UKRAINE UPDATE: 6 JANUARY 2025 Kyiv launches new attack in Kursk; Russian reporter killed near Donetsk in drone strike 5 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 3 JANUARY 2025 Kyiv prepares to resume ties with Syria; starved of Russian gas, industry shuts down in breakaway Moldovan region 4 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 2 JANUARY 2025 Russian gas era in Europe ends after Kyiv stops transit; Zelensky optimistic US will still back efforts to stop Russia 6 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 DECEMBER 2024 Kyiv brings home 189 POWs in prisoner swap with Russia; US dishes out $5.9bn in military and budget aid 8 min 1 By Reuters
INTERNATIONAL A year of resetting the political game, and what it could usher in 8 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 30 DECEMBER 2024 Kyiv strikes drone depot in Russia; Kremlin to scrap unilateral missile moratorium 7 min 1 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 DECEMBER 2024 Moscow ‘foils Kyiv plots to kill top officers’; Russian air-defence system downed Azerbaijan plane — sources 7 min 0 By Reuters
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UKRAINE UPDATE: 24 DECEMBER 2024 North Korea ‘readying more troops, drones for Russia’; Zelensky slams Slovak PM’s ‘dependence on Moscow’ 8 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 DECEMBER 2024 Russian airport reopens after drone attack; Moscow’s forces ‘execute five PoWs’ 4 min 0 By Reuters
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UKRAINE UPDATE: 20 DECEMBER 2024 Zelensky calls for Europe-US security guarantees; Putin ‘ready to compromise with Trump’ on war in Kyiv 7 min 2 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 19 DECEMBER 2024 Russia detains suspect for murder of top general Igor Kirillov; World Bank approves $2bn for Kyiv 7 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 18 DECEMBER 2024 Russian chemical weapons chief assassinated in Moscow; Nato takes over Western military aid to Kyiv 7 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 DECEMBER 2024 Russia must be ready to fight Nato in next decade - defence chief; Trump to talk to Putin and Zelensky to end war 7 min 2 By Reuters
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Why foreign investors continue to back South Africa Inc 4 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
GUEST ESSAY Global power shift in real time — from Hamas’s own goal to Assad’s fall and Iran’s huge blunder 5 min 64 By Steven Boykey Sidley
UKRAINE UPDATE: 13 DECEMBER 2024 US announces new arms aid package for Kyiv; Russia backs Orbán’s efforts for Christmas ceasefire 6 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 12 DECEMBER 2024 Zelensky criticises Orbán for discussing war with Putin; Russia vows response after Kyiv's US-made missiles strike 8 min 1 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 11 DECEMBER 2024 US disburses $20bn portion of G7 loan funds for Kyiv; Russia won’t invade Nato - Latvian foreign minister 6 min 2 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 10 DECEMBER 2024 Zelensky floats role for deployment of foreign troops; Kyiv plans allies’ meeting to boost battlefield position 7 min 4 By Reuters
