Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 666 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 666 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 666th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Fighting Nine people, including four children, were injured in Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, as Russia also targeted the capital Kyiv, the second-largest city of…

Roman Abramovich loses legal attempt to overturn EU sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Roman Abramovich loses legal attempt to overturn EU sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

The EU imposed punishment on the oligarch in 2022 as part of measures targeting Russia and Putin’s close allies. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has lost a legal challenge aimed at overturning European Union sanctions imposed on him in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general…

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law | Conflict News

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law | Conflict News

Ireland to argue that aspects of the UK law are incompatible with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Ireland says it will mount a legal challenge against the United Kingdom over a new law that gives some immunity from prosecution for offences committed during three decades of…

Poland’s new pro-EU government dismisses state media chiefs | Media News

Poland’s new pro-EU government dismisses state media chiefs | Media News

Culture ministry announces sackings citing need to restore impartiality of state news outlets. The management of Polish public television, radio and state news agency PAP have been dismissed and one public news channel that critics say was politicised under the previous government has gone off air. The culture ministry under…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 665 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 665 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 665th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russia launched its fifth air attack this month on the capital, with air defence systems destroying all weapons on their approach to Kyiv. “According to…

Zelenskyy confident US will not ‘betray’ Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zelenskyy confident US will not ‘betray’ Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian president suggests his country could mobilise 500,000 more people in order to fight Russian invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed confidence that the United States and other Western countries will continue to support Ukraine in its battle to repel Russia’s invasion. Speaking during an end-of-year news conference on…

There is a way out of the climate crisis – but it is not through COP | Climate Crisis

There is a way out of the climate crisis – but it is not through COP | Climate Crisis

There have been a total of 28 United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) on the climate crisis to date, but only the last one, convened earlier this month in the United Arab Emirates, has ever mentioned ending fossil fuels in its final agreement. COP28 secured a commitment from nations to…

Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava, smoke after weeks of earthquakes | Volcanoes News

Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava, smoke after weeks of earthquakes | Volcanoes News

A volcano in southwest Iceland has erupted, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area weeks after nearly 4,000 residents of a nearby town were evacuated amid intense seismic activity. The eruption started at about 10:17pm (22:17 GMT) on Monday on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 664 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 664 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 664th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the situation on the front line was not at a stalemate, after suggesting last month that it was a possibility. He…