Rudy Giuliani unlikely to face charges for Ukraine lobbying, report says The former mayor of New York has been under investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine now 'completely out of control' The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says that unless a team is given access for a mission to the complex in Zaporizhzhia, then something serious could happen Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022
US Senate votes 95-1 to allow Finland and Sweden to join Nato Finland and Sweden will be the 31st and 32nd members of Nato The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Senate votes to ratify NATO membership for Finland and Sweden The countries remained neutral until Russia invaded Ukraine. Axios · Aug 3, 2022
UN fact-finding mission will probe Ukraine prison killings The United Nations chief says he is appointing a fact-finding mission in response to requests from Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that the warring nations accuse each other of carrying out The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Two-thirds majority of U.S. Senate backs Finland and Sweden's joining NATO More than two-thirds of the U.S. Senate approved on Wednesday Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1990s as it faces the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reuters · Aug 3, 2022
Biden's national security adviser doubles down on Taiwan policy after Pelosi visit Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, discusses the war in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the U.S. drone strike that took out al-Qaida's leader. WEKU · Aug 3, 2022
More women facing hunger than men as gender gap widens for food insecurity, report says A CARE International report finds 150 million more women than men were food insecure in 2021 — that's eight times higher than in 2018 — as the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine affect global food supply chains. ABC News · Aug 3, 2022
Ukrainian soldier thanks eight-year-old from Wales for buying him a new helmet "Thankyou, thank you for your helmet. I hope it will save my life." Wales Online · Aug 3, 2022
Vladimir Putin's ex-aide who quit over Ukraine war can't close eyes in new photos While his condition was today formally diagnosed as a rare neurological disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome, there are reports that Italian secret services continue to investigate the case Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022
Lebanon Clears Ship Accused of Carrying Stolen Ukrainian Grain for Departure Transport authorities have allowed a ship Ukraine accuses of carrying stolen grain to depart Lebanon despite the Ukrainian embassy asking Beirut to reopen a probe into the matter after presenting what it said was new evidence. Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamie told Reuters on Wednesday afternoon that port authorities in… Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 3, 2022
Lebanon clears ship accused of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain for departure Transport authorities have allowed a ship Ukraine accuses of carrying stolen grain to depart Lebanon despite the Ukrainian embassy asking Beirut to reopen a probe into the matter after presenting what it said was new evidence. Reuters · Aug 3, 2022
Ukrainian Soldiers Find And Destroy Poorly Hidden Russian T-72 Tank The footage was obtained from the 35th Separate Marine Brigade, named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi, on Monday. Zenger · Aug 3, 2022
Ukraine's wedding dress industry is alive and well, despite the war The town of Chernivtsi, once the wedding dress capital of the Soviet Union, is still churning out dresses — for the West. "We are staying in Ukraine," says a dressmaker. "We will build our economy." WEKU · Aug 3, 2022
Zenger · Aug 3, 2022 Russian Engineers Set Up Ferry To Cross Dnieper River After Ukrainian Forces Shell Antonovsky Bridge On one side of the river lies the Mykolaiv region while on the south-eastern shore of the river is Kherson Oblast.
Zenger · Aug 3, 2022 Ukrainian Tanks Neutralize Russian Fighting Vehicles Hiding In Building With Well-Aimed Hits The footage was obtained from the 'Kakhovka' Operational Group of Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday.
Reuters · Aug 3, 2022 Lebanon port authorises departure of seized Syrian ship carrying suspected stolen Ukrainian grain Lebanon’s Tripoli port authorised the departure of a Syrian ship carrying grain suspected to have been stolen from Ukraine and which had docked in the port city a week ago, Lebanon’s transport minister said in a tweet.
Reuters · Aug 3, 2022 U.N. chief launches fact-finding mission into Ukraine prison attack U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he will launch a fact-finding mission into an attack in the front-line Ukranian town of Olenivka that killed prisoners held by Moscow-backed separatists.
Al Jazeera · Aug 3, 2022 First Ukraine grain ship passes inspection in Istanbul The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Russia’s invasion leaves Turkey en route for Lebanon.
Reuters · Aug 3, 2022 With eye on Russia, U.S. Senate backs Finland and Sweden joining NATO The U.S. Senate approved on Wednesday Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1990s as it responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Wales Online · Aug 3, 2022 Shell hands staff big bonuses after energy firm reports record profits It comes as gas prices have risen significantly across Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2022 Blast that killed Ukraine PoWs was Kremlin operation, Kyiv claims Officials cite satellite data and phone intercepts and say Wagner Group mercenaries carried out atrocity
Zenger · Aug 3, 2022 Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Scattering Mines In Donetsk In Propaganda Move Members of the People's Militia and Russian soldiers purportedly cleared the streets of Donetsk of PFM-1 'petal' mines.
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022 Sabina Higgins letter has not embarrassed the Government – Taoiseach Micheal Martin said Mrs Higgins has clarified the matter after she issued a statement in defence of the letter.
Irish Mirror · Aug 3, 2022 Fears over nuclear accident grow as power plant in Ukraine 'completely out of control' "Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated" at the plant