Ukraine troops are moving forward, Zelenskiy says, but advance hampered by vast Russian minefields
Ukrainian battlefield momentum has picked up slightly in one part of the southeastern Zaporizhzhia front where Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Friday that Kyiv’s troops had broken through the first line of Russian defences.
‘Happy’ British nurse, who wrote ‘I AM EVIL I DID THIS’ is rated top serial baby murderer in recent years
“I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them,” said a handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after she was arrested. “I am a horrible evil person,” she wrote. “I AM EVIL I DID THIS”.
Ukrainian drone smashes into non-residential building on Moscow, no casualties reported
Air-traffic was briefly suspended at four major airports around the capital – Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky – though later they reopened. Russia’s air transport agency said seven flights were redirected to alternative airports.
Bank of England raises interest rates for 14th time in a row to pile pressure on mortgage holders
The Bank of England’s announcement comes after both the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve hiked up respective interest rates to two-decade highs this week, with both institutions opting for a quarter-point increase amid global efforts to quell inflation.
World’s war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot, now spotlighted by Ukraine conflict
The US military’s oil use and emissions are falling. The US Defence Logistics Agency, which oversees oil buying, said 84 million barrels were purchased in 2022, down almost 15 million from 2018. Emissions in 2022, meanwhile, fell to 48 million tonnes from 51 million tonnes the previous year.
Kremlin says Russian President Putin met with Wagner boss Prigozhin days after abortive mutiny
The confirmation of a face-to-face meeting with Putin, who has branded Prigozhin as a backstabbing traitor, adds a new twist to the uncertainty surrounding the mercenary chief. His fate and whereabouts have been unknown since the abortive mutiny, which severely weakened Putin’s authority.
President Zelensky celebrates return home of Ukrainian commanders captured by Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine’s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year. Russia immediately denounced the release. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ankara had promised under the exchange agreement to...
Russia launches night cruise missile attack on Ukraine’s Lviv city, kills at least four people
Ukraine’s airforce reported it intercepted seven of the 10 Kalibr cruise missiles that Russia fired from Black Sea toward the Lviv region and its namesake city – more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) away — around 1 am on Thursday. The Kremlin’s forces have repeatedly hit civilian areas during the war, although Russian officials say they choose only targets of military value.
Former Putin political strategist calls for an end to mercenary groups in Russia in wake of mutiny
As first deputy chief of the Kremlin administration from 1999 to 2011, Vladislav Surkov helped Putin forge his tightly controlled political system. He then worked in the government and later returned to the Kremlin as an adviser to Putin.
Greek leader Kyriakos Mitsotaki blasts critics of rescue effort for sunken vessel with 750 migrants on board
Greek authorities continue to face criticism, however, over their failure to act more quickly. They say the migrants insisted they didn’t need any help, but non-governmental organisations say they received a number of calls for help.
