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MOSCOW, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukraine’s counteroffensive would fail as Kyiv’s troops sought to advance in several directions, including the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia. “I think that Ukraine’s armed forces stand no chance here, as well as in other directions — I have no doubt about that,” Putin told an annual economic forum in Saint Petersburg. AFP and representatives of other countries the Kremlin deems “unfriendly” were […]
LONDON, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – Millions of people across parts of southern Britain will be banned from using garden hoses as a hot spell sparks record demand for drinking water, authorities said on Friday. A temporary ban for people living in the southern Kent and Sussex areas will come into force on June 26 as forecasters predict the summer will see little rainfall. South East Water said demand in June had broken records despite […]
MOSCOW, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – Mobile communications were severed Friday in Saint Petersburg in “unprecedented” security measures as President Vladimir Putin attended a global economic forum amid growing Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil. The Roskongress Foundation, the organisers of the forum in Russia’s second city, earlier said internet communication via mobile operators would be blocked. “Use wifi”, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, linking the heightened security to the threat of attacks from Ukraine. In […]
KALAMATA, Greece, June 15, 2023 (AFP) – Greece on Thursday maintained a search for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea, with the number of victims feared to reach into the hundreds. The coastguard said 78 bodies had been recovered so far, amending a toll of 79 deaths given Wednesday. A spokeswoman told AFP that two patrol boats, a helicopter and six other ships in […]
By Emmy VARLEY and Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse NARTA , Albania, June 15, 2023 (AFP) — Flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans laze in the azure waters of a shallow lagoon near Albania’s Adriatic coast. But this avian paradise’s days may be numbered, ecologists warn, with a new airport being built close by to cash in on the Balkan nation’s tourism boom. Its construction near Vlora has triggered protests from environmentalists, who say it is being built […]
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – Germany will not be able to immediately replace tanks that it is providing to Ukraine, the country’s defence minister has said, as Russia claimed to have destroyed or captured some of them. Berlin earlier this year started sending advanced Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, after months of pleas from Kyiv for the heavy weapons to bolster its fightback against Russia. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told broadcaster RTL, in […]
MOSCOW, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow said Tuesday that it had captured several German Leopard tanks and US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, releasing footage showing Russian troops surveying the equipment supplied to Ukraine by Western countries. “Leopard tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. These are our trophies. Equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Zaporizhzhia region,” the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. “Servicemen of the Vostok group inspect enemy tanks and […]
PARIS, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian politics for decades, died on Monday aged 86, drawing tributes from across the world. Here is a roundup of reactions ranging from Russian President Vladimir Putin to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: – ‘True friend’ – Putin hailed Berlusconi as a “true friend” and described his death as an “irreparable loss and a great sorrow”. “For me, Silvio was a cherished […]
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – Police arrested a man Tuesday after three people were found dead and a van tried to mow down three others in the central English city of Nottingham in incidents authorities believe are linked. Nottingham’s centre was cordoned off, with a heavy police presence, including some armed officers following the events that left residents shaken. A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said. Prime […]
By Yulia Silina Agence France-Presse AFANASIYIVKA, Ukraine, June 13, 2023 (AFP) — Yuriy, a 56-year-old Ukrainian farmer, stands chest-deep in water in his village of Afanasiyivka, gazing around in bewilderment. A week ago, he was growing vegetables and fruit and grazing his cows. Now his land in the Mykolaiv region is deep under murky green water. The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam has caused massive flooding in the regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv. The […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine on Monday said it had retaken seven villages and made small gains in a “tough” counter-offensive against Russian forces that France said could last months. “The fighting is tough, but we are moving forward, this is very important,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a daily evening address. “I thank our guys for every Ukrainian flag that is now returning to its rightful place in villages on the newly de-occupied […]
By Alfons Luna and Anahi Aradas Agence France-Presse BARBATE, Spain, June 12, 2023 (AFP) — Groups of killer whales have rammed hundreds of small boats off the coast of Spain in recent years in “terrifying” behavior that has baffled scientists. “They directly attacked the rudder, not swimming around the boat, not playing with anything,” Friedrich Sommer told AFP as he recalled how his sailboat Muffet was damaged earlier this year by “three or four” killer […]
