Shorouk Express Trump on Ukraine-Russia peace deal: I have my own deadline, I want it to be fast On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A senior aide to Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukraine’s allies…
Shorouk Express Zelensky praises killing of top Russian military figures Volodymyr Zelensky praised Ukraine’s foreign intelligence service for the killing of top Russian military figures since the start of the war, without directly mentioning the latest attack that killed a senior Russian officer. “The head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence reported on the liquidation of persons…
Shorouk Express “Comrade Kim Jong Un defined it [the mission] as a sacred mission for further consolidating as firm as a rock the traditional friendship and solidarity between the DPRK and Russia,” it added. Later Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Kim and the North Korean troops for their “solidarity” and “heroism.” “We highly appreciate this…
Shorouk Express U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted exasperatedly about Ukraine’s hesitance to accept that demand and criticized Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Macron, however, said Trump’s ire should be aimed squarely at Putin. “There is an aggressor, Russia, and there is a victim, Ukraine,” Macron said. “American frustration should be directed at only one person: President Putin.”…
Shorouk Express Zelenskyy says Russian attacks continue after Easter ceasefire agreement On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The foreign ministers of the UK and Italy have urged Russia to agree to an unconditional ceasefire, as…
Shorouk Express “Russia refused, and the Russian refusal to the United States has already lasted 39 days,” Sybiha said in a post on X. “Instead, the Moscow regime imposed various conditions and increased terror against Ukraine, civilians, and civilian infrastructure throughout the country.” Sybiha said Kyiv “will look at actions, not words. Russia can agree…
Shorouk Express Putin declares Easter ceasefire in Ukraine On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Vladimir Putin has declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to pause fighting from 6pm today (4pm UK…
Shorouk Express “It is not often that such people, charged with a certain idea, appear in the human population,” he added, going on to compare Musk to Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev, who led the USSR’s space program during the Space Race with the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s. It is not the first…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Russia has banned the Elton John AIDS Foundation, claiming it undermines “traditional spiritual and moral values”. The ban targets two branches of the foundation, one based in…
Shorouk Express Russia launches 74 drones in overnight attack Russia launched 74 drones in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force said on Wednesday. Air defences shot down 41 of these drones and 20 others did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare measures. It is unclear what happened to the remaining 13…
