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DOZENS of people are feared dead after a bomb hit a school in east Ukraine, where government forces are battling Russian troops and separatists. Luhansk region’s governor, Serhiy Haidai, confirmed two deaths, saying 60 people were feared dead under the rubble of the school in Bilohorivka. About 90 people had …

US First Lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Sunday, meeting her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska at a school sheltering civilians displaced by the war. “I wanted to come on Mother’s Day. I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to …

The country’s ambassador to Washington warned that large Western deliveries of weapons were inflaming the conflict and would lead to more losses. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the U.S., by far …

THIRTEEN (13) out of 19 Nigerians that were detained in various camps in Poland have been released. Their release followed the intervention of the Nigeria Ambassador to Poland, Major General Christian Ugwu (rtd). A statement yesterday by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit Nigerians in Diaspora …

Ukraine will receive support from New Zealand amid the ongoing war with Russia. New Zealand will, on Wednesday, send a C-130H Hercules aircraft and 50 personnel to Europe to aid Ukraine in their battle with Russia. A statement from the New Zealand government said on Monday, according to CNN. Prime …

Russia has revealed that its nuclear weapons would be used in the ongoing war against Ukraine if there is an “existential threat” to the country. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, who stated this in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, said the weapons would be used in accordance with the country’s …

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed a bill extending martial law in Ukraine, the press service of Ukraine’s parliament said Sunday. The legislation extended the current martial law for 30 days starting March 26. Kiev imposed martial law after Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on February 24.

Gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on a car carrying a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, in what officials said was an attempted assassination in response to his crackdown on oligarchs. Sergiy Shefir, a 57-year-old former scriptwriter and longtime associate of comedian-turned-politician Zelensky, was reported to …