Category: Kyiv

Ukraine, Russia End Third Round of Talks: Official

The third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine concluded with “small” and “positive” developments, said a Ukrainian negotiator on Monday. “The third round of negotiations has ended. There are small positive subductions in improving the logistics of humanitarian corridors,” Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote on Twitter Monday. There were no concrete…


Chinese Citizens Forced to Flee Ukraine by Themselves After Beijing Pulls Evacuation Plan

After Russia invaded Ukraine, various countries launched operations to remove their citizens from the conflict; but the Chinese Communist regime canceled its announced evacuation plan, and told Chinese nationals to find their own way out. Some Chinese students and employees of Chinese companies in Ukraine told a reporter of the Chinese edition of The Epoch…


Kyiv City Mayor Says Situation ‘Difficult but Under Control’

LVIV, Ukraine—The situation in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv is “difficult but under control,” mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Thursday. Klitschko said there were no casualties overnight and that nighttime explosions were Ukrainian air defenses striking down incoming Russian missiles. He said a heating system site damaged by Russian shelling on Wednesday would be fixed during the…


Chinese Citizens in Ukraine in Despair While Beijing Trumpets Its Evacuation Efforts

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when many countries had already evacuated their citizens and students from the war, Chinese nationals were surprised to find that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) promise to evacuate people was unreliable, and that the official number of evacuations it claimed to have made included the Chinese who fled from Ukraine on…


Videos Show Large Explosions Lighting Up Kyiv Sky

Several large explosions shook Kyiv early in the morning on March 3, according to videos posted on social media. Two of the explosions were captured at the tail end of a live stand-up report by CBS correspondent Charlie D’Agata. “Two of the largest explosions I’ve ever experienced just went off in Kyiv,” D’Agata wrote on Twitter. Other…


Plot to Assassinate Zelensky Foiled, Top Ukrainian Official Says

An assassination attempt against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Chechens has been foiled, a top Ukrainian official said. An “elite group” of Chechens had arrived in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, to assassinate Zelensky, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, said during a briefing, according to a Telegram post by Ukraine’s Center for…


Is the West All in for War in Ukraine or Will It Pull Back From the Abyss?

The Western ruling class has long used Kyiv as an instrument against its adversaries—from the government of Russia to the Trump administration. This new episode of Over the Target explores what’s behind the ongoing shooting war in Eastern Europe. Welcome to Over the Target with Lee Smith. Watch more on the Wide Angle Youtube channel….


Video: Firefighters Extinguish Flames After Blast Hits TV Tower in Kyiv

An attack by Russian forces on a television tower in Kyiv killed five people, the Ukrainian emergency services said on Tuesday. Video shared online by the city’s emergency services showed first responders walking past downed power lines to put out fires in the rubble of buildings at the base of the tower, which stands opposite…


Video: Kyiv TV Tower Explodes in Deadly Russian Attack

An attack by Russian forces on a television tower in Kyiv killed five people, the Ukrainian emergency services said in a televised statement on Tuesday. Footage released by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko shows the moment a projectile hits the tower before it is engulfed in flames and black smoke rises. Earlier, Russia’s defense ministry said it…


Russia Says It Will Strike Sites in Kyiv After Ukraine Reports Deadly Attacks in Kharkiv

Russian officials said March 1 that the military will launch strikes at sites in Kyiv, Ukraine’s largest city, after Ukraine blamed Russia for explosions in its second-largest city. The Russian Defense Ministry said the military will strike sites in Kyiv belonging to Ukraine’s security service and a special operations unit, according to state-run news agencies….