Putin: Ukraine action aimed to end 'war' raging since 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s action in Ukraine was intended to stop a “war” that has raged in eastern Ukraine since 2014 The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Helicopter crashes near Ukraine nursery as 18 killed including three kids and government officials Amongst the death toll were Ukraine's Interior Minister, his deputy and the State Secretary, as well as three youngsters. Daily Record · Jan 18, 2023
Don’t believe the hype; tanks are still vital for Ukraine Some say the time of the tank is over, but Ukraine needs the weapons to push Russia out of its territory. Al Jazeera · Jan 18, 2023
NATO warns of Russia's long war in Ukraine, vows to be ready NATO says Russia is preparing for a long war so the alliance must get ready to support Ukraine for as long as it takes The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Putin: Ukraine Action Aimed to End 'War' Raging since 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow's action in Ukraine was intended to stop a “war” that has raged in eastern Ukraine for many years. Speaking at a meeting with veterans, Putin said that Moscow had long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine's eastern industrial… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2023
Boris Johnson ‘wanted to scrap’ British tanks now being sent to Ukraine Exclusive: Army chiefs had to fight ‘tooth and nail’ to persuade the then-prime minister to keep the Challenger 2 squadron, sources claim The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Germany's new defence minister faces pressure on tanks, army upgrade There will be no grace period for Germany's new defence minister who takes office as pressure is piling on Berlin to send battle tanks to Ukraine and to upgrade its dilapidated armed forces in the face of Europe's biggest conflict since World War II. Reuters · Jan 18, 2023
Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash Denys Monastyrskiy and other key officials among dead after crash near kindergarten in Kyiv suburb The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
Russia’s Lavrov: West’s ‘Hybrid War’ Won’t Stop Moscow Russia will achieve its objectives in Ukraine despite a “hybrid war” waged by the West against Moscow, the top Russian diplomat said Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the goals of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine are “determined by Russia’s core legitimate interests” and will be fulfilled. “There… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2023
'Unspeakable pain' after Ukraine's Interior Minister killed in helicopter crash Ukraine's Interior Minister and his deputy were among 18 people killed on Wednesday after a helicopter crashed beside a kindergarten in a suburb of the capital Kyiv. Radio France Internationale · Jan 18, 2023
Broad backing needed for new tribunal to prosecute Russia over Ukraine - EU justice official Any new tribunal to judge Russia's invasion of Ukraine must have enough international backing to credibly prosecute the highest political and military leaders in Moscow, the European Union's top justice official said. Reuters · Jan 18, 2023
Ukraine helicopter crash: What we know so far Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyy among 14 killed in helicopter crash on the outskirts of Kyiv. Al Jazeera · Jan 18, 2023
First Thing: Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash Denys Monastyrskiy and officials, as well as children, among dead after crash outside Kyiv. Plus, meteorologists describe what it’s like to have a front row seat to the climate crisis The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
Jeremy Hunt mocked for 'Mr Bean-esque' video explaining why inflation is so high The Chancellor was accused of airbrushing out Liz Truss's disastrous economic policy as he blamed Covid, the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices for inflation in a bizarre two-minute video Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2023 At Davos, UN Chief Warns the World is in a 'Sorry State' The world is in a “sorry state" because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia's war in Ukraine that are “piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash,” the UN chief said at the World Economic Forum's meeting Wednesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered his gloomy message…
Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023 Government ministers and three children among 18 dead in Ukraine helicopter crash Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi was among those killed in the crash on Wednesday
Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023 Last moments of doomed Ukrainian helicopter before it plunged near nursery killing 18 A new video shows the emergency services helicopter flying low over trees but apparently without difficulty in “the last seconds” before it crashed in Brovary, Ukraine, killing 18 and injuring 29
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023 UN chief The head of the United Nations says the world is in a “sorry state” because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine
Reuters · Jan 18, 2023 Davos 2023: Lithuania sees tank deliveries to Ukraine, pushes for more support Lithuania's foreign minister said on Wednesday he was confident that main battle tanks would be delivered to Ukraine but the West still needed to do more to ensure Kyiv won the war against Russia.
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023 Russia's top diplomat: West's 'hybrid war' won't stop Moscow Russia's top diplomat says his country will achieve its objectives in Ukraine despite a “hybrid war” waged by the West against Moscow
Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023 Ryanair boss explains why there will be more chaos and higher prices this summer Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, has explained how the war in Ukraine and potential air traffic controller strikes in France will impact travel this year
Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023 Indians view US as biggest threat after China, survey shows Indians view the U.S. as the biggest military threat after China and place greater blame on NATO and Washington than on Russian President Vladimir Putin for his war in Ukraine, according to a new survey.
Reuters · Jan 18, 2023 Pope calls missile attack on Ukraine apartment building heartbreaking Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the Russian missile strike on an apartment building that killed 45 people, including young children, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro as heartbreaking.
France 24 · Jan 18, 2023 Davos 2023: Ukraine front and centre as Zelensky expected to make speech The Ukrainian president is set to speak at the World Economic Forum by videolink this Wednesday, as our Business Editor Kate Moody explains. This comes amid the ongoing energy crisis in Europe sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to FRANCE 24 in Davos earlier, EU chief Ursula Von der…
Reuters · Jan 18, 2023 Lavrov says Russia's relations with Arab world are on the up Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was building its relations with the Arab world following the imposition of sweeping Western sanctions against it over Ukraine.