Europe News Russian forces advance despite record losses in Ukraine's Donetsk As 2024 nears its end, Moscow troops continue to make steady progress across the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, moving in on the towns of Pokrovsk and appearing to be closing in on Kurakhove further south. 23/12/2024
North Korea Zelenskyy: Over 3,000 North Korean troops killed or injured in Kursk More than 3,000 North Korean soldiers fighting with Russian forces in Kursk Oblast have been killed or injured, Zelenskyy said on Monday. Seoul earlier warned of North Korea's plans to deploy more troops and weapons. 23/12/2024
Europe News Putin’s end-of-year presser: ‘When everything is quiet, we are bored’ As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is going into its third winter, Russian President Vladimir Putin held its annual end-of-year press-conference, two days after a Kyiv-orchestrated killing of a high-ranking general on the streets of Moscow. 19/12/2024
Europe News Russian troops close in on eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk Russian troops are closing in on Pokrovsk from the east and south. According to different sources, Russian forces are between 1-3 km away from the city's logistics hub on the western edge of Ukraine's Donetsk region. 18/12/2024
Europe News Last chance: The story of harrowing evacuations of Ukraine's civilians A TV host, a YouTube blogger and a showman. Denys Khrystov had a very different life before Russia’s invasion. Now a volunteer evacuating civilians from the most dangerous places on the frontline, Denys says he doesn’t know how many he rescued, but he remembers everyone he did not evacuate. 17/12/2024
Ukraine Ukraine reports North Korean troop losses in Russia's Kursk region North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded in Russia's Kursk region over the weekend, Ukraine’s military intelligence HUR said on Monday. 16/12/2024
Europe News Ukraine: New EU sanctions package against Russia 'not enough' The European Union on Wednesday issued new sanctions against Russia, targeting the "shadow fleet" of tankers. Ukraine’s Presidential advisor and commissioner for sanctions policy says he welcomes the step, but believes pace remains a problem. 12/12/2024
Europe News EU will continue support for Ukraine, predicts Ukrainian official "We are going to see very big changes," said Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Stefanishyna said the spoke with members of the European Parliament about the Danish model of employing joint production with the Ukrainian defence industry. 12/12/2024
Europe News Russia to supply North Korea with jets in exchange for troops Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo, also noted that North Korean troops remain in combat zones, but are not yet actively fighting. 11/12/2024
Europe News Taken away and brainwashed: How Moscow ‘Russifies’ Ukrainian children The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab released a new report on Russia's coerced adoption of Ukrainian children. According to it, Moscow launched the programme together with its all-out invasion, pointing to crimes against humanity. 05/12/2024
Europe News Lost and spoofed: How Ukraine redirects Russian drones to Belarus Ukraine has a new way of countering Moscow's increased use of Shahed drones in mass attacks — redirecting them back to Russia or into the airspace of Kremlin-friendly Belarus. 04/12/2024
South Korea South Korean parliament blocks president's martial law declaration South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol's move was the first declaration of martial law since the nation's democratisation in 1987, and lasted just hours. 03/12/2024
Europe News Can Russia launch an assault on Ukraine's city of Zaporizhzhia? As Russian forces continue to gain momentum in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Moscow could also be planning an imminent push further south, according to Kyiv, with fears rising over Zaporizhzhia. Does Russia have enough resources for this? 29/11/2024
USA Who is Trump's envoy for Ukraine and what is his plan for Russia? US President-elect Donald Trump nominated retired General Keith Kellogg as a special Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on an end to Russia's full-scale war. Who is he, and what are his views on Russian invasion? 28/11/2024
Ukraine Explosions and power outages across Ukraine after missile attack Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack against Ukraine on Thursday morning, targeting energy infrastructure across the country. President Zelenskyy said several regions have been attacked with cluster munitions. 28/11/2024
Europe News Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk region gains momentum Russian troops continue to push forward in eastern Ukraine, making significant advances in the western Donetsk region. They may now get closer and threaten important Ukrainian ground lines of communication running into eastern Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. 26/11/2024
Europe News North Korean soldiers in Russian invasion: Are they fighting? Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said over the weekend that the US expects thousands of North Korean troops to enter the combat against Ukraine "soon". But Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Pyongyang’s soldiers have already participated in combat against Ukraine's defence forces. 25/11/2024
Radio Schuman Why has the EU deforestation law become so politicised? Germany's national elections are influencing the negotiations of EU deforestation law, which entered interinstitutional negotiations on 21 November, according to campaigner. 22/11/2024
Europe News Crimean Mejlis leader: No peace at the expense of Ukraine's integrity Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, told Euronews that any peace agreement at the expense of Ukraine’s territorial concessions, in particular regarding Crimea, would be ‘an indulgence to the aggressor to destroy both the Ukrainian state and the Crimean Tatar people.' 20/11/2024
Ukraine Ukraine uses US-supplied missiles on Russian territory, Moscow claims The Russian Defence Ministry says that Ukraine launched ATACMS missiles at Russia's Bryansk region shortly after Joe Biden gave approval for US military supplies to be deployed on Russian territory. 19/11/2024