Ukraine News
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:33:22 +0000Baby Joy for Ukrainian Tennis Star Svitolina
Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina announced on Saturday, Oct. 15, the birth of a baby girl with her fellow tennis player husband Gael Monfils. “What a night. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to Skai Monfils,” Svitolina said o...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:30:58 +0000ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15
Key Takeaways Russia is conducting forced deportation of Ukrainians that likely amount to a deliberate ethnic cleansing campaign in addition to apparent violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Prominent...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:29:43 +0000Yermak and ICRC President Discuss Access to Ukrainian POWs in Olenivka
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak had a videoconference on Oct. 15 with the new President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger regarding access to Ukrainian prisoners in Olenivka. A...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:27:05 +0000Russia Says 11 Killed in ‘Terrorist’ Attack at Military Site
Russia said two gunmen from an ex-Soviet state on Saturday, Oct. 15, attacked a military training ground killing 11 people who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine and wounding 15 others. Russia’s defence ministry said the attack in the Belgorod...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:25:54 +0000Russia Fails to Turn Tide of War with Missile Strikes and Mobilization
Russia’s efforts to massively shell cities in Ukraine, as well as the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reservists represent a significant escalation in the war unleashed by Russian President Putin, but this unlikely will change the dyna...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:23:49 +0000France Says to Train up to 2,000 Ukrainian Soldiers
France will train up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers on its territory, Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu told Le Parisien newspaper in an interview on Saturday, Oct. 15. The soldiers will “be taken into our units for several weeksR...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:23:22 +0000British Defence Intelligence Update Ukraine – 16 October 2022
On 10 October 2022, Russia probably fired more than 80 cruise missiles into Ukraine. President Putin claimed the strikes were in retaliation for the attack on the Kerch Bridge. Ukraine’s defence ministry reported that more than half of the projecti...
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:22:32 +0000In Reversal, Musk to Continue Funding Starlink in Ukraine
Elon Musk said Saturday, Oct. 15, that his company SpaceX will continue to pay for Starlink satellite internet in war-torn Ukraine, one day after the tech mogul suggested he could not keep funding the project. Starlink, a constellation of more than 3...
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 13:08:16 +0000Ukraine, Seven More Countries Join 8th Package of EU Sanctions Against Russia
Eight countries, including Ukraine, joined the Council’s decision on the eighth package of sanctions against Russia, adopted at the beginning of October. “The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Ukraine, the potential...
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:18:16 +0000First Russian Soldiers Arrive in Belarus for ‘Joint Force’
The first Russian soldiers to take part in a new joint force with Belarusian troops have arrived in Belarus, Minsk’s defence ministry said on Saturday. “The first convoys of Russian servicemen from the regional force group have arrived in...