Three women and one man injured in attack on Mykolaiv

Three women and one man were injured in an attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv on Saturday night.

The women were aged between 49 and 72, while the man was 57-years-old, said officials, As of now, all of them are in stable condition and being treated on an outpatient basis.

The attack saw two fires break out in private homes, which were quickly extinguished, and 13 private homes and a car were damaged.

Bryony Gooch6 April 2025 08:15

Trump administration apologises for telling Ukraine refugees to leave the US

The Trump administration has backtracked after it said it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country’s invasion by Russia that they needed to leave the US because their legal status was being revoked.

CBS News reported that some resettled Ukrainians who came over on the Uniting for Ukraine – U4U – program had received emails telling them that the US Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections.

These people have now been told in a statement: “The U4U parole program has not been terminated.”

A follow-up message said: “No action will be taken with respect to your parole.”

Bryony Gooch6 April 2025 08:01

British and French military chiefs discuss plans to build on ‘formidable capabilities’ of Ukrainian army in peacekeeping talks

Bryony Gooch6 April 2025 07:37

Hungary is on ‘Putin’s team,’ says Estonian foreign minister

Hungary is on the team of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna has said amid talks on Ukraine.

“To be divided, you would need two major parties. We have Hungary, a very weak country, that’s on Putin’s team. Not on our European team,” he told German outlet Rheinische Post yesterday.

Stripping Hungary of its voting power in the EU “is getting closer and closer,” Mr Tsahkna said.

He added: “Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union provides for the possibility of withdrawing a member state’s voting rights if membership endangers the security of Europe and that of the other members…. (T)hat’s exactly what (Hungarian prime minister Viktor) Orban is doing,” Mr Tsahkna said.

Mr Orban, widely seen as having the warmest relations with Mr Putin among EU leaders, has routinely blocked, delayed or watered down EU efforts to assist Kyiv and impose sanctions on Moscow for its actions in Ukraine.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 07:09

Nato chief says Kyiv’s allies need to keep working peacekeeping forces ideas

Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has said it is best to wait to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine until after the conclusion of a peace agreement but that countries need to keep developing ideas now to implement after peace is achieved.

Talking to Ukrainian news outlet, the Nato chief also said that the “first level” of security guarantees for Ukraine should be the Ukrainian military, which will ne the “first line of defense in deterrence.”

Mr Rutte added that Ukraine’s European partners, including France, the United Kingdom, and Italy, are also looking for ways to provide security guarantees to Ukraine following the conclusion of a peace agreement.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 06:56

MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe

Sir Alex Younger said people in the UK must realise that the threat from Russia – and its closeness to the US – is real, adding: “Putin and Trump together have done their best to persuade us that the rules have changed.”

Reflecting on whether Britain has the mettle for a full-scale war, he told Independent TV: “I worry – we have disarmed militarily, self-evidently. We’ve largely dismantled our military and industrial base, which is a big problem.

“We have, for many years, been completely free of any form of existential threat.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 06:24

Russia says it downs 11 Ukrainian drones overnight

Russian air defence units intercepted and destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence ministry said this morning.

Drones were destroyed over the Kursk and Belgorod border regions and over the southern Russian Rostov region, the ministry said in a post on Telegram.

Yuri Slyusar, acting governor of the Rostov region, said earlier in a Telegram post that there were no injuries reported in the attack, but there were reports of drone debris falling on administrative buildings in one of the region’s districts.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 05:54

Three injured in Russian missile strike on Kyiv

At least three people were injured and several fires broke out in Kyiv early today following a Russian missile attack, the mayor and military administration of the Ukrainian capital said.

All of Ukraine was under air alerts as of 2am GMT after the country’s air force warned of an attack including on regions bordering Poland, forcing the Nato-member to scramble aircraft to ensure air safety.

Fires were recorded in at least three districts of Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post. Medics hospitalised two civilians in the Darnytskyi district on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River that splits the city, he added.

“Do not leave shelters!” Mr Klitschko said.

The scale of the attack was not immediately clear. There were also no reports of strikes or damage in western Ukrainian regions that border Poland.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 05:39

Hundreds of protesters turn out in European cities against Trump: ‘Hands off Ukraine’

Hundreds of people protested in European cities yesterday against Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk, following a bruising week for financial markets after the US president unveiled sweeping global tariffs.

In the British capital, a few hundred people gathered in Trafalgar Square, holding signs saying “Proud American Ashamed” and “WTAF America?”.

The crowd chanted “Hands off Canada”, “Hands off Greenland” and “Hands off Ukraine” while listening to speeches criticising Mr Trump.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 04:57

Ukrainian refugees accidentally told to leave in mistaken email

The refugees have been increasingly concerned about their legal status in the country, as president Donald Trump said last month that they could revoke their residency status.

Arpan Rai6 April 2025 04:56