Kyiv ile ilgili hikayeler

• Prisoner swap: Russia and Ukraine have carried out a major prisoner exchange, with at least 150 people from each side returning home before New Year’s Eve, in a swap partly brokered by the United Arab Emirates. Important note: Kyiv said those Ukraine sent back to Russia were prisoners captured during Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region, which began in late summer and resulted in Kyiv occupying a small chunk of Russian territory.

06 Oca 2025

• North Koreans face loss: North Korean troops have been killed fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region, Kyiv and the US has said. Important note: These would be the first reported casualties since it emerged in October that North Korea had sent around 10,000 troops to reinforce Russia's war effort.

23 Ara 2024

• Scholz in Kyiv: German chancellor Olaf Scholz has visited Ukrainian capital Kyiv and announced a €650m aid package. A step back: Zelenskiy had criticized Scholz a few weeks ago over the German chancellor's phone call with Putin. Behind the scenes: Scholz's opponent in Germany's general elections set to take place in February, CDU head Friedrich Merz was also set to visit Kyiv the following week, prompting rumors that this visit prompted Scholz's last-minute t...Devamını Oku

09 Ara 2024

• Kyiv sounds the alarm: Ukraine's former foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview with Financial Times, has said that Ukraine is in a dire situation in its war against Russia: "Do we today have the means and tools to turn the tables and change the trajectory of how things are happening? No, we don’t. And if it continues like this, we will lose the war." Furthermore: Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

02 Ara 2024

Newly recruited soldiers at a military base close to Kyiv pictured in September 2023 | AP • Teens on the battlefield: The US has pressed Ukraine to lower its military recruitment age from 25 to 18 to address a severe shortage of manpower that has weakened its position on the battlefield and led to the fastest Russian gains in two years. Important note: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the parliament last week that "the state is not preparing to lower the mo...Devamını Oku

02 Ara 2024

President Putin announces an attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, last Thursday, in response to strikes on Russia that used US and British long-range missiles | Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA Kyiv hits Russia with Western missiles, prompting escalation After months of resistance, US President Joe Biden authorized Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian territory. The UK joined the US in this new phase, and in the days that followed, Ukraine employed Western-made mi...Devamını Oku

25 Kas 2024

• Attacks on critical infrastructure: Russia hit Ukraine with missiles and drones in a massive attack that targeted key cities and critical energy infrastructure. Bottom line: At least 10 people were killed in the strikes, which hit the capital, Kyiv, as well as multiple targets in several regions including Donetsk, Lviv and Odesa. Energy plants suffered "critical damage". Zoom out: Russia has been consistently targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, causi...Devamını Oku

18 Kas 2024

• Calling on Putin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Ukrainian ally, has defended a phone call he had with Putin on Friday, something Kyiv criticized as an attempt at appeasement: "It was important to tell him [Putin] that he should not count on the support of Germany, Europe and many others in the world for Ukraine waning, but that it is now also up to him to ensure that the war comes to an end." Furthermore: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian President...Devamını Oku

18 Kas 2024

• Biden gives the go to Kyiv: US media reports indicate that President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia. The backstory: Ukraine's Western allies have long resisted Kyiv's requests to strike Russia with the missiles for fear of escalation and direct involvement. Putin has warned many times that if Russian territory were hit with Western made weapons, those nations that provide the weapo...Devamını Oku

18 Kas 2024

UN Secretary General António Guterres (left) was seen shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in BRICS summit • Him or me: Ukraine's Zelensky has refused UN Secretary General Guterres's request to visit Kyiv following his handshake with Putin, BBC reported. Behind the scenes: A source from Zelensky's office told the BBC : "After Kazan and after he shook hands with the war’s instigator and spent UN Day on the territory of the aggressor countr...Devamını Oku

28 Eki 2024