rfe/rl — Blog — Michael Bociurkiw

WORLD BRIEFING: November 14, 2023

A surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 16, 2023

Ukrainian counteroffensive operations are underway, and it's been hard fighting for Kyiv's forces. But Ukraine is still miles from Russia's main line of defense, and a tougher fight is probably still to come, experts say

WAR IN UKRAINE: March 14, 2023

Senior UN officials are hosting Russian envoys in Geneva in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. Ukrainian forces repelled several waves of Russian attacks in and around Bakhmut the over the past 24 hours, the military said, as commanders on both sides described the situation in the city in the eastern Donetsk region as "difficult."

WAR IN UKRAINE: January 24, 2023

Ukrainian forces continued to face "around-the-clock" Russian shelling in the east as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged to eradicate corruption from Ukraine's administration amid a high-profile graft scandal.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 30, 2022

Russia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 26, 2022

Moscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 23, 2022

Pitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 19, 2022

A wave of Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and into the early hours of Monday morning, triggering air raid sirens twice. In all, Ukraine’s air defence managed to shoot down 30 out of 35 incoming drones.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 15, 2022

European Union member states failed to agree on a ninth package of Russia sanctions in talks. US citizen held since June is among dozens released in a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 13, 2022

Heavy shelling and artillery fire were reported in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight. Russia will continue targeting Ukraine’s power supply, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 6, 2022

Strikes on Russian targets continue as Ukraine recovers from a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks. The deficit in the energy system remains at the level of 19% of the projected consumption.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 27, 2022

Shelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 26, 2022

Ukrainian repair crews continue to scramble to return power to millions of homes following devastating Russian missile attacks this week on infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv said near-constant Russian bombing was affecting a handful of population centers in the east. In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 19, 2022

Power has been restored nearly everywhere in Ukraine after more than 10 million customers lost service Thursday, a utility official said. But supply issues persist in many areas, including Kyiv and Odesa. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday, in his first visit to Ukraine since becoming British leader.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 13, 2022

Ukrainian officials and local residents moved to stabilize conditions in the freshly recaptured southern city of Kherson, as Russian symbols were being torn down and with the restoration of Ukrainian radio and television service and a new police presence.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 12, 2022

After an extraordinary offensive by Ukrainian forces, Russia evacuated some 30,000 troops from the Kherson region - along with substantial amounts of fighting equipment. Residents joined soldiers in Kherson's central square Friday evening to sing patriotic songs around a large camp fire. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed it as an "historic day.”

War in Ukraine: September 28, 2022

Vladimir Putin is likely to announce the annexation of occupied regions of Ukraine into Russia within days, the UK's defence ministry says. The Russian president could make the announcement when he addresses the country's parliament on Friday, according to the ministry

WAR IN UKRAINE: September 26, 2022

Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of shelling in southern Ukraine as four Ukrainian territories partially occupied by Russian forces continued to vote in so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation. Moscow continued to use Iranian-made kamikaze drones to strike Ukraine

WAR IN UKRAINE: September 13, 2022

Ukrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places, and claimed to have captured many Russian soldiers as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat. A Ukrainian presidential adviser said there were so many prisoners of war that the country was running out of space to accommodate them.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 11, 2022

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed that its forces have entered the strategically important town of Kupyansk in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine had now liberated 2,000 sq km from Russia since beginning a renewed counter-offensive earlier this month.