Tag Archives: Ukraine

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sees the armed uprising by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as a clear sign of the weakness of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war against Ukraine. “Russia’s weakness is obvious,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “Full-scale weakness.” The longer Russia keeps its troops and …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started. “Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place,” he said. But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in. The comments come after an …

The Member of Parliament for Oda, Alexander Acquah, has said critics who don’t agree that COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war caused the current economic failure in the country can burn the sea. He was captured on UTV’s Adekye Nsroma, supporting the comments made by the Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong, that …

Alfred Kwame Agbesi, the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman Constituency has condemned the military swoop of March 7 on a part of the Ashaiman township. Likening the swoop to a declaration of war on the people in the constituency, Agbesi said anyone interested in …

Ghana voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution demanding that Russia leaves Ukraine, where it has in the last year waged a war against Kiev’s plan at the time to join the Euro-military bloc, NATO. Ghana was one of 141 nations that voted ‘IN FAVOUR’ of the …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has lamented the neglect of Africa in the global geopolitical and economic space. He cited the case of COVID-19 vaccines and the Russia-Ukraine war to buttress his point that when global disruptions kick in, Africa more often than not suffers the brunt. “We see that from the …

The Zambian student who died in battle in Ukraine was buried Wednesday in a private ceremony in his home country, a family spokesman told CNN. Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda died on the frontlines of the Ukraine war while fighting for the Russian mercenary group Wagner in September last year. His family …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and allow other countries to do the same, reports in Germany say. Leopard 2s are made in Germany and Berlin needs to approve their export. Germany has been hesitant to send its own – or allow other …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Jan. 5, ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas. This is the first major truce of the more than 10-month long war. Putin ordered the ceasefire to begin on Jan. 6, the Kremlin said. Many Orthodox Christians, including those living in Russia …

The body of Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda, a fighter recruited by the mercenary group Wagner for combat operations in Ukraine, was returned to Zambia on Sunday. Nyirenda’s body arrived at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in the capital Lusaka and was accompanied by Zambia’s Ambassador to Russia, Shadreck Luwita, its foreign ministry …