Russia's attacks on Ukraine's power grid since winter have destroyed half its power-generating capacity, leading to scheduled blackouts and rolling blackouts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. "As a result of Russian missile and drone strikes, nine gigawatts of power have already been destroyed. The peak of electricity consumption last winter was 18 gigawatts.…
China, which will not participate in the Ukraine Peace Summit, is lobbying other governments for its “peace plan.” Reuters reports this, citing 10 anonymous diplomats. According to the sources, Beijing has not openly criticized the peace summit to be held in Switzerland on June 15-16, nor has it urged countries not to attend. However, at…
According to the State Statistics Service, 167.6 thousand passenger cars (used and new) were imported to Ukraine from January to June 2024; this is a third more than in the same period last year. This was reported by the press service of the Association of Ukrainian Automobile Manufacturers. The total customs value of these cars…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday denied that Russian troops had captured a village in the northeastern Sumy region where Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had previously claimed Moscow's forces had advanced. Kadyrov said Sunday that Russian troops had captured the border village of Ryzhivka. There was no immediate comment from the Russian Defense Ministry, and…
Moscow-friendly Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday urged Kyiv to work for a "quick ceasefire" in Ukraine that could pave the way for talks with Russia to end the more than two-year war. Orban issued the address while standing next to President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine, his first sharp criticism…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised to lift sanctions against Russia if he wins the election, The New Republic reports. In his opinion, with its sanctions against Moscow and Tehran, the administration of current US President Joe Biden is losing Iran and Russia, and is also giving China a chance to make its currency…
China, which will not participate in the Ukraine Peace Summit, is lobbying other governments for its “peace plan.” Reuters reports this, citing 10 anonymous diplomats. According to the sources, Beijing has not openly criticized the peace summit to be held in Switzerland on June 15-16, nor has it urged countries not to attend. However, at…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday denied that Russian troops had captured a village in the northeastern Sumy region where Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had previously claimed Moscow's forces had advanced. Kadyrov said Sunday that Russian troops had captured the border village of Ryzhivka. There was no immediate comment from the Russian Defense Ministry, and…
Moscow-friendly Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday urged Kyiv to work for a "quick ceasefire" in Ukraine that could pave the way for talks with Russia to end the more than two-year war. Orban issued the address while standing next to President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine, his first sharp criticism…
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating the actions of Lieutenant General Yuriy Sodol during his command of the defense of the Kharkov Front and other factors pointed out by the Chief of Staff of the Azov Brigade of the National Guard Bohdan “Tavr” Krotevich. The sources noted that the State Bureau of Investigation…