At the beginning of autumn 2023, Yulia Lemeshchenko stopped appearing at the Kharkiv gym where she trained most days. A driven athlete, whose talent for weightlifting led her to become champion of Ukraine in 2021, her disappearance prompted confusion among her training partners. Months later, she r»»»

KYIV: Britain on Thursday (Oct 30) said it was in contact with Ukraine after the arrest of a British ex-army instructor that Kyiv accused of spying for Russia. Ukraine accused the man, arrested at his home in Kyiv earlier this week, of passing information to Moscow about other foreign military advi»»»

KYIV - Britain on Oct 30 said it was in contact with Ukraine after the arrest of a British ex-army instructor that Kyiv accused of spying for Russia. Ukraine accused the man, arrested at his home in Kyiv earlier this week, of passing information to Moscow about other foreign military advisers in Uk»»»

MOSCOW — Moscow is hoping to achieve "some progress" at talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a Russian negotiator told state media on Saturday, ahead of US officials holding separate talks with Ukraine and Russia on a possible ceasefire. Moscow has rejected a joint US-Ukraine proposal of a full and unc»»»