Tag: Kramatorsk

  • Live: Macron hosts NATO’s Stoltenberg for talks in Paris

    Live: Macron hosts NATO’s Stoltenberg for talks in Paris

    French President Emmanuel Macron hosted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for talks in Paris on Wednesday ahead of a summit of NATO leaders in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius in July. The leaders’ meeting came after NATO said on Tuesday it was ready to defend itself against any threat from “Moscow or Minsk”, after Belarus…

  • Curtailment of Kimer: Ukraine puts the brakes on noted Danish journal

    Curtailment of Kimer: Ukraine puts the brakes on noted Danish journal

    Up for the Cavling AwardNiels Kvale, head of DR’s foreign desk, maintains that Kimer’s inability to work in Ukraine will undoubtedly hamper DR’s coverage. “I would be lying if I said it doesn’t matter that our best employee, who has the most experience, speaks the language and has covered Ukraine for 12-14 years, is not…

  • Winter campaign

    Winter campaign

    As the conflict drags on for ten months, what initially seemed like a three-day rush to Kiev has slowed to a slow, grinding war of attrition. The front lines, with the major exceptions of Kharkiv and Kherson, have remained mostly static. In the Kharkiv region, Russians settled on the outskirts of the city of Kharkiv…

  • Ukraine sets new defensive lines in Donetsk after losing Luhansk

    Ukraine sets new defensive lines in Donetsk after losing Luhansk

    Ukrainian forces on Tuesday took up new defensive lines in Donetsk a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in neighbouring Luhansk province, which a senior Ukrainian official vowed would be a “last victory for Russia on Ukrainian soil”. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All times are Paris…

  • Live: The fighting rages in the Donbas, Russian forces seem to have stopped

    Live: The fighting rages in the Donbas, Russian forces seem to have stopped

    Russian forces appeared to have stayed in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region despite “significant efforts” in the Izium and Severodonetsk areas to make a breakthrough to Kramatorsk, the large city in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the coal basin. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT + 2). 07:43:…

  • Latest developments in Ukraine: 13 May

    Latest developments in Ukraine: 13 May

    For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flash point Ukraine. Recent developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All times EDT: 02:04: The latest intelligence update from the British Ministry of Defense says that Russia is trying to get a breakthrough against Slovenian and Kramatorsk. Its goal is to isolate Ukrainian forces…

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    Participants: Antti Kuronen, Yle’s envoy in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. David Carlqvist, Ekot’s foreign affairs reporter. Host: Olle Wiberg Producer: Isak Krona Technician: Christer Tjernell

  • Rocket attacks in Kramatorsk – hear the latest on developments in eastern Ukraine

    Rocket attacks in Kramatorsk – hear the latest on developments in eastern Ukraine

    Several places in eastern Ukraine were bombed on Tuesday, as Russia continued to try to advance its positions in the area. Hear about the development in the Donbas region and rocket attacks against, among others, Kramatorsk. Ekot broadcasts live on the latest from Ukraine with Ekot’s foreign reporter David Carlqvist and Antti Kuronen, correspondent for…

  • Fennovoima pulls a plug from a Russian nuclear power plant

    Fennovoima pulls a plug from a Russian nuclear power plant

    The Finnish energy company Fennovoima has terminated its agreement with the Russian state-owned company Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant on the west coast of Finland. The company mentioned significant delays and Rosatom "inability to carry out the project"and added that the war in Ukraine has exacerbated the risks of the project. Fennovoima’s CEO…

  • The crisis in Ukraine raises doubts about Fennovoima’s nuclear project

    The crisis in Ukraine raises doubts about Fennovoima’s nuclear project

    The partners of the Russian nuclear power plant planned for Pyhäjoki in Northern Ostrobothnia tell Yle that they are increasingly attentive to the project. Russia’s military pressure on Ukraine and uncertainty over the construction permit for the nuclear power plant have already caused some stakeholders to calculate how much they would lose if the plant…

  • Widespread skepticism about vaccines in Ukraine

    Widespread skepticism about vaccines in Ukraine

    In Ukraine, soon one million people have received a dose of vaccine, but just under 10,000 have received both doses, in a country with around 44 million inhabitants. The skepticism about vaccines is due, among other things, to old mistrust of healthcare since the Soviet era, widespread corruption and unclear information about which vaccine you…

  • Strained situation in covid care at the war front

    Strained situation in covid care at the war front

    The situation in covid care along the front line in the war’s eastern Ukraine is very strained, says doctor SR met when we visited the area. In the large regional city of Kramatorsk there are no hospital beds available. “It is not that difficult to move the patients, but there are no places in the…