Lilia Podolyak
Combat operations are underway in Odesa region with air defense systems involving drones from the Black Sea, the Southern Defense Command reports.
India's general election, the world's largest with nearly a billion eligible voters, will begin on April 19 and last six weeks, with results announced on June 4 as incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term.
A drug cartel in Mexico has taken 30 Georgian citizens, including young children, hostage and is demanding a ransom of $90,000 for their release.
France is ready to respond to any possible Russian aggression, but will not initiate any aggression itself, as the Kremlin regime has gone off the rails, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
According to Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, attacks by Russians fighting on the side of Ukraine on Russia's border regions will continue for the foreseeable future.
In 2021, SpaceX signed a $1. 8 billion contract to build a network of hundreds of spy satellites for the US intelligence community to track targets around the world.
The main reason why German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not want to supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine may be due to the peculiarities of these missiles, namely, targeting.
Macron said that Ukraine should have a clear timetable for military assistance, and France should provide additional guarantees, as Europe must prepare for a potential war in order to achieve peace if Russia succeeds in Ukraine.
Less than 30% of the population in the temporarily occupied territories are ready to vote in the so-called Russian presidential elections, with the lowest rate in Kherson region and the highest in Donetsk region, according to statistics from the Russian National Guard.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would respond to Putin's call and listen to his proposals, while supporting Ukraine's defense capabilities and promoting de-escalation to achieve a lasting peace.
A man named Andre Gordon shot and killed three people in Pennsylvania, including the mother of his children, and then took hostages in a home in Trenton, New Jersey, allegedly armed with an assault rifle.
Russian troops attack Odesa with Iskander-M ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea, prompting the arrival of Ukraine's Interior Minister and the head of the National Police to oversee the response.
The Russian missile attack on Odesa killed 21 people, including a rescuer, and injured 38 others, 11 of them in serious condition.
Russian occupants wounded one resident of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, on March 15, the head of the Donetsk regional state administration said.
Two people were injured in Kherson region as a result of Russian military shelling of residential areas and settlements.
Ukrainian hackers hacked into the website of the Russian Red Cross and, as a joke, posted a fake "emergency evacuation" announcement for residents of Belgorod with a "price list" for different categories of citizens.
Russians shelled two settlements in Mykolaiv region with artillery shells, damaging residential buildings but causing no casualties.
A 76-year-old woman was killed in the village of Dolynka, Zaporizhzhia region, as a result of an attack by the Russian army.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 429,580 personnel and 6,779 tanks.
There were 78 combat engagements on the frontline, and Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks in various parts of the frontline.
Over the past 24 hours, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out 7 strikes on places of concentration of the enemy's manpower, as well as destroyed 2 attack drones of the Shahed type in Kharkiv region.
Finland has increased domestic ammunition production fivefold since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and plans to increase it tenfold thanks to new EU and state funding to support Ukraine.
America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm with 12 turbines and a capacity of 132 MW was launched off the coast of New York.
A 500-square-meter fire broke out at an oil refinery in Syzran, Russia, allegedly caused by a drone attack, and another refinery in Novokuibyshevskoye was also attacked by drones, with no injuries reported.
Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 2 Russian attack drones in Kharkiv region on the night of March 16, 2024.
Thousands of Slovaks protested against the government's plan to reform public broadcasting by eliminating Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) and replacing it with a new institution controlled by a government-appointed board.
Representatives of Hamas, the Yemeni Houthis and other Palestinian groups held a secret meeting to discuss coordination of actions against Israel and a potential Israeli ground operation in Gaza.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock tries to persuade Chancellor Olaf Scholz to supply Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine as part of a "circular exchange" with the United Kingdom.
Israel has approved a plan for a potential attack on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, keeping hope alive for a ceasefire and considering a Hamas proposal to release hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Next week, Ukraine will receive €4. 5 billion from the EU as part of a €50 billion aid package for 2024-2027.