Over the past day, August 22, five ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine. Read more here. The post UkrInform: 5 ceasefire violations recorded in Donb...

The United States has asked the Ukrainian authorities for assistance in carrying out an operation to evacuate a number of people at risk from Afghanistan, the presidential press service reports with reference to the Foreign Ministry. “Ukraine h...

On Monday, August 23, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day appeared first on KyivPost.

Russia and Turkey are close to signing a new contract to supply Ankara with additional S-400 air defense units in the near future, the Interfax news agency cited the head of Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms exporter as saying on August 23. Read more h...

Ukrainian new Oplot main battle tank appears to have broken down during a rehearsal for the military parade in Kyiv. Read more here. The post Defence Blog: Ukraine’s new Oplot tank breaks down in rehearsal parade appeared first on KyivPost.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had called a virtual G7 leaders’ meeting for Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan and urged governments to find ways to prevent conditions from getting worse. Read more here. The post The Eco...

After two decades out of power, the Taliban are swiftly moving to stamp their authority on Afghanistan using every tool at their disposal – including flags. Read more here. The post Agence France-Presse: Taliban flags proliferate as Afghan tric...

This month, exactly one year after mass protests first roiled the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko, a range of western countries tightened economic sanctions against Belarus. Read more here. The post Financial Times: Lukashenko’s ever c...

Ukraine has registered 610 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 23. The total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic is over 2.2 million. In the past 24 hours, 434 COVID-19 patients have recovered a...

Hospitals in the South and Midwest say they are treating more children with Covid-19 than ever and are preparing for worse surges to come. Cases there have jumped over the past six weeks as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads primarily amon...