Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated One person was injured, and fires have been reported in Kyiv amid a Russian drone attack overnight on April 29. A woman was injured in the Desnyanskyi district and is being treated on site, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported at 2:23 a.m. A house […]
Ukraine’s allies will “increase pressure on Russia” in the coming days to reach a ceasefire in Russia’s war, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the French outlet Paris Match, released on April 28. “In the next eight to ten days, we will increase pressure on Russia. I remain cautious (of a ceasefire) […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 28 slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day truce as “another attempt at manipulation” amid efforts to continue U.S.-led peace talks. “Now, yet again, another attempt at manipulation: for some reason, everyone is supposed to wait until May 8 before ceasing fire — just to provide Putin with silence for […]
On a sunny but chilly Monday, after class had already started in Kyiv schools, scores of grim-faced teens filled a crematorium hall at Kyiv’s main cemetery instead. They had come to say goodbye to their friend and classmate Danylo Khudia, a 17-year-old whose coffin stood next to those of his parents, Viktoriia and Oleh, around […]
The supervisory board of state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz has elected Serhii Koretskyi, the head of Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta, as the company’s new CEO, ExPro Consulting reported, citing its undisclosed sources. Oleksii Chernyshov was previously in charge of Naftogaz starting in November 2022. On Dec. 3, 2024, Ukraine’s parliament appointed Chernyshov deputy prime minister […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., issued a ruling Monday to restore a lower court’s order barring the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau (CFPB). The court ruled 2-1 to restore an earlier ruling by federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, which temporarily halted the Trump […]
It sometimes takes a pot a while to boil. Democrats lost the presidency. Lost the Senate. Failed to flip control of the House. And now, more than six months after last year’s election, the Democrats’ pot is starting to gurgle. It was natural that Democrats would take some time to figure out what went wrong. […]
Saquon Barkley won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, but his past with the New York Giants remains a talking point — even for the president of the United States. The Eagles were at the White House on Monday afternoon to visit President Donald Trump in celebration of their Super Bowl LIX victory. Barkley […]
The death toll of a Russian aerial attack on Kyiv on April 24 has risen to 13, as a 45-year-old man died in the hospital, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said on April 28. The man, who suffered severe burns, is survived by his underage daughter and a six-year-old adopted grandson. Their home […]
Russia insists on the international recognition of its hold over Crimea, as well as the entirety of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, as a condition for peace negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Brazilian news outlet O Globo published on April 28. This demand, reinforced last week by […]
Ukraine has lost a Su-27 fighter jet while it was repelling a Russian drone attack and providing air support to ground troops on the morning of April 28, Ukraine’s Air Force reported. The pilot ejected and is receiving medical attention, according to the statement. The cause of the incident is under investigation. The Su-27, also […]
Moscow is waiting for a signal from Kyiv to resume bilateral peace negotiations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on April 28, even as Russia continues its regular attacks on Ukraine. “Kyiv should take some action in this regard (to resume talks). There is a legal ban. So far, we don’t see any action,” Peskov said, […]