The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Scholz says Putin has never threatened to kill him, in contrast to Boris Johnson claims

Former British PM said Putin threatened him with a missile strike: ‘It would only take a minute’

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Putin has promised not to kill Zelensky, claims former Israeli PM

Naftali Bennett had emerged as an intermediary between Russia and Ukraine in the early weeks of the war

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Biden faces ‘tightrope’ in balancing realism and optimism in State of the Union

President’s second address on Tuesday comes at a critical moment, as House Republicans are eager to damage his 2024 election prospects

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2023

Fierce fighting in north of Ukraine's Bakhmut, says Russian head of Wagner militia

The head of Russia's private Wagner militia said on Sunday that fierce fighting was ongoing in the northern parts of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has been the focus of Russian forces' attention for weeks.

Reuters · Feb 5, 2023

Turkey’s two-faced ‘sultan’ is no friend of the west. It’s time to play hardball

President Erdoğan’s increasingly hostile stance towards Nato and democratic principles can no longer go unpunished

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023

Germany's Scholz: Putin has not threatened me or Germany - Bild

Russian President Vladimir Putin in his telephone conversations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "has not made any threats against me or Germany," Scholz said in an interview with Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

Reuters · Feb 5, 2023

Russian Missile Hits Residential Building In Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Two Russian missiles hit the center of Kharkiv, the administrative capital of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's northeast, with one of the missiles striking a residential building, local officials said on Sunday. "A residential building in the city center was hit. A fire broke out. So far, three victims are…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 5, 2023

Russian missile hits residential building in Ukraine's Kharkiv -mayor

Two Russian missiles hit the centre of Kharkiv, the administrative capital of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's northeast, with one of the missiles striking a residential building, local officials said on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 5, 2023

Former Israeli PM: Putin promised not to kill Zelenskyy

A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘expects possible major Russian offensive this month’ – as it happened

Oleksii Reznikov insists Kyiv has the ability to hold back Russian forces if new push comes for anniversary of start of invasion

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2023