Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is certain that Ukraine will have success in its war against Russia and insisted that Kyiv has a plan for the year head, as he defended the slow pace of his country’s counteroffensive. “I am sure that we’ll have success,” the Ukrainian president told Reuters, adding: “We’ll try to show the result this year. We don’t need to surprise everybody in the world, we need this for ourselves.” His comments came as a top Donbas military official said that Russia’s “third wave” advance near Avdiivka been bogged down on sodden land, with several days of rain having for the moment ruled out any new Russian advance. “We’ve had nearly a week of heavy rain,” Vitaliy Barabash, head of Avdiivka’s military administration told Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne. “The terrain is too difficult and equipment cannot move.” Elsewhere, the Kremlin has again warned of the risk of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons being used amid the war, blaming a “deterioration in global security” as a “the natural consequence of the United States’ destructive policies”. Read More Anger as Ramaswamy seems to call Jewish Ukraine leader Zelensky ‘Nazi’ at GOP debate Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine Russia reportedly is using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow's side Ukraine takes step towards EU membership as European Commission backs negotiations to begin

Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum started in his team’s marque early-season matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night after being listed as questionable because of an illness

The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold

NEW YORK NBCUniversal named Mark Marshall chairman of global advertising and partnerships Wednesday, making permanent a role he

With quarterback Joe Burrow and receiver Ja'Marr Chase pacing the offense, the Cincinnati Bengals aim for a return to the Super Bowl and believe they have the talent to get there

Inter Miami have started construction on their new home.

Virat Kohli said he was enjoying the "special feeling" of playing in a World Cup on home soil after his unbeaten century guided India to a dominant seven-wicket win over Bangladesh and left him in...

By Luc Cohen and Krishn Kaushik NEW YORK/NEW DELHI The alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on

Jamie Dornan accepts that he "can't control" the public's "pre-ordained perception" of him.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 24, 2023--

Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, has been telling investors that he is planning to launch

By Nathan Layne FORT DODGE, Iowa Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday