'You are an instrument at the hands of one man with one ambition -- to resurrect the Soviet Union... For ambitions of one man, we are paying a very high price.'
The demining and clearing of unexploded ordnance in Ukraine after the Russian invasion could take between 5-7 years.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on November 19 in his first visit to Kyiv since becoming prime minister.
Nothing bugs Vladimir Putin's Indian fans, who extend from Soviet-era soldiers, Soviet-era diplomats and junta too ill informed to distinguish between good and evil, than the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who they diss in the same terms as their hero in the Kremlin, is still alive, still leading his nation's resistance against a vastly superior Russian army.
After an anxious wait of two weeks, Anwesh, an International Master, managed to flee from Kyiv and reach Lviv, en route to India via Poland.
During the first round on Monday, the Russian delegation conveyed Moscow's demand to enshrine Ukraine's non-bloc status at the parliamentary level and hold a referendum.
Glimpses of Christmas celebrations amid the war in Ukraine...
Glimpses of how Ukrainians are coping with Vladimir Putin's cruel war.
Ukraine's envoy Sergiy Kyslytsya told members states that he had already lost family members to Russian aggression.
Glimpses of the destruction in Ukraine caused by Putin's senseless war.
War ravaged Ukraine's national ice hockey team players have been training in tough conditions, with the practice being interrupted by air sirens.
The fury of battle has not dimmed the spirit of Christmas across Ukraine.
Ukraine celebrates its 1991 declaration of independence from the then USSR on the same day.
The bodies were found with their hands tied, blindfolded and shot at close range in the back of the head.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Hollywood star Ben Stiller in Kyiv on Monday, June 20, 2022.
The devastation that the Russians have inflicted on their smaller neighbour will remain a horrific reminder of the cruelty of war.
Ukraine on mission to ban Russia from Paris Olympics
Glimpses of destroyed Russian tanks, helicopter, weapons in Ukraine.
The students, who had to brave hunger and freezing temperatures amid a sense of uncertainty, heaved a sigh of relief when they crossed over to Poland. They now await their flight back home on Thursday.
Glimpses of the tough Ukrainian resistance to the far bigger and more powerful Russian army.
Glimpses of the all around destruction caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began two months ago on February 24.
The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, the anti-tank missiles that have become the iconic weapon of the war for Ukraine which has helped in pushing back Russian tanks.
Following the capture in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the assault teams of the Wagner private military and Russian troops.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was killed in a helicopter crash, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, on Tuesday, January 18, 2023.
Russian troops left behind crushed buildings, destroyed structures and streets full with burnt vehicles.
The communities north of Kyiv were square in the path of Russia's devastating but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to seize the Ukrainian capital.
'I want to show that we are also part of this society and want to participate just as much, whether it is for security or whatever community work there.'
Glimpses of the devastation caused by Putin's War.
The Kremlin's Tyrant finds himself in unfamiliar territory.
Glimpses from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the grit and determination of Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukrainians bid farewell to fallen heroes in Kharkiv, Zakarpattia, Lviv and Kyiv.
Most of the students, PTI spoke to soon after their arrival, said they had followed the advisory issued by the Indian embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Ukraine loses about 100 soldiers in battles these days; countless more are wounded.
Wladimir and his brother Vitali have both vowed to take up arms against invading Russian forces.
'Bola nikal jao. Sala firing karte hai Russi.'
The Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, the world's biggest aircraft, was destroyed by the Russians.
The Shesh-Besh, the damaged restaurant where former Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin among others were reportedly injured in recent shelling, on the outskirts of Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine.
Following Russia's retreat from areas around the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv, with residents taking advantage of shortened curfew hours, businesses reopening, and foreign countries promising to return their diplomats.
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its seventh month, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska visited the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine marking the Independence Day in Kyiv, August 24, 2022.
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