The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Cleverly: UK will not be deflected by Kremlin ‘distraction’ tactics over Ukraine

Moscow has accused Britain of involvement in a drone attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

US will provide Soviet-made tanks in new $400m aid package for Ukraine

The new defence aid package includes T-72 tanks and refurbished HAWK surface-to-air missile systems, with the latter coming from US stockpiles

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Outspoken Putin ally Prigozhin's St Petersburg defence tech centre opens

Russia's Wagner Group, a private militia controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, opened a military technology centre in St. Petersburg on Friday, the latest move by the Putin ally who has criticized the Kremlin's defence top brass over the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia continues its relentless assault on Ukraine’s power grid; Putin rejoins UN grain export deal in humiliating U-turn; Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022

US to Send $400 Million More to Ukraine in Military Aid

The US is sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid and establishing a security assistance headquarters in Germany that will oversee all weapons transfers and military training for Ukraine, the Pentagon announced Friday. The new command post, called the Security Assistance Group Ukraine, signals a more permanent, long-term program…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 4, 2022

Xi, Scholz Warn against ‘Irresponsible’ Nuclear Threats over Ukraine

Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday condemned threats to use atomic weapons in Ukraine, with Scholz warning that Russia risked "crossing a line" in the international community by resorting to nuclear force. In the first visit by a G7 leader to China since the COVID-19…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 4, 2022

G7 focusing more support on helping Ukraine protect against energy grid attacks

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said the Group of Seven countries is focusing more of its security support on helping Ukraine protect against Russia's attacks on its energy grid.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

Putin Says West Sows Nonsense about History

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the West had hammered historical nonsense into the heads of millions of people, including about the real course of World War Two and the Soviet Union's role in the victory over Nazi Germany. Without citing evidence, Putin repeated a claim that Poland has not…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 4, 2022

US nuclear forces chief says Ukraine ‘just the warmup’ for larger crisis

‘The big one is coming, and it isn't going to be very long before we're going to get tested in ways that we haven't been tested a long time’

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Conflicting reports of curfew in Ukraine's Kherson

A Russian-installed official in the Ukrainian region of Kherson said on Friday that a curfew had been imposed in the city but then swiftly backtracked and said no such limits were in place.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022