カテゴリー: Ukraine
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank findsGlobal military expenditure has reached a record high of $2440bn (£1970bn) after the largest annual rise in government spending on arms in…
Olaf Scholz says Chinese president agreed to back June peace talks that Russia is not attending while Xi says efforts for a resolution must involve both sidesGermany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says he has urged Xi Jinping to press Russia to end its “se…
Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile productionChina is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technolog…
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government saysUkraine war – live updatesThe mass use of “drop-and-forget” guided bombs containing foreign components is driving Russian advances in Ukraine, with u…
Ukraine’s foreign minister calls veto ‘guilty plea’ amid claims Pyongyang is aiding Moscow’s war against KyivRussia has blocked the renewal of a UN panel monitoring sanctions against North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports o…
Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsibleVladimir Putin has said that the terrorist attack on the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow was conducted by radical Islamis…
Thousands of young Indian and Nepali men are being killed on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Their families want answers. Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from DelhiHemul Mangakia grew up in Surat, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat. At 23 he was…
Signing up for jobs in Russia, Germany or Dubai, young men have been ‘made to join the Russian military’, their families sayWhen Hemil Mangukiya left his small village in the Indian state of Gujarat last December, he told his family he was off to Russi…
Bloc hoping to close loopholes that allow Moscow to route military technology via third countriesThe EU is proposing to sanction companies in mainland China for the first time as part of its latest measures aimed at shutting down loopholes that allow R…
Karolina Shiino had already caused controversy when she became first European-born woman to win titleA Ukraine-born woman who was criticised for not being “Japanese enough” after winning the Miss Japan contest last month has relinquished the title afte…
Human rights groups had urged Thai government not to deport Russian-Belarusian band, who are now in IsraelA dissident Russian-Belarusian rock band critical of the war in Ukraine have left Thailand for Israel after fears they would be deported to Russia…
Bi-2 detained for working without permit after Phuket concert, in latest incident involving anti-war artists in countryMembers of a prominent dissident Russian rock band critical of the war in Ukraine are facing possible deportation home from Thailand …
Exclusive: Report shows Russian ships loading at North Korean port, amid accusation that Pyongyang supplies missiles and shellsThe UK has provided satellite photographs of North Korean cargo shipments to Russia to a panel of UN experts as part of an at…
Work permits to leave Nepal for those countries halted as 10 men killed and dozens more reported missingThe government of Nepal has banned its citizens from travelling to Russia or Ukraine for employment after 10 young men were killed and dozens more r…
Washington and Kyiv claim Moscow turning to other states under sanctions to sustain its war effortRussia has started using ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea to attack Ukraine, Washington and Kyiv have claimed, in an indication that Moscow plan…