The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Belarus's Lukashenko accuses Ukraine of border provocations

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accused neighbouring Ukraine on Tuesday of sending 15,000 troops to the border area to build defences and conduct reconnaissance, actions that he called "provocations".

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

World Bank: Ukraine's war-torn economy will sink 35% in '22

Devastated by Russia’s invasion eight months ago, the Ukrainian economy will plunge 35% this year

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Nuclear war: does it take luck or reasoning to avoid it? Lessons from the Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on

The United States and the Soviet Union came dangerously close to war in October 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis. Just ahead of its 60th anniversary, Russian president Vladimir Putin is issuing nuclear threats following the unexpectedly poor performance of his troops in Ukraine. The invasion poses a new kind…

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022

Israel Prepares to Receive 50,000 Immigrants, Jews from Russia, Ukraine

The Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Monday that it expects the arrival of at least 50,000 new Jewish immigrants from Russia and Ukraine in the next six months. The figures were announced in an emergency research at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, which detailed the Agency’s plans to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 4, 2022

Russia: annual grain harvest to grow 5 million tonnes thanks to 'new territories'

Russia's grain harvest is set to grow by about 5 million tonnes a year thanks to its incorporation of four Ukrainian territories, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Russia loses 31 tanks as Ukraine makes breakthrough in the south

Several settlements were recaptured as Ukrainian troops advanced towards the southern city of Kherson

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022

EU summons Russia's envoy over annexation of Ukrainian territory

The European Union summoned Russia's envoy to the bloc to condemn and reject Moscow's "illegal annexation" of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, the bloc's diplomatic service said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Russian men take the long road out to escape mobilisation

As soon as Vladimir Putin announced his military call-up for the faltering war in Ukraine, Timofey and Andrey, two brothers from Moscow, tried to book flights out of the country. But by the time they had logged on, prices had already shot up so fast that they couldn't afford the…

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Kremlin: Putin 'likely' to sign laws to annex Ukraine territories today

President Vladimir Putin is "likely" to sign laws to incorporate four Ukrainian territories into Russia during the course of the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

French PM wants to continue sanctions on Russia to ‘make the cost of the war unbearable’

France's National Assembly resumed its work on Monday with a debate on the war in Ukraine and its consequences for France, with a call from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to "continue the sanctions" to "make the cost of the war unbearable for Russia".

Radio France Internationale · Oct 4, 2022