Yuliya Talmazan

“Due to intense enemy drone activity and the presence of landmines, evacuation using conventional unmanned ground vehicles was impossible,” the brigade that carried out the operation said Monday.

‘Due to intense enemy drone activity and the presence of landmines, evacuation using conventional unmanned ground vehicles was impossible’.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to meet with American negotiators in Oslo on Tuesday as Kyiv accuses the U.S. of withdrawing support crucial to the country’s defense against Russian attacks.

Steve Witkoff met with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. There was no immediate confirmation from the United States of the release of Hubbard, a retired school teacher who was detained in 2022.

Russia has released retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard, 74, the latest sign of warmer ties between Washington and the Kremlin.

Stephen Hubbard, 74, who lived in eastern Ukraine, was detained in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion and was later convicted in a Russian court of serving as a mercenary.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that restrictions on Starlink were still in place, but said the U.S. had told him it would be fully back within 72 hours.

The drone unit he leads has been helping push back Russian troops on the front lines in southeastern Ukraine. Then, late last Tuesday, a drone launched toward Russian troops suddenly lost connection.

The agreement would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation,” the White House said.

A rare humanitarian ceasefire brokered by first lady Melania Trump to save people trapped inside a Russian-occupied Ukrainian town came into effect early Tuesday.