Russia on Thursday said Western aid to Kyiv had slowed its offensive in Ukraine but would not thwart its victory, as conflicting reports emerged about efforts to rescue civilians from a besieged steel plant in the devastated city of Mari Nearly 10 weeks into a war that has left thousands of people dead, flattened Ukrainian cities and uprooted more than

Belarus’ authoritarian leader said that he didn’t expect Russia’s “operation” in Ukraine to drag on for so long and claimed he was doing “everything” to stop the war, in a sit-down interview with on Thursday. President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24. However, he said he didn’t think it would “drag on this way.”

The Ekiti State Governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All-Progressives Congress, Kayode Fayemi, was on Thursday spotted at the official presidential declaration ceremony of former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described his former boss, Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua, as a selfless leader.