Describing the plan, which was first floated in December, as a "bundle of documents," President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects progress to be made in the future.
This is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,434 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian forces have intensified pressure in the Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps reported on Jan. 27. Russian forces focused their main efforts on an attempt to seize the village of Hryshyne, north-west of Pokrovsk, the unit said. It added that the Russian military took advantage of the weather conditions and deployed vehicles and person
As an additional incentive, the U.S. has reportedly offered Ukraine more weapons to equip its army in the post-war period.
A Russian attack on Kyiv overnight on Jan. 24 damaged buildings at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a centuries-old monastery complex that holds some of Ukraine's most revered shrines and relics. Site officials said it was the first time since World War II that military action had damaged the Lavra. "What happened this time was a direct threat," said Maksym Ostapenko, the site's director general. "The explosion occurred very close to the Lavra. The shockwave affected the structure itself, not just wind
Odesa was the hardest hit among Ukrainian cities overnight.
Fourteen European countries warned on Jan. 26 that ships sailing in the Baltic Sea and North Sea under multiple flags may be treated as stateless vessels.
"People with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions are advised, if possible, to stay indoors," officials said.
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In what is potentially the world's most expensive parking ticket, a Russian-registered Antonov An-124 has remained locked in a frozen embrace with the tarmac at Toronto Pearson Airport. Stranded for almost four years, the aircraft has racked up over $1.5 million Canadian dollars ($1.1 million) in parking fees. Parked so long, in fact, that it has found its way onto the infrequently updated satellite views of the airport in both Apple Maps and Google Maps. But for an international community tha
