Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s shelling of a school sheltering hundreds of people an act of “horror,” and urged direct negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as the only way to stop the war. Authorities reported people were still “under the debris” at the school in the besiegedRead More →

US intelligence officials described Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “angry,” isolated leader seeking global power, dissatisfied with how his Ukraine invasion has not gone as planned, and issuing provocative nuclear threats to the West. According to CIA Director William Burns, Russia’s long-serving ruler has been “stewing in a combustible blendRead More →

In the early hours of Wednesday, a special Boeing-777 plane from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) landed in Islamabad from Poland, bringing 230 Pakistanis who had been stranded in Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine situation. Polish Ambassador Maciej Pisarski, his wife Justyna Maria Pisarski, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mehmood, and PIA officialsRead More →

MOSCOW (AFP) – As Moscow’s invasion of the pro-Western country reached its seventh day, the Russian army took possession of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday. In televised statements, defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov stated, “Russian divisions of the armed forces have assumed full control of the regionalRead More →

Kharkiv(AFP): As Moscow’s military blasted the country’s second city and Western nations prepared to ratchet up sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out the criteria for ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Monday. Putin’s ultimatum came as Moscow and Kyiv had their first discussions since the conflict erupted last Thursday,Read More →