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Kyiv begins new probe into alleged Russian shooting of Ukrainian PoWs

20 Feb 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has begun an investigation into the alleged shooting by Russian troops of three Ukrainian soldiers captured on the southern front line, prosecutors said on Tuesday, the second such inquiry announced since Sunday. According to the prosecutor’s general office, the three Ukrainian PoWs were shot dead on Sunday near Robotyne, a village …

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In unusual move, China offers to back Hungary in security matters

20 Feb 2024

By Liz Lee and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China offered to support long-time strategic partner Hungary on public security issues, going beyond trade and investment relations, during a rare meeting of a senior Beijing official with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. China hopes to deepen law enforcement and security ties with Hungary as the two mark …

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Four Egyptian officers back on trial in Italy over Regeni murder

20 Feb 2024

ROME (Reuters) – The trial of four Egyptian security agents accused of kidnapping and murdering an Italian student in Cairo resumed on Tuesday after a prolonged delay following questions over the legality of proceedings. Giulio Regeni, a postgraduate student at Britain’s Cambridge University, disappeared in the Egyptian capital in January 2016. His body was found …

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Hungary set to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid on Feb 26 after long delay

20 Feb 2024

By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party proposed on Tuesday that parliament should vote to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Feb. 26, a move that it would support. “Our group wishes to support” Sweden’s NATO bid, the Fidesz party said in a document, asking the Speaker of parliament to include …

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Sweden donates another $680 million in military aid to Ukraine

20 Feb 2024

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s defence ministry said on Tuesday the Nordic country will donate military aid to Ukraine worth some 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($682 million), including the transfer of equipment and fresh cash for arms procurement. It will be Sweden’s 15th round of aid for Ukraine and the Nordic country’s biggest such package to …

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Navalny’s widow says she will continue her husband’s fight against Putin

20 Feb 2024

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Yulia Navalnaya said on Monday she would continue the fight of her dead husband Alexei Navalny for a “free Russia” and called on supporters to oppose President Vladimir Putin with greater fury than ever. Navalnaya’s call from abroad for resistance to Putin comes less than a month …

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Ukraine seeking action to stop Russian use of Starlink, minister says

19 Feb 2024

(Reuters) – Ukraine has asked Elon Musk’s SpaceX Aerospace company to act to prevent Russia from using its Starlink terminals for communications in areas occupied by Moscow’s troops, a Ukrainian government minister was quoted as saying on Monday. Starlink terminals were rushed in to help Ukraine after Russia’s February 2022 invasion and have been vital …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Russia exploits aid delays

19 Feb 2024

(Reuters) – Russia is exploiting delays in aid to Ukraine, and the situation in areas where Moscow’s troops are concentrated is “extremely difficult”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Zelenskiy was speaking after visiting the frontline in the Kupiansk sector in the northeast, an area recaptured by Ukraine in 2022, but where Russian forces …

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Yemen’s Houthis say ship attacked in Gulf of Aden may sink

19 Feb 2024

By Jonathan Saul and Ahmed Tolba LONDON/CAIRO (Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthi militants said on Monday they had attacked the Rubymar cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden which was at risk of sinking, raising the stakes in their campaign to disrupt global shipping in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza war. The Iran-aligned Houthis have made …

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