Russia and Ukraine have for the first time held in-person talks to exchange children displaced by the war, Moscow’s children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced Wednesday. Forty-eight children are set to be exchanged under the deal agreed in Qatar, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency quoted Lvova-Belova as saying. Qatar said it mediated the Russian-Ukrainian children’s…
A Russian multirole helicopter Ka-32 was destroyed at the Ostafyevo airfield in Moscow overnight on April 26, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reported. An intelligence source confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that the helicopter was destroyed as a result of a HUR operation. Ukrainian forces regularly conduct drone strikes and…
Russia has arrested a journalist from the Russian edition of Forbes magazine for social media reposts over accusations of Russian atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, his lawyer and Forbes said on Friday. Rights groups say hundreds of Russians have been arrested, fined and jailed for criticizing Russia’s offensive on Ukraine under tough military…
Officials in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv announced the evacuation of two hospitals on Friday, fearing they could be targeted by Russian strikes. “The city urgently beginning to evacuate two hospitals… because a video is widely circulated online, actually de facto announcing an enemy attack on these medical facilities,” Kyiv’s city administration…
“Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces … moved to new lines west of Berdichev, Semenovka and Novomikhailovka,” he wrote in his Telegram channel. According to him, the situation in the directions west of Avdeevka and Marinka is the most difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, Syrsky admitted that the Russian army…
Poland continues to rely on coal for energy, particularly for heating homes. Silesia, the coal region of Poland, is currently experiencing a ‘green evolution’. The region, as well as the whole country, relies heavily on the coal industry for now, making it a significant challenge to shut down mines and move away from coal. However,…
Members of Parliament appreciated the efforts made by the Ministry of Coal for increasing the domestic coal production and made valuable suggestions. Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs , Shri Pralhad Joshi said that since India’s per capita electricity consumption is likely to double by 2030, energy security of the nation needs to…
India’s energy sector will be needing an additional 28GW coal-fired power generation capacity by 2032, advisory body Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated. These additions will be needed on top of the 25GW in thermal coal projects currently under construction. In its ‘Draft National Electricity Plan (Vol-1 Generation) CEA gives these…
Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine: Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy The department notes that last year’s increase made it possible to “balance the power system and carry out the necessary repairs.” Raising the electricity tariff for the population in Ukraine last year made it possible to balance the energy system and carry out…
The world was already struggling to combat a global energy supply squeeze well before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now, as world powers seek to condemn the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine by crippling the Russian economy, it’s becoming increasingly clear that energy sanctions will be a necessary part of any meaningful global response. In order…