Ex-mercenary makes explosive claims about Putin’s ‘chef’ Former Wagner mercenary Andrei Medvedev fled Russia, escaping to Norway through freezing conditions and dodging gunfire. Now he’s speaking out about Russia’s war in Ukraine. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.
CNN — A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at least 18 people, including Ukraine’s entire interior ministry leadership team, according to officials. At least 29 others were injured in the incident on Wednesday in the city of Brovary, on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, according to Oleksiy Kuleba, head … Read more
T he FTSE crawled back to positive territory as a strong opening on Wall Street helped to offset early worries over the latest wave of coronavirus in China. Asia’s main markets all slumped early on Thursday, dragging back trading in London and elsewhere in Europe amid concern about a fresh surge of the virus following … Read more
Video shows Russian cruise missile flying toward Kyiv Explosions rattled villages and cities across Ukraine, damaging civilian infrastructure and killing at least three people in what Kyiv has called one of Russia’s biggest missile barrages since the war began. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports from Kyiv.
A First Nations mother is appealing to the federal government to intervene in an international custody dispute that has separated her from her two-year-old daughter. Key points: A two-year-old First Nations child has been returned to Europe, where her father lives, under the Hague convention The Hague convention is an international treaty designed to prevent children … Read more
The roadblock near the main border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia has been removed, according to the state-run RTS television and Kosovo police, announcing the move that paves the way for easing soaring tensions in the volatile region. Cars and trucks were queueing in front of the border point from the Serbian side where the … Read more
Sage O’Donnell, from Victoria, is at least the fourth Australian to die in the war in Ukraine. An Australian man has been killed fighting in Ukraine, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said. Sage O’Donnell, from the southeastern state of Victoria, is believed to have been killed just before Christmas, according to a … Read more
CNN — For Andrei Soldatov and his friends, February 24 marked the end of Russia as they knew it. In the early hours of that day, President Vladimir Putin announced that he had ordered Russian troops into Ukraine. “And all of a sudden, everything we still believed in got completely compromised,” Soldatov, a Russian investigative … Read more
Mel C has pulled out of performing in a New Year’s Eve concert in Poland. Her move appears to be linked to the anti-LGBTQ+ views prevalent in the country, as the singer said she was cancelling her part in the gig as she had been made aware of “issues” that don’t “align” with groups she … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned anew Ukraine that it must demilitarize, threatening further military action and falsely accusing Kyiv and the West of fueling the war that started with Moscow’s invasion. Sergey Lavrov said Ukraine must remove any military threat to Russia — otherwise “the Russian army (will) solve the … Read more