Laura Gozzi and Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC News, London and Kyiv Getty Images A soldiers prepares a cannon to fire and load it with shells in the Sumy region of Ukraine, bordering Russia The head of Ukraine’s army, Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, has said his troops have stopped Russian advances in the northeastern border region of Sumy....
At a Nato press conference in the Netherlands, President Trump took a question from Myroslava Petsa from the BBC Ukrainian Service. She asked whether the US would be supplying Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine. Trump then asked where she was from and took an interest in her personal situation, asking whether her husband was...
A Ukrainian refugee living in Devon who started a business selling honey from her homeland has received national recognition. Maryna Georgieva, from Moretonhampstead, fled the war in 2022 with her two children and started her company Honeyland, where she imports honey produced in Ukraine to sell in the UK. Last month her product won gold...
Large-scale Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian cities are on the rise. Monday night’s bombardment, while not record breaking, was typical of the new norm. For several hours after midnight, drones buzzed incessantly over Kyiv. It seemed they were coming from almost every direction, as searchlights raked the sky and skeins of orange tracer fire rose...
A little over a week and a half ago, I told y’all how British police were crackin’ the case of the weirdest firebug infestation ever to plague a British Prime Minister…if ever one had. Over the course of four days, various vehicles and properties all came under firebomb attacks, and every last incident had something...
A former leading Ukrainian official has been shot dead outside an American school in the Spanish capital Madrid, reports say. The 51-year-old man, named by Ukrainian and Spanish sources as Andriy Portnov, had just dropped his children off at the school in the Pozuelo de Alarcón area of the city, reports say. At least one...
A Russian missile strike on a training exercise in Ukraine’s Sumy border region has killed six servicemen and wounded more than 10 others, says Ukraine’s National Guard. Russia’s defence ministry had earlier released a video purporting to show an Iskander missile attack on a training camp, and state news agency Tass said up to 70...
You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn’t get much higher Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire ~ Jim Morrison, The Doors Over a...
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Ukraine’s left-wing community is continuing its work fighting both neoliberalism and Russian aggression. Sotsialnyi Rukh or “Social Movement” is Ukraine’s largest and oldest democratic socialist organization. Founded in the aftermath of the Euromaidan protests of 2013-14, Sotsialnyi Rukh has held steadfast to its principled leftist politics...
Jessica Rawnsley, Jaroslav Lukiv & Victoria Bourne BBC News Mash/Telegram Footage of large crowds at Moscow’s airports was shared on Russian social media At least 60,000 passengers have been stranded at airports across Russia because of a massive Ukrainian drone attack, local officials say. Russia’s Association of tour operators (Ator) says 350 flights have been...
The home of Ukrainian Eurovision contestant Khrystyna Starykova has been destroyed by Russian shelling in the city of Myrnograd. The 19-year-old is currently in Switzerland rehearsing for her performance with the band Ziferblat, but posted photos of her damaged apartment block in the Sviltly neighbourhood. “Home. And I dreamed so much of returning home,” she...
Oleksandr Usyk says Daniel Dubois showed “weakness” by pushing him during their face-off as they promoted their rematch to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion at London’s Wembley Stadium on 19 July. Briton Dubois is the IBF champion, with Ukraine’s Usyk holding the WBA (Super), WBO and WBC belts. Usyk is undefeated in 23 fights...
Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko says she will “seek justice in court” after being subjected to “moral abuse” by the Women’s Tennis Association. The 35-year-old says she has suffered from panic attacks because of the tour’s decision to “protect” an unnamed senior official after their “conscious” attack on her. “I spoke about it openly and directly. I...
At least 32 people have been killed and 84 injured, including ten children, after a Russian attack on the centre of Sumy, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “terrible strike by Russian ballistic missiles” hit an “ordinary city street, ordinary life” adding that, without strong pressure, “Russia will continue to drag...
Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Getty Images Ukraine’s European allies have pledged €21bn (£18.2bn) in a new tranche of military support for Kyiv in what they described as “a critical year” for the war. Members of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group met at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels to pledge air defences, missiles and other gear as...