Moscow's, where the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, tweeted his congratulations to Musk on Friday. And quit that Starlink in Ukraine business," Medvedev wrote, referring to the thousands of satellite-connected internet devices Musk's company SpaceX operates in Ukraine.

☆ New missile strikes hit Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia; Russia warns U.S. commercial satellites could become targets if involved in war
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fresh Russian missile strikes have hit the region of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, the latter of which lies in the south and is home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant. Authorities urged residents to seek shelter, Ukrainian local media and officials reported. A senior Russian official warned that U.S. commercial satellites and those of its allies could be targets for Russian retaliatory strikes if they became involved in the Ukraine war. U.S. commercial satellites have already provided imagery of Russian troops and weapons formations and mass grave sites left behind in areas they occupied. Meanwhile, the "heaviest of battles" lies ahead in Kherson as Ukrainian troops advance on occupying Russian forces, according to a Ukrainian presidential advisor.

☆ Moscow official calls for 'de-Satanization' in Ukraine; Russian forces are 'replenishing, strengthening' in Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The "heaviest of battles" lies ahead in Kherson as Ukrainian troops advance on occupying Russian forces, according to a Ukrainian presidential advisor. While Russia's grip on the strategic territory is shakier than in previous months, it does not appear ready to abandon it. Russia has sent a letter to the United Nations pushing its unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine is preparing to use a nuclear-laced "dirty bomb" on its own territory. In a 310-page document, it outlined Ukraine's plan to use bioweapons, allegations vocally rejected and largely debunked by Ukrainian and Western officials and weapons experts. Meanwhile, a member of Russia's security council has called for the "de-Satanization" of Ukraine, claiming the country is home to hundreds of satanic sects and radicalism.

☆ Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson in face of Ukrainian counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Russian-installed authorities in the occupied city of Kherson on Saturday urged residents to leave immediately in the face of a looming counteroffensive by Ukraine’s armed forces that aimed to recapture the southern city. Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions and targeted supply routes across the province on Friday, inching closer to a full assault on the only provincial capital that has remained in Russian hands throughout the war. The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. Infrastructure in the southern city of Odesa had also been hit, he said. Iran sent trainers and technical support to enable Russian forces to use Iranian-made drones “with better lethality,” John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesperson, told reporters.

☆ Power cuts after Ukrainian infrastructure pounded again on Saturday
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Critical infrastructure across Ukraine was pounded by more than a dozen Russian missiles on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said, with several regions reporting strikes on energy facilities and power outages. Ukraine's air force command reported that 33 missiles had been fired at Ukraine on Saturday morning, and that 18 of those had been shot down. Since Oct. 10, Russia has launched a series of devastating salvos at Ukraine's power infrastructure, which have hit at least half of its thermal power generation and up to 40% of the entire system. "Deliberate strikes on Ukraine’s critical civilian infrastructure are part of Russia’s genocide of Ukrainians," Kuleba wrote on Twitter. Moscow has acknowledged targeting energy infrastructure but denies targeting civilians.

☆ 'Reality can hurt', Ukrainian official tells Russia over Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian presidential adviser told Russia on Wednesday that "reality can hurt" after a Russian-appointed official said the Ukrainian army was poised to try to retake the occupied city of Kherson and urged residents to evacuate. Kherson is the biggest population centre seized by Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine and is on territory which President Vladimir Putin says is now formally incorporated into Russia, a move Ukraine and the West do not recognise. "Less than a month has passed since the pompous announcement of Kherson annexation and solemn concert on the Red Square, as the self-proclaimed "city administration"...ceremoniously evacuates in anticipation of Ukrainian justice. Reality can hurt if you live in a fictional fantasy world," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russia signals looming struggle as Ukraine advances on a key city where Putin reportedly forbade his army from retreating
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The city was the first Russia took, and losing it would be a huge blow to Putin. Losing the city would be a huge blow for Putin, and Russia is suggesting that it's worried about how things will go. Putin on Wednesday announced martial law in the four regions of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed, which include Kherson. Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, denied Russia's claim that Ukraine was shelling the city. The Moscow-appointed heads of Kherson and three other Ukrainian regions join hands after signing treaties formally annexing the regions in Moscow on September 30, 2022.

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