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A view shows the city administration building hit by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 16, 2022. The published Kremlin decree ordered an "economic mobilisation" in eight regions adjoining Ukraine, including Crimea, which Russia invaded and annexed in 2014. It placed them in a special regime one step below martial law and allowed for the restriction of people's movements. Putin conferred additional powers on the leaders of all Russia's 80-plus regions to protect critical facilities, maintain public order and increase production in support of the war effort. Stronski, a former Russia specialist at the U.S. State Department, said the president's orders epitomised Moscow's struggles to implement an effective war plan.

☆ Russia and Ukraine just completed one of the war's biggest prisoner swaps, with Russia freeing 108 Ukrainian women in exchange for 110 Russians
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian officials said it was the biggest all-female prisoner exchange between both nations. "We managed to return 108 Ukrainian women: officers, sergeants, privates, army, navy, territorial defense, national guards, border guards," he said. Ukrainian women pose for a photo after re-uniting with their relatives as part of all-female prisoner swap with Russia on October 17, 2022 in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed two Ukrainian women marked for the swap voluntarily declined to return to Ukraine before the exchange. Ukrainian women reunite with relatives during all-female prisoner swap deal with Russia since the war began in Ukraine on October 17, 2022.

☆ Admission of Ukraine to NATO can lead to third world war - Russian official
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends the NATO summit via video link, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 29, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSOct 13 (Reuters) - The admission of Ukraine to NATO could result in a third world war, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Venediktov, told the state TASS news agency in an interview on Thursday. "Kyiv is well aware that such a step would mean a guaranteed escalation to a World War Three," TASS cited Venediktov as saying. Venediktov also repeated a Russian position that the West, by helping Ukraine, indicated that "they are a direct party to the conflict". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a surprise bid for fast-track membership of the NATO military alliance at the end of September, after President Vladimir Putin held a ceremony in Moscow to proclaim the four partially occupied regions as annexed Russian land.

"This is terrorism and I do not understand why a terrorist country is not recognized as such," the 52-year-old history teacher said of the Russian missile strikes that slammed into the Ukrainian capital during Monday's morning rush hour. Russia charged Ukraine with responsibility, while a Ukrainian presidential aide blamed the incident on infighting between Russian security bodies. Two missiles landed in quick succession on the edges of Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv, one striking a busy intersection next to a major university. People began trickling back into Shevchenko Park around lunchtime, curiously examining the huge crater. Denys Mykhailovskyi, 38, was studiously clearing glass from the floor of his basement bar, near the Shevchenko Park playground where a missile landed.

☆ Europe blames sabotage for Russian pipeline explosions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Rhoda Kwan | Rhoda Kwan Is A Taipei-Based Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Sabotage was behind underwater explosions that sent gas spewing from two major pipelines connecting Europe and Russia, Western leaders concurred Wednesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he discussed the “sabotage” of the pipelines at a meeting with Denmark’s defense minister in Brussels. The incident has put the region on edge, months after fears of a Russian military threat to the Baltics dissipated in the wake of its military’s struggles in Ukraine. A new Baltic pipeline allowing gas to be delivered from Norway through Denmark to Poland was inaugurated Tuesday. In recent weeks, Moscow has increasingly framed the war as not just with Ukraine but its Western backers, too.

☆ Zelenskiy denounces Russian-staged votes; says there will be good news from the front
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sept 27 (Reuters) - President Volodynyr Zelenskiy issued a fresh denunciation on Tuesday of Russian-staged votes in occupied parts of Ukraine approving proposals to become part of Russia, saying they were a "farce" and could never be described as legitimate referendums. "This farce in the occupied territories cannot even be called an imitation of a referendum," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 27, 2022. Zelenskiy said Ukraine would defend its people still living under occupation in the four areas where votes were held - Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions -- and in parts of Kharkiv region still under occupation. The president also said there would soon be good news from the front, but offered no details for the moment.

KYIV, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine will not be swayed by any nuclear threats from Moscow or annexation votes held on its territory and will press ahead with its plan to wrest back all its occupied land from Russia, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said on Tuesday. Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters the world's nuclear powers should warn Russia that any use of strategic or tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be met with concrete action, and that Kyiv lacked the technology to respond symmetrically itself. Such warnings are seen as designed to deter Ukraine and the West by hinting that Moscow could be ready to use tactical nuclear weapons to defend newly annexed territory. "And we're supposed to accept this model or else a nuclear weapon will be used?...This is nonsense and it is unacceptable. He said it was imperative the world's nuclear powers made it clear to Russia that use of nuclear weapons would be punished with tangible measures - and not just elicit a U.N. Security Council resolution.

☆ Moldova considers sanctions for citizens who fight for Russia in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Moldova's President Maia Sandu attends a joint news conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continue, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 27, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSCHISINAU, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Moldova may revoke the citizenship of its nationals who go to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being called up because they also hold Russian passports, pro-Western President Maia Sandu said on Monday. Sandu said there was a risk that some of those people could be called up by Russia to fight. "We are also looking at the possibility of making punishment harsher for Moldovan citizens (without Russian passports)... who are in the ranks of the aggressor's armed forces," she said. She said Moldova was holding consultations with Moscow to prevent cases of its citizens being called up.

☆ UK sanctions Russians linked to 'sham' referendums in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday announced a new package of sanctions linked to what it described as Moscow's "sham" referendums on four regions of eastern Ukraine joining Russia. Citizens in four regions of Ukraine were voting for a fourth day on Monday in Moscow-organised referendums, a plan Kyiv and the West have branded a sham. "Today's sanctions will target those behind these sham votes, as well as the individuals that continue to prop up the Russian regime's war of aggression." Britain said those sanctioned included 55 board members and directors from organisations the government said "continue to bankroll the Russian war machine". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kylie MacLellan and William James; Editing by Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ukraine receives U.S. air defense system
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Ukrainians about the prisoners of war (POWs) swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 22, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSSept 25 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Ukraine had received sophisticated air defence systems from the United States. "We absolutely need the United States to show leadership and give Ukraine the air defence systems. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"But believe me, it's not even nearly enough to cover the civilian infrastructure, schools, hospitals, universities, homes of Ukrainians." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ukraine receives U.S. air defence system
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Iran regrets Ukraine's downgrading of ties over drones
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 24 (Reuters) - Iran regrets Ukraine's decision to downgrade ties over the reported supply of Iranian drones to Russia, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday. Ukraine said on Friday that it would downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran's decision to supply Russian forces with drones, a move President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called "a collaboration with evil". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKanaani said Ukraine's decision was "based on unconfirmed reports and resulted from a media hype by foreign parties". Military authorities in southern Ukraine said on Saturday they had shot down at least seven Iranian drones, including six Shahed-136 "kamikaze" craft over the sea near the ports of Odesa and Pivdennyi on Friday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Dubai newsroom and Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv Writing by Dominic Evans Editing by Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Iran will make 'proportional' response to Ukraine reducing ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A national Iranian flag waves in the wind over a building of the Iranian embassy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 24, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 24 (Reuters) - Iran is planning "proportional action" in response to Ukraine's decision to downgrade diplomatic ties over the reported supply of Iranian drones to Russia, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKanaani said Ukraine's decision was "based on unconfirmed reports and resulted from a media hype by foreign parties". Iran has previously denied supplying drones to Russia, but the hardline daily Kayhan said on Saturday "hundreds of armed drones" have been sold. These included - for the first time in Ukraine - a Mohajer-6, a larger Iranian drone, the southern military command said.

☆ Putin invaded to put 'decent people' in Kyiv, says Italy's Berlusconi
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"I haven't even understood why Russian troops spread around Ukraine while in my mind they should have only stuck around Kyiv", said the 85-year-old Berlusconi, who once described Putin as being like a younger brother. Ukraine initially chased his troops from the Kyiv area, and more recently from parts of the northeast near the Russia border. Putin now says the main aim is to secure territory in the Donbas region partly controlled by pro-Russia separatists. REUTERS/Yara Nardi"If on Sunday night the result is favourable to the right, the happiest person would be Putin," Letta told RAI radio. Centrist leader Carlo Calenda, another election contender, said on Radio24 said Berlusconi had spoken"like a Putin general".

☆ Russia's mobilisation was 'predictable', shows war effort failing, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Kemal Aslan/File PhotoKYIV, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Russia's mobilisation was a predictable step that will prove extremely unpopular and underscores that the war is not going according to Moscow's plan, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Wednesday. Podolyak said in a text message to Reuters that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to shift the blame for starting an "unprovoked war" and Russia's worsening economic situation onto the West. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterIt significantly escalates the conflict over Ukraine and comes as Russia battles a Ukrainian counter-offensive that has forced its troops to retreat and surrender some occupied territory. "The war is clearly not going according to Russia's scenario and therefore required Putin to make extremely unpopular decisions to mobilize and severely restrict the rights of people." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by Andrew CawthorneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The need to cap Russian oil prices is increasingly urgent as Moscow ramps up troops, says Ukrainian presidential advisor
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

There's an urgent need for a Russian oil price cap as Moscow escalates its war, a top adviser to Ukraine's president told Reuters. The Group of Seven is working on establishing a price cap to coincide with the EU's oil embargo planned for December. The Group of Seven industrialized democracies earlier this month agreed to work on setting a price cap on Russian oil to curb Moscow's revenue. The G7 is aiming to launch the price cap by December 5, when the European Union will impose a partial ban on Russian oil imports. The idea is to ban services such as insurance to shippers that carry Russian oil above the price cap.

☆ Reaction to Russia mobilising more troops for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russian paratroopers walk before boarding Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes as they take part in the military exercises "Zapad-2021" staged by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at an aerodrome in Kaliningrad Region, Russia, September 13, 2021. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE"Sham referenda and mobilization are signs of weakness, of Russian failure," Brink said on Twitter. read moreCZECH PRIME MINISTER PETR FIALA"The partial mobilisation declared by V.Putin is an attempt to further escalate the war Russia launched against Ukraine, and it is further proof that Russia is the sole aggressor. "It is needed to help Ukraine, and in our own interest, we must continue with it." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Reuters; Compiled by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ukrainian official mocks Russia over its failures after Putin's threatening speech: 'Everything is still according to the plan, right?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A senior Ukrainian official mocked Russia after Putin announced partial military mobilization. British intelligence said recently that expedited training courses at Russian military academies also highlight the Russian military's "manpower challenge." A vote in favor would set the stage for Russia to annex captured Ukrainian territory. "From my perspective, this is simply an information operation that's meant to distract from the difficult state that the Russian military currently finds itself in right now," Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. The referendums are slated to take place after weeks of Ukrainian advances and battlefield success along the war's northeastern and southern fronts.

☆ Ukraine marches farther into liberated lands, separatist calls for urgent referendum
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Damaged cars are seen in the town of Kupiansk, recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 19, 2022. In another important milestone for the counter-offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukraine's armed forces said troops had crossed the Oskil River over the weekend. GRIM GRAVESUkraine is still assessing what took place in areas that were under Russian control for months before a rout of Russian troops dramatically changed the dynamic of the war earlier this month. The Kremlin denied on Monday that Russia was to blame for atrocities that Ukraine says it has uncovered in the recaptured territory. ALARM OVER NUCLEAR PLANTUkraine accused Russian forces on Monday of shelling near the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant in the country's southern Mykolaiv region.

☆ Russia hit Zelenskyy's hometown with a barrage of missiles. Ukrainian officials said the strikes were 'revenge' for Ukraine's big battlefield wins.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia fired eight missiles at Ukraine's central city of Kryvyi Rih, a Ukrainian official said. Another Ukrainian official said the strikes were "revenge" for Ukraine's recent battlefield wins. "Kryvyi Rih. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSWednesday's strike comes as Ukrainian forces carry out a thunderous counteroffensive in the country's northeast Kharkiv region. The fast-paced advance has sent Russian forces scrambling from their positions, reportedly leaving behind their weapons as they flee.

☆ Putin rejected a peace deal as his Ukraine invasion began, report says, paving the way for Russia's military humiliation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Putin refused to sign an offered peace deal with Ukraine at the start of the war, Reuters reported. Pushing ahead with the Ukraine invasion has exposed Russia's military weaknesses. Russia firmly denies the existence of a deal and Ukraine did not confirm it. But Putin didn't agree, telling Kozak that his goals had changed and that they now included annexing parts of Ukraine, Reuters' sources said. Two sources said that Kozak reached the deal within days of the February 24 invasion, while a third said it happened just before.

☆ Ukraine, UN agreed parameters for IAEA mission to nuclear plant - Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLVIV, Ukraine, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he agreed the parameters of a mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at talks on Thursday with the U.N. secretary-general and Turkey's leader. Zelenskiy told a news conference after the talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that Russia should immediately withdraw its forces and stop shelling from the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. "We agreed with the secretary general the conditions of a possible mission by the IAEA to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in a legal way, via territory free from occupiers," Zelenskiy told reporters. "Russia should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from territory of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as well as stopping any provocations and shelling," he said.

☆ The real Volodymyr Zelenskyy. His US film editor reveals the man behind the scenes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-05 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become an international icon amid the Russian invasion of his country. David Dodson, left, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, in Lviv, Ukraine. Maya_MaksimovaDavid Dodson, an American film editor, first met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York in 2008. And for Dodson, it was the start of a decadelong working relationship with the future Ukrainian president. David Dodson and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a rehearsal in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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