LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe continued to record record temperatures through the end of the year and into the new year. Environmental activists have called for more urgent action to tackle climate change, a relief for governments grappling with soaring natural gas prices. From Switzerland to Poland to Hungary, temperatures have hit record highs in recent … Read more
US President Joe Biden said on Jan. 4 that the US was considering providing the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle as a new form of military assistance to Ukraine. Bradley awaits deployment for NATO’s ‘Operation Atlantic Determination’. FILE PHOTO: Galkarne, Latvia, February 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins HEBRON, Kentucky (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on … Read more
On December 28, according to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces fired 33 rockets at non-military targets in Kherson, a key strategic point in southern Ukraine, in 24 hours until dawn on December 28. FILE PHOTO: A picture taken on a day in Kherson, June 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko [キーウ／バフムト（ウクライナ） ２８日 ロイター] – According to the Ukrainian … Read more
Vilnius/Warsaw (Reuters) – A giant transformer built in Ukraine in the 1980s and now disused is being dusted off and ready to go here in Lithuania. He will probably go to Romania in the next few weeks and from there go home to Ukraine. On December 21, a gigantic transformer, built in Ukraine in 1980 … Read more
[２１日 ロイター] – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday backed plans to increase the size of the army by more than 30%. At a meeting of military leaders, Defense Minister Shoigu proposed increasing combat personnel from 1.15 million to 1.5 million. Putin said he needed to learn from the problems he faced in Ukraine and … Read more
[キーウ １６日 ロイター] – On the 16th, Russia carried out missile attacks on various parts of Ukraine. At least three people were killed and energy infrastructure was damaged in nine locations, causing emergency power outages across the country, Ukrainian officials said. On December 16, Russia launched rocket attacks across Ukraine. FILE PHOTO: People fleeing to a … Read more
Ukraine’s power grid has so far been hit hard by Russian military strikes with more than 1,000 rockets and missiles, power grid operator Uklenergo said on December 7. Photo courtesy of the emergency services. FILE PHOTO: An infrastructure facility in Odesa is seen June 6, 2022. REUTERS/State Emergency Service of Ukraine [７日 ロイター] – Ukraine’s … Read more
A senior US Treasury official said on Dec. 6 that Russia’s oil price cap at $60 a barrel had increased Western influence over Russia. The photo shows a crude oil tanker anchored near Nakhodka. (Reuters/Tatiana Meel) [ワシントン ６日 ロイター] – A senior US Treasury official said on Thursday that capping Russian oil prices at $60 … Read more
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that he agreed with the US view that Ukraine needs lasting peace, but that talks were not on the table at this time. Taken last December. (2022 REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo) (Reuters) – Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday he agreed with the United States that … Read more
Pro-Russian authorities in Kherson oblast, which Russia has unilaterally declared annexed, announced on Thursday they would begin evacuating people with reduced mobility from Kakhovka district as part of a larger resettlement of citizens east of the Dnieper. FILE PHOTO: Kherson, November 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer [２日 ロイター] – Pro-Russian authorities in Kherson Oblast, unilaterally annexed by … Read more