US House Speaker wants Ukraine’s ambassador fired over Zelenskyy ammunition plant visit
Washington — The Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fire his ambassador to the United States over Zelenskyy’s trip this week to a factory in Pennsylvania. “I demand that you…
UN: Russia muzzling dissent amid climate of fear, repression
Geneva — As Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine grinds on for a third year, a United Nations report says all dissenting voices in the Russian Federation have been muzzled, civic and political rights have been shut down, and the human…
Volunteer group locates some 2,000 bodies in Ukraine’s Donetsk
A volunteer group is searching for the remains of people killed in the conflict with Russia in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The group Platsdarm says it has recovered around 2,000 bodies since 2014. Yaroslava Movchan has the story, narrated by Anna…
Putin threatens West with possible nuclear weapons over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that if any Western nation that is a nuclear power were to aid Ukraine in a conventional attack on Russia, it would be considered a “joint attack on the Russian Federation.” Putin spoke at…
Zelenskyy tells UN other nations won’t impose their will on Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that his country would never accept a deal imposed on it by other countries to end Russia’s 31-month invasion, questioning the motives of China and Brazil in pushing for…
Critics say Russia is militarizing classrooms
A new school year begins in Russia, the third that is starting with Moscow’s war in Ukraine as a backdrop. Elizabeth Cherneff narrates this report from Ricardo Marquina on what critics say are Russia’s moves to militarize education by introducing…
Indian Kashmiri speaks of ordeal while in Russian military
A man from India-administered Kashmir says he was deceived into working for the Russian military and recounts the ordeal he went through with several others from his homeland. Muheet Ul Islam has more for VOA from Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir….
Ukraine says deadly Russian air attack hits Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that Russian attacks on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least one person and injured six others. Ivan Fedorov, the regional governor of Zaporizhzhia, said the attack destroyed a house and damaged an infrastructure facility….
UN chief to world leaders: ‘We can’t go on like this’
United Nations — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders Tuesday that the state of the world is unsustainable. “We can’t go on like this,” he said at the start of the U.N. General Assembly annual debate. He said there…
$375 million US military aid package for Ukraine expected as soon as Wednesday
Pentagon — The U.S. military is expected to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine this week valued at up to $375 million, the largest aid sent to Kyiv since May. According to several U.S. officials, who spoke to…