27 h. ago Car bumpers, homemade pies no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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27 h. ago Next day delivery, no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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1 week ago How terrifying SECRET Russian missile Putin is using to pound Ukraine prompted Trump to rip up treaty & order nuke tests

VLADIMIR Putin has been secretly pummelling Ukraine with a banned missile for months - as Donald Trump is forced to start testing nuclear weapons again. Ukraine reports the cruise missile, developed under wraps and capable of carrying nukes, has been fired into the country repeatedly since August. The Novator 9M729 is outlawed under the pact...

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2 w. ago Zelensky says Ukraine will work on ceasefire plan ‘in next 10 days’ and urges Trump to ramp up pressure on Putin

The Ukrainian president has been pushing for US weapons to pressure Putin into agreeing to a ceasefire

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2 w. ago Trump issues nuke threat to Putin and tells Russian leader he should be ending the war in Ukraine, not testing nuclear missiles, as Moscow boasts of launching its 'Flying Chernobyl' weapon

Putin said that Russia had successfully tested its 'unstoppable' nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a weapon Moscow says can pierce any defence shield, and has 'unlimited range'.

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2 w. ago Zelensky says Ukraine will work on ceasefire plan ‘in next ten days’ and urges Trump to ramp up pressure on Putin

The Ukrainian president has been pushing for US weapons to pressure Putin into agreeing to a ceasefire

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2 w. ago Starmer warns allies must speed up use of frozen Russian assets to fund weapons for Ukraine as Zelensky warns Putin's brutal attacks are creating a 'humanitarian disaster'

Sir Keir said allies should step up the provision of weapons as winter approaches and its energy infrastructure remains under threat from attacks by Moscow.

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2 w. ago Europe must go further and faster to break Russia’s war machine

Editorial: Donald Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil are a welcome shift from a changeable president – but Ukraine needs its European allies to do much more to hit Putin where it hurts

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2 w. ago Putin calls new US sanctions an ‘unfriendly act’ but claims they won’t affect Russian economy – Europe live

Russian president says Moscow will deliver ‘overhwleming’ response to strrikes inside RussiaThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urged European Union leaders on Thursday to agree as soon as possible on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.Zelenskyy, who is visiting Brussels, said on X that the proposed mechanism for using frozen Russian assets was entirely legal and fair. He said Ukraine would use a significant part of the assets to buy weapons from its European allies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New sanctions and weapons will not stop Russia. It’s time for Ukraine’s allies to change their flawed strategy | Christopher S Chivvis

A negotiated settlement would be unfair and frustrating. But after nearly four years of fighting, it may be the best optionOn Wednesday, President Trump imposed substantial new sanctions on Russia’s giant oil and gas companies, and lifted restrictions on the use of certain long-range missiles by Ukraine, which will now be able to strike more freely into Russia itself. These moves come on the heels of Trump’s conversations last week with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after which the US president expressed his frustration at both side’s intransigence. Trump had hoped to end this war long ago. Will this be enough?When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the US and its allies chose a strategy that aimed to use Washington’s awesome political, economic and military power to impose such high costs on Russia that the Kremlin would sue for peace on Ukraine’s terms. This “cost-imposition” strategy makes sense in theory. The problem is that, in practi...

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2 w. ago King Charles becomes first British monarch to pray publicly with pope in 500 years – Europe live

King and pontiff took part in joint worship in Sistine Chapel during Charles’s visit to Vatican with CamillaThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urged European Union leaders on Thursday to agree as soon as possible on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.Zelenskyy, who is visiting Brussels, said on X that the proposed mechanism for using frozen Russian assets was entirely legal and fair. He said Ukraine would use a significant part of the assets to buy weapons from its European allies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago King Charles becomes first British monarch to pray with pope in 500 years – Europe live

King and pontiff took part in joint worship in Sistine Chapel during Charles’s visit to Vatican with CamillaThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urged European Union leaders on Thursday to agree as soon as possible on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.Zelenskyy, who is visiting Brussels, said on X that the proposed mechanism for using frozen Russian assets was entirely legal and fair. He said Ukraine would use a significant part of the assets to buy weapons from its European allies. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump hesitant about giving Tomahawks to Ukraine, saying ‘hopefully they won’t need it’ – live

Ukrainian president repeats call for weapons but US president insists they’re ‘not easy for us to give you’ and says ‘Putin wants to end the war’‘The key to success is in the sky’: the Ukrainian defenders struggling to stem Russia’s air assaultFirst came the sound of drones. Then a boom that rattled windows. Shortly after that, two columns of black smoke rose over the Shebelinka gas processing plant in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Towering flames threatened storage tanks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump in tense meeting with Zelensky as pair clash over Putin's intentions and Ukraine demands Tomahawk missiles

Ukraine's President has arrived at the White House to urge President Trump to arm Ukraine with long-range weapons.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump hesitant on supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles Zelenskyy is pushing for – live

Ukrainian president repeats call for weapons as US president insists ‘Putin wants to end the war’‘The key to success is in the sky’: the Ukrainian defenders struggling to stem Russia’s air assaultFirst came the sound of drones. Then a boom that rattled windows. Shortly after that, two columns of black smoke rose over the Shebelinka gas processing plant in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Towering flames threatened storage tanks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Donald Trump at White House as he seeks Tomahawk missiles – Europe live

Ukrainian president to urge US president to provide weapons and aim to persuade him to shift towards greater military pressure on Russia‘The key to success is in the sky’: the Ukrainian defenders struggling to stem Russia’s air assaultFirst came the sound of drones. Then a boom that rattled windows. Shortly after that, two columns of black smoke rose over the Shebelinka gas processing plant in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Towering flames threatened storage tanks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump plans Ukraine 'victory fund' paid for by tariffs on China

Under the proposal, Chinese imports could face a 500 per cent tariff, with the revenue directed to weapons and aid for Ukraine's armed forces.

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3 w. ago Trump has threatened to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine – but can they turn the tide of the war?

Washington may give access to powerful Tomahawk missiles, with Moscow threatening to respond. Experts tell Nicole Wootton-Cane that the weapons could significantly boost Ukraine - but their power shouldn’t be overstated

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4 w. ago Ukrainian officials meet with US weapons manufacturers before Trump

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with major American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit

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4 w. ago 'Russia can take Kyiv in 3 days' as calls for 'tactical nuclear weapons' will clear path

Propaganda tsar Vladimir Solovyov chillingly warned that Russian troops could take Ukraine's capital city in just three days, using nuclear weapons that would leave the land uninhabitable

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