Ukraine

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Explosions have returned to Kherson after a nearly six-day ceasefire around nearby Oleshky ended, with drone strikes hitting the southern Ukrainian city for a third consecutive day and hundreds of civilians remaining opposite it on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro. «This short pause...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine has started displaying the presence and movement of Russian drones and cruise missiles on an official live map inside the Air Alert app, as the country adapts to near-constant attacks designed to disrupt its economy and ordinary life. When the air-raid siren sounds in...

Washington (EFE).- Delays in the delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles, made in the United States, to Ukraine, denounced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have deepened bilateral tensions amid claims from Kyiv over disruptions in intelligence sharing and restrictions on satellite communications. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted on Tuesday...

Moscow, (EFE).- Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, announced on Friday that Russian forces had captured the Ukrainian stronghold of Dobropilia, located in the Donetsk region. «The Central Group of Forces has liberated Dobropilia, one of the enemy’s key strongholds on the advance toward...

Mexico City (EFE).- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Thursday that her government is investigating the possible presence of Mexican cartel members in the war in Ukraine, following the circulation of videos referencing the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. «Yes, it was presented...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine’s metallurgy industry has halted production for the first time since WW2 after a series of Russian missile strikes and blocked export routes pushed one of the country’s key sectors, which accounted for around 6% of GDP and 6.2 billion dollars of export earnings in...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- The ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive near Lyman is disrupting Russian plans to seize control of the entire Donetsk region and its key bastions, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, while the Ukrainian situation on the front continues to improve. The village of Shandryholove, located north of Lyman, became the...

Moscow, (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Thursday that Russian companies are contributing, whether by paying to defend their facilities against Ukrainian drone attacks or by donating to the state budget to cover social spending. «I want to thank the business community, including my colleagues here today, for this...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- In an attempt to make its air attacks on Ukraine more damaging, Russia is increasing the use of jet-propulsion drones and the Banderol, a hybrid of missile and drone, while continuing strikes around the clock. The use of slower Shahed-136 drones and Kh-101 cruise missiles...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- As the Parliament returns to work on Tuesday, thousands of protesters across Ukraine continue to demand the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as Defense Minister and clearer communication from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on his unfinished leadership reshuffle. More than a month after Fedorov’s dismissal and...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine is urgently seeking solutions as Russia’s blockade of Odesa ports chokes grain exports at the peak of the harvest, despite efforts to scale up alternative routes. In the first 12 days of August, Ukraine exported only 590,000 tonnes of grain, about 30% of the...

Berlin, Jul 9 (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country will receive interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense systems from the United States. «In the coming days, we will receive a package from the United States, and there have also been separate agreements with Europeans on...