The Dispatch

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy urges NATO Parliamentary Assembly to be united

COPENHAGEN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday told NATO's Parliamentary Assembly that now is not the time to withdraw from the international arena and called for…

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Azerbaijan leader: ‘France would be responsible’ for any new conflict with Armenia

MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's president scolded the European Union and warned that France's decision to send military aid to Armenia could trigger a new conflict in the South Caucasus after…

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Russian parliament bosses to discuss revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty

MOSCOW, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Russian parliamentary bosses will discuss on Monday revoking ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility that Russia…

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US public support declines for arming Ukraine, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

By Jason Lange and Patricia Zengerle Support is falling among Americans of both major political parties for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on…

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Cocaine and grenades? Patriotic bloggers scorn Putin’s Prigozhin plane crash theory

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn Wagner supporters react to Putin comments on crash Putin said grenade fragments were found in bodies Said alcohol and drug tests should have been…

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Moldovan president says Russia’s Wagner head plotted coup against her

Moldova's pro-European President, Maia Sandu, said Russia's Wagner paramilitary force was the main force behind an attempt to foment a coup against her, she told the Financial Times in an…

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UPDATE: Russia signals intent to quickly revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treaty

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Russia indicated on Friday that it was moving swiftly towards revoking its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) after…

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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill boy in Kharkiv, damage port infrastructure

KYIV, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched new drone and missile strike on Ukraine early on Friday, killing a 10-year-old boy in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and damaging grain…

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UPDATED: Death toll rises to 52 after Russian attack on Ukrainian village of Hroza

YIV, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Russian missile strike on the village of Hroza in northeastern Ukraine rose to 52 on Friday after another victim died…

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Putin says Russia has tested next-generation nuclear weapon

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests…

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UPDATED: Russia plans naval base in Abkhazia, triggering criticism from Georgia

Russia plans naval base in Abkhazia Abkhaz leader says deal has been signed - Izvestiya Georgia: the move is gross violation of its sovereignty WSJ: Russia has withdrawn bulk of…

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US sends seized Iranian ammunition to Ukraine

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. has sent Ukraine more than 1 million rounds of Iranian ammunition that had been seized last year, the U.S. military said. U.S. naval…

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Ukraine says its forces make headway in south, hold gains in east

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces made some headway in their drive southward as part of a gruelling counteroffensive to recapture areas seized by Russia in its 19-month-old invasion of…

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Belarus begins army combat readiness exercises

(Reuters) - The Belarusian Defence Ministry said it had started exercises to check its armed forces' combat readiness. "The troops will march as soon as possible to the designated areas,…

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Russian journalist who staged TV war protest handed 8 1/2 year jail term in absentia

MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst into a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war" and…

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Attention – do not panic’: Russia to conduct emergency public warning tests

MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Russia will conduct a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, blaring out sirens and interrupting television broadcasts to warn the population…

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Russia says 335,000 sign up to fight, no plans for new mobilisation

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russia has no plans for an additional mobilisation of men to fight in Ukraine as more than 335,000 have signed up so far this…

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Putin may soon announce run in Russia’s 2024 election – Kommersant

Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon indicate he will take part in a 2024 presidential election, Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday, paving the way for the Kremlin chief to stay in power until 2030.…

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Ukraine downs 29 Russia-launched drones, one cruise missile -Ukraine’s Air Force

Ukraine destroyed 29 of 31 drones launched by Russia and one cruise missile, its air force said on Tuesday, most of them targeting the regions of Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk. The waves of overnight…

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Zelenskiy says cooperation with EU vital for victory, Kyiv needs defence support

A Ukrainian victory in its war with Russia depends on cooperation with the European Union, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told EU foreign ministers gathered in Kyiv on Monday. Zelenskiy also underlined the importance of…

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UPDATED: Ukraine says too early to judge impact of Slovak election

KYIV, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Monday it was too early to assess the impact on Ukraine from the victory of a pro-Russian candidate in Slovakia's…

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Zelenskiy says nothing will weaken Kyiv’s resolve against Russia

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a speech released on Sunday that nothing would weaken his country's fight against Russia, a day after the U.S. Congress passed…

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Armenia seeks EU aid for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia has asked the European Union for assistance to help it deal with refugees arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan took back control of the region last week, the office of…

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Russia’s Medvedev says British training troops in Ukraine could be legitimate targets

MOSCOW, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday suggested that British soldiers training Ukrainian troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Russian forces, as would…

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Russia shoots down six Ukrainian drones over southern and western regions

MOSCOW, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday that air defences had shot down five Ukrainian drones over the western Smolensk region and one over the southern Krasnodar region.…

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Officials urge Moldova to seize opportunity for EU membership

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU, (Reuters) - Moldova launched a nationwide discussion on securing European Union membership, with senior officials and academics urging their compatriots to seize every opportunity to join…

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UPDATED: UK PM Sunak says there are no plans for now to send British troops to Ukraine

MANCHESTER, Oct 1 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday there were no immediate plans to deploy military instructors to Ukraine, rowing back from reported comments by…

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UN refugee agency readying for up to 120,000 refugees in Armenia

GENEVA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Over 88,000 people have crossed into Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh and the total number of arrivals could rise to 120,000, said a U.N. refugee agency official…

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Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander Troshev

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group and…

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Belarus says Polish helicopter violated its airspace, Warsaw denies

Belarus said a Polish helicopter had violated its airspace but Warsaw said none of its helicopters had crossed the border between the two countries. Tense relations between the neighbors have…

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Russia launches big wave of drone strikes on Ukraine

KYIV, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Russia carried out a big wave of air strikes on three Ukrainian regions early on Thursday in which Ukrainian officials said some attack drones had…

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Several hundred Wagner fighters return to Ukraine

KYIV (Reuters) - Several hundred members of Russia's Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a…

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Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024

MOSCOW, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The president of Armenia's self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Samvel Shahramanyan, has signed a decree to dissolve all state institutions from January 1, 2024, Karabakh Armenian authorities…

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Swiss to sell back Leopard II tanks to help restock after Ukraine donations

ZURICH, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Germany has welcomed a decision by neutral Switzerland to open the way to sell back some of its German-made Leopard II tanks to help rebuild…

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UPDATED: of thousands of ethnic Armenians rush to flee Nagorno-Karabakh

28,000 Armenians have left Karabakh Roads choked out of the enclave Death toll from fuel depot fire rises US urges Azerbaijan to allow in observers and aid By Felix Light…

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Russia tortured some Ukrainian victims to death, UN inquiry says

Russia's torture methods in parts of Ukraine it occupied have been so brutal that it tortured some of its victims to death, the head of a U.N.-mandated investigative body said…

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U.S.-made Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine – Zelenskiy

U.S.-made Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has revealed. "Good news from Minister (of Defence Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to…

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Ukraine says Russia Black Sea Fleet commander killed

Ukraine's special forces said on Monday they had killed Moscow's top admiral in Crimea along with 33 other officers in last week's missile attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in…

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Ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh after breakaway region’s defeat

Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, queuing up for fuel and jamming the road to Armenia after their decades-old separatist state was defeated by…

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Russian air strike damages Odesa port infrastructure, grain facilities – Kyiv

An overnight Russian air strike on the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa caused "significant damage" to port infrastructure and destroyed some grain storage facilities, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.No deaths…

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Questions about Russia’s clout in ex-USSR grow after Karabakh crisis

By Andrew Osborn Some Armenians blame Russia for crisis Say Russian peacekeepers should have stopped Azerbaijan Moscow blames Armenian PM, defends behaviour Questions about Moscow's clout in region grow (Reuters)…

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Ukrainian heavy artillery inflicts ‘hell’ on Russian lines near Bakhmut

By Anna Voitenko NEAR BAKHMUT, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was…

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Russia says Karabakh Armenian fighters start giving up arms

Some Karabakh fighters give up arms Russia and ICRC send humanitarian aid U.S. says concerned by humanitarian situation Karabakh Armenians say world has abandoned them Chilling accounts emerge of people…

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Ukraine war expected to have bigger impact on European economies – Swiss study

ZURICH, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine has reduced economic growth and "considerably" pushed up inflation across Europe, the Swiss National Bank said in a study published on…

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UPDATED: One killed as Ukraine strikes Black Sea navy HQ with missiles

Sept 22 (Reuters) - At least one Ukrainian missile struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday, causing a fire, local governor…

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Armenia needs peace, PM says after Azerbaijan retakes Karabakh

MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Armenia needs to be "free of conflict" for the sake of its independence, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told his compatriots, after their ethnic kin in the breakaway…

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In Washington, Zelenskiy courts Congress, Biden on military aid

By Andrea Shalal, Makini Brice and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that strong U.S. support for his war to repel Russian…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to visit Canada, address parliament

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Canada to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address the Canadian parliament in Ottawa, Trudeau's office said in a…

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Russia strikes Ukrainian energy facilities in biggest attack in weeks

Strikes evoke memories of Russian air strikes last winter Power supply disrupted in five regions - grid operator At least 18 people wounded, says Kyiv By Olena Harmash and Tom…

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Slovakia, Ukraine agree grain trade system to replace ban -Slovak ministry

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Slovakia and Ukraine's farm ministers have agreed to establish a licensing system for trading in grains, allowing a ban on imports of four Ukrainian commodities to…

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‘Stop the war’ and Zelenskiy need not speak, UN Security Council chair tells Russia

By Gabriela Baczynska UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - It was to be Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy's first in-person appearance at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Moscow's invasion of his country…

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UPDATED: Gunfire heard in Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital

YEREVAN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Gunfire was heard on Thursday in Nagorno-Karabakh's capital, two sources told Reuters, a day after local ethnic Armenians in the breakaway territory were forced to…

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Blasts heard in Kyiv, other parts of Ukraine

KYIV, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Blasts could be heard in Kyiv after an air raid alert on Thursday morning, Reuters witnesses said, as authorities sent rescue teams to at least…

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Ukraine launches drone attacks on Belgorod, Oryol regions

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russia's air defence systems destroyed Ukraine-launched drones over the Belgorod and Oryol regions late on Monday, the Russian defence ministry said, with local officials saying that…

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Russia’s corvette carries out firing drills at Baltic Sea

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russia's Stoikiy corvette of the Baltic Fleet carried out firing drills at mock targets in the Baltic Sea, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. The…

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UPDATED: Karabakh Armenians agree to ceasefire after Azerbaijan military operation

Baku says it is targeting 'terrorists' in Karabakh Says objective is to restore 'constitutional order' Armenia condemns 'full-scale aggression' against region Azerbaijani strikes kill 25, injure 138 -Karabakh Shelling audible…

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Azerbaijan launches military action in Karabakh ‘to disarm Armenians’

Azerbaijan launched military action in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a step that could presage a new war in the volatile area but which Baku said was necessary to restore constitutional order…

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