LVIV, Ukraine, March 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea.

March 28: A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Sunday of "irresponsible" acts around the occupied Chernobyl power station that could send radiation across much of Europe, and urged the United Nations to dispatch a mission to assess the risks.

LVIV, Ukraine, March 27: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid of Moscow.

Russia reframes war goals as Ukrainians advance near Kyiv

Published On: March 26, 2022 07:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

BUCHA/LVIV, Ukraine, March 26: Moscow signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists in the East as Ukrainian forces went on the offensive to recapture towns outside the capital Kyiv.

Ukraine reports 300 died in Russian strike on theater

Published On: March 25, 2022 07:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine, March 25: Ukrainian authorities said Friday that about 300 people died when a Russian airstrike last week blew up a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of civilians were sheltering — a catastrophic loss of civilian life that, if confirmed, is likely to further crank up pressure on Western nations to step up military aid.

Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back

Published On: March 25, 2022 03:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

LVIV, Ukraine, March 25: Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of the capital Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to sieze the city are falling back on their overextended supply lines, Britain said on Friday.

Ukraine urges halt to Russia's assault as Biden heads to Poland

Published On: March 25, 2022 08:40 AM NPT By: Reuters

LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, March 25: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainians "need to achieve peace" and halt Russian bombardment that has forced millions to flee to countries like Poland, where U.S. President Joe Biden is due to visit and witness the crisis first hand.

Russian space chief says cooperation with Europe now impossible

Published On: March 25, 2022 07:13 AM NPT By: Reuters

March 25: Russia's space director said on Thursday that Europe had wrecked cooperation by imposing sanctions against his agency, and rockets that were meant to launch European satellites would now be used for Russian companies or countries friendly to Moscow.

BRUSSELS, March 24: U.S. President Joe Biden and Western allies opened the first of three summits Thursday focused on increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war in Ukraine while tending to the economic and security fallout spreading across Europe and the world.

LVIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine/ BRUSSELS, March 24: Ukraine's leader called for solidarity on Thursday, a month since Russia's invasion began, warning he would see who sells out at summits in Europe where bolstering sanctions and NATO is planned but restrictions on energy could prove divisive.