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Dan Peleschuk

Dan Peleschuk

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Europe|Political|World

Zelenskiy says troops not surrounded in Kursk, Russia says it retakes two villages

Ukrainian troops are still fending off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia's Kursk region but face a potential new attack on Ukraine's northeast Sumy region,

Zelenskiy says troops not surrounded in Kursk, Russia says it retakes two villages
Europe|Political|US|World

Families of Ukrainian POWs anxiously watch peace effort

As U.S. President Donald Trump presses on with a plan to end the war in Ukraine, Kateryna Bohutska wants to make sure her 24-year-old son isn't forgotten.

Families of Ukrainian POWs anxiously watch peace effort
Europe|Political|US|World

Ukrainians face new reality after Trump-Zelenskiy clash

Ukrainians faced a daunting new reality on Saturday following the White House clash between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S.

Ukrainians face new reality after Trump-Zelenskiy clash
Europe|Political|US|World

Ukraine marks Russia invasion anniversary amid talk US minerals deal is close

Ukraine hosted European leaders on Monday to mark three years of all-out war with Russia since Moscow's invasion, while top U.S. officials

Ukraine marks Russia invasion anniversary amid talk US minerals deal is close
Business|Europe|Political|World

Zelenskiy says draft US minerals deal 'does not protect' Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday a draft minerals deal with Washington did not contain the security provisions that

Zelenskiy says draft US minerals deal 'does not protect' Ukraine
Europe|Political|US|World

Ukrainians worry about Trump effort to end war with Russia, though some hope for the best

Ukrainians on Thursday worried that U.S.

Ukrainians worry about Trump effort to end war with Russia, though some hope for the best
Crime|Europe|Political|US|World

Trump funding freeze threatens Ukraine investigations of alleged Russian war crimes

The Trump administration's freeze of foreign funding has begun impacting an international effort to hold Russia responsible for alleged war

Trump funding freeze threatens Ukraine investigations of alleged Russian war crimes
Crime|Europe|Political|World

Ukrainian men charged over killing of army draft officer

Ukrainian prosecutors charged two men on Sunday over the killing of an army draft officer in the central Poltava region, leading a top general to call for swift punishment

Crime|Europe|Political|World

Ukraine anti-graft agency investigates defence minister amid procurement dispute

Ukrainian investigators have opened a criminal case involving Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, a move likely to deepen a standoff in his ministry over arms procurement

Ukraine anti-graft agency investigates defence minister amid procurement dispute
Europe|Political|World

Top Ukrainian defence official sacked amid infighting over procurement

Ukraine's government on Tuesday sacked a deputy defence minister in charge of weapons purchases amid infighting over procurement that is complicating Kyiv's attempt to

Top Ukrainian defence official sacked amid infighting over procurement
Europe|Political|World

Kyiv says too soon to talk foreign troop numbers in Ukraine

Kyiv's talks with its allies on a possible foreign troop contingent in Ukraine that would act as a security guarantee are only in their early stages and have not

Kyiv says too soon to talk foreign troop numbers in Ukraine
Election|Europe|Political|US|World

Trump the saviour? Anxious Ukrainians question president's power to end war

"Why is everyone putting their hopes in Trump?"

Trump the saviour? Anxious Ukrainians question president's power to end war
Europe|News|World

Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags

Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers

Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
Europe|News|World

Russia launches missile attacks across the country, say Ukrainian officials

Russia launched a large-scale missile attack across Ukraine at the start of peak morning hours on Monday, hitting residential and industrial

Russia launches missile attacks across the country, say Ukrainian officials
News|Political|World

Exclusive-Ukraine needs more attack aircraft for war effort - ground forces commander

Ukraine's ground forces commander said on Friday that Kyiv needed more military aircraft for its war effort, such as U.S.

Exclusive-Ukraine needs more attack aircraft for war effort - ground forces commander
News|World

Ukraine pulls back from 3 villages in east, Zelenskiy pleads for weapons

Ukraine's top commander said on Sunday Kyiv's outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where

Ukraine pulls back from 3 villages in east, Zelenskiy pleads for weapons
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Awaiting US aid, Ukraine's gunners fire sparingly at advancing Russians

The soldiers manning a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer close to the front in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region have seen the enemy advance in recent

Awaiting US aid, Ukraine's gunners fire sparingly at advancing Russians
Europe|News|Technology|World

Fire and hide: Ukraine's artillery pinned down by Russian drones

Rumbling out of its forest hideout, the hulking German-supplied howitzer has only a few minutes to fire before slipping back under cover to evade

Fire and hide: Ukraine's artillery pinned down by Russian drones
News|Europe

Ukrainian rescuers evacuate elderly and infirm as Russians close in

Anzhelika Sharonova and her 86-year-old mother held out in their battered eastern Ukrainian town for as long as they could before

Ukrainian rescuers evacuate elderly and infirm as Russians close in
Europe|News|Political|US|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy pushes allies to step up aid and involvement in war

Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told

Ukraine's Zelenskiy pushes allies to step up aid and involvement in war
Europe|News

Ukraine anti-corruption agency probes suspected leak

Ukraine's top anti-corruption officer suspended his chief deputy on Friday while investigators probe a suspected leak inside an agency considered key to the country's

Ukraine anti-corruption agency probes suspected leak
News|World

Ukrainian air base under frequent fire as Russia aims at F-16 arrivals

Explosions reverberated across the pre-dawn sky as Ukrainian air defences fended off a Russian attack on this small city in western Ukraine, home

Ukrainian air base under frequent fire as Russia aims at F-16 arrivals
Crime|News|World

Ukraine's anti-graft agency under pressure over suspected leak

Ukraine's top anti-corruption investigator is under pressure to find the source of a suspected leak from his staff that compromised an important investigation, an

Ukraine's anti-graft agency under pressure over suspected leak
News|US|World

Zelenskiy, from ravaged Kharkiv, urges Biden and Xi to join peace summit

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to U.S.

Zelenskiy, from ravaged Kharkiv, urges Biden and Xi to join peace summit
News|US|World

Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities

For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited U.S. ammunition can't come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold

Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities

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