Andrew Meldrum, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

German Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock, left, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, second left, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, third left, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, second right, and French President Emmanuel Macron, third right, attend a Defense and Security joint council upon a Franco-German Ministers council as part of the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty at Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 2023. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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German officials look to free up tanks for Ukraine

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressJanuary 22, 2023

KYIV, Ukraine — The speaker of the lower house of Russia’s parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems…

Rescue workers carry the body of a man who was killed in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Deaths from building strike in Ukraine hit 40

by Vasilisa Stepanenko Associated Press, and Andrew Meldrum Associated PressJanuary 16, 2023

Ukrainian military medics carry an injured Ukrainian serviceman evacuated from the battlefield into a hospital in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The serviceman did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressJanuary 10, 2023

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 28, 2022. Ukraine’s president has hinted last Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at the possibility of peace talks with Russia, a shift from his earlier refusal to negotiate with President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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Zelenskyy open to talks with Russia, on Ukraine’s terms

by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressNovember 8, 2022

People fill containers with water from public water pumps in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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Russian barrage cuts water for Kyiv

by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press, Sam Mednick Associated Press, and Hanna Arhirova Associated PressOctober 31, 2022

Residents stand in line Friday waiting for free bread from volunteers in Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battle against the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.

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Blackouts worsen in Ukraine; fighting rages on many fronts

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressOctober 28, 2022

Taisiia Kovaliova, 15, stands amongst the rubble of a playground in front of her house hit by a Russian missile in Mykolaiv, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. "I spent all my childhood and life at this courtyard, I already feel nostalgic. I went to this swing that stood it all" Taisiia said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Russia’s defense chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ provocation

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressOctober 23, 2022

FILE - Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, March 21, 2003. Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

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Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s conscience, dies at 90

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressDecember 26, 2021

FILE — Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus Wednesday Dec. 15, 2021. South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven wave has passed its peak, medical experts say. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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Case drop in South Africa may show omicron past peak

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressDecember 22, 2021

An Orange Farm, South Africa, resident receives her jab against COVID-19 Friday Dec. 3, 2021 at the Orange Farm multipurpose center. South Africa has accelerated its vaccination campaign a week after the discovery of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the future

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressDecember 3, 2021