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 Ukrainian intelligence is warning that a Russian Lancet drone is prowling the sky, loitering above Kramatorsk, like a heron poised over a fish pond, ready to strike….
Shorouk Express “We lost everything we were restoring 24 hours a day! Every time the enemy strikes even more brutally, even more cynically,” the operator said in a post on Facebook. The company scheduled power cuts that can last up to 16 hours in some regions, as it works to repair the power supply. “Emergency…
Shorouk Express Facing an international outcry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reversed course on his controversial decision to assert political control over the anti-corruption agencies and restored the independence of two corruption-fighting bodies in July. But the damage to Ukraine’s image as an A+ candidate for EU membership had already been done in the eyes of…
Shorouk Express Nato will ‘stand with Ukraine’ to get long-lasting peace A senior Nato military official has said the alliance “will stand with Ukraine up to the day” they will sit around a table for “long-lasting peace”. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of Nato’s military committee, told the BBC that the Ukraine will not be…
Shorouk Express Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian port and oil tanker, Moscow says A Ukrainian drone attack set ablaze the Russian port of Tuapse and an oil tanker, the administration of Russia’s southern region of Krasnodar said today. “In the port of Tuapse, fragments of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) fell on an oil tanker,…
Shorouk Express POLITICO: So, in your view, is it a mistake to give space in the public debate to this type of argument? Calenda: No, I’m a liberal, I believe all viewpoints should be allowed, but they must be put into context. For example, if I were introducing Sachs as a journalist, I would say:…
Shorouk Express Zelensky thanks Britain and France for munitions Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Britain and France for their commitment to helping Kyiv fend off the invading Russian forces. Zelensky wrote on X on Sunday evening: “I want to express my particular gratitude to the United Kingdom and France: there is a decision from France…
Shorouk Express Nato member’s main airport shuts again Nato member Lithuania closed its capital airport late last night and shut both crossings on the border with Belarus after helium weather balloons drifted into the Baltic country’s territory for a second consecutive day. Traffic at Vilnius Airport was suspended until 2am, while the Belarus border will…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Allied nations have pledged to act to take Russian oil and gas off the global market, Sir Keir Starmer said, after leaders gathered with…
Shorouk Express No luck for Volodymyr Zelensky. On 17 October, the Ukrainian president met with his US counterpart Donald Trump. The goal: to obtain valuable long-range Tomahawk missiles, weapons that could prove crucial in the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately for him, his request was denied by Washington, which wants to appease Russian President Vladimir Putin…
