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The proposal to put together an international naval coalition to escort ships with Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea is, in reality, one that pursues a completely different goal, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “The attempts to organize some kind of international coalition for the implementation of these …

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrey Melnik, has revealed he “regrets” calling the country’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, an “offended liverwurst” back in May. The diplomat made the admission while speaking to German newspaper Der Spiegel on Wednesday. “That’s a statement that I regretted later, of course. I’ll apologize to [Scholz] personally,” …

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Sunday outlawed Russian music from the country’s media and public space, an announcement on its website stated. According to Rada member Yaroslav Zheleznyak, 303 deputies supported the measure. “Parliament also banned the import and distribution of books and other publishing products from the Russian …

Gennady Trukhanov, the mayor of Odessa, the third most populous city in Ukraine, has revealed that he is concerned by the rising levels of anti-Russian sentiment. In an interview with the New York Times, published on Saturday, Trukhanov said that he was against renaming the city’s central Pushkin Street, named …

Russian warships have destroyed a command center with Kalibr cruise missiles, killing dozens of Ukrainian officers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed,” the statement said. According to the ministry, the strike took place near the village …

Former tennis world number three Elina Svitolina has gone on record stating that she doesn’t agree with the US Open’s decision to allow Russian players to participate in the New York grand slam. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced its stance this week, which is line with that of the …

The Russian language will be restricted in the schools of the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolayev, City Council Executive Committee member Ekaterina Stokolias said on Saturday. In a Facebook post, she stated that the decision was made by the committee on Friday. “From September 1, no clubs, courses, junior classes …

Five people have been killed by Ukrainian shelling of areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the DPR’s territorial defense claimed on Saturday, adding that 12 more have been injured. Among the victims were emergency workers who came to put out the fires caused by the initial strikes but then …

The head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Alexey Danilov, has called out presidential adviser Mikhail Podoliak for making statements on behalf of the military. Earlier this week, Podoliak unveiled an arms wish list for the West, saying Kiev needs 300 multiple-launch rocket systems, 500 tanks, and 1,000 …

Five people have been injured in the town of Komsomolskoye in the southeast of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in the wake of a Ukrainian missile strike that was intercepted by the local militias, the DPR territorial defense said on Saturday. Ukrainian troops fired a ballistic Tochka-U missile apparently targeting …