Ukraine severs ties with North Korea after pro-Russia separatists recognition
Separatist officials have long said they want their regions to eventually join Russia.
Separatist officials have long said they want their regions to eventually join Russia.
Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest exporters of wheat and other grain.
In recent years many foreign nationals have been taken hostage in Burkina Faso, which has faced jihadist attacks since 2015 that have left thousands dead and displaced 1.9 million people.
There has been an increased number of attacks against pro-Kremlin officials in Ukrainian regions that have come under Moscow control since late February.
The Ukrainians had already been pushed back from much of the city, leaving them in control of only industrial areas. Capturing Severodonetsk and its twin city of Lysychansk would give the Russians control of Lugansk, and allow them to push further into the wider Donbas.
Russia’s capture of the hamlet with a pre-war population of around 1,000 people, is the latest around Severodonetsk, where Moscow’s army has met tough Ukrainian resistance.
Slovakia has donated military equipment to Ukraine worth 154 million euros ($160 million) since the beginning of the war
Four people were beheaded in the remote village of Natupile, terrified residents fled the area
UN na mataifa kadhaa yametoa wito kusitisha vita vya Urusi nchini Ukraine, huku kukiwa hakuna uwezekano wa kufufua mazungumzo ya amani kati ya nchi hizo mbili.