CNN — Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest artwork in an Instagram post – a mural in the liberated Ukrainian town of Borodianka. The artwork shows a female gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble on the side of a building damaged by Russian strikes. The graffiti artist posted three images of the […]
Kherson, Ukraine CNN — For eight months, residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson have been living under brutal Russian occupation. But on Friday, Ukrainian forces swept into the city and Russian troops retreated to the east. The residents have no water, no internet connection and little power. But as a CNN crew entered the […]
CNN — Scenes of jubilation broke out in Ukraine’s southern Kherson city on Friday as Ukrainian forces advanced through much of the city and its surrounding area, apparently encountering little or no resistance as they regained the only regional capital captured by Russia this year. Russian forces have retreated to the east bank of the […]
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russian forces have completed their withdrawal from Ukraine’s Kherson region west of the Dnipro River, including the city of Kherson, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday. It comes after Moscow ordered a partial retreat from the region Wednesday, marking one of the biggest military setbacks for the Kremlin since the war began. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 41 settlements in southern Ukraine have been liberated following the Russian decision to withdraw to the eastern side of the Dnipro river. “Today we have good news from the south — the number of Ukrainian flags returning to their rightful place in the framework of the ongoing defense […]
CNN — The diplomatic fallout between France and Italy over a stranded migrant ship in the Mediterranean Sea is far from over. The French government on Thursday suspended a deal to take 3,500 asylum-seekers currently in Italy, as Paris criticized the newly appointed right-wing Italian government of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni for not accepting passengers […]
CNN — A police officer has died after a stabbing attack in Brussels on Thursday night, Belgian police said in a tweet. “A police patrol was attacked by a person with a knife. Other policemen came as backup and use their guns to shoot the attacker as to control the person,” a spokesperson of the […]
CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was concerned about recent “mixed messages” from Republican lawmakers on aid for Kyiv and told CNN that his top priority was preserving bipartisan support from the United States after the midterm elections, as Russia’s war on his country nears the nine-month mark. The Ukrainian leader, who has […]
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Ukraine’s military said it had retaken swathes of territory in Kherson on Thursday after Moscow ordered a partial withdrawal from the area, though officials in Kyiv warned that retreating Russian soldiers could turn the regional capital into a “city of death” on their way out. A military spokesman said that in […]
Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley, speaks at an event at The Economic Club of New York, called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “tremendous strategic mistake” on Wednesday November 9. (The Economic Club of New York) Russia has suffered more than 100,000 killed and wounded soldiers as a result of the war in Ukraine, the […]
