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Russia’s political and economic isolation deepened on Monday as its forces met stiff resistance in Ukraine’s capital and other cities in the biggest assault on a European state ...

The European Union will tighten sanctions on Russia, target Russian ally Belarus with measures and fund weapons for Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia’s invasion, top EU ...

President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a huge Western response to his war on ...

European nations and Canada moved on Sunday to shut their airspace to Russian aircraft, an unprecedented step aimed at pressuring President Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine, the ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday Germany would sharply increase its spending on defence to more than 2% of its economic output in one of a series of policy shifts prompted ...

Ukrainian forces are putting up “very determined resistance” to Russia’s invasion, a U.S. defence official said on Saturday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy struck a defiant tone on the ...

Meta Platforms Inc FB.O is barring Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world, the parent company of social media giant Facebook ...

Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military ...

The International Energy Agency pledged to protect global energy security, the Paris-based watchdog said on Friday, after convening a meeting to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Today I convened ...

The European Union is planning a third package of sanctions against Moscow, EU officials said on Friday, as Ukraine’s president pleaded with the bloc for faster and more forceful ...

Russia is facing more resistance than Moscow anticipated in its invasion of Ukraine, including in its advance on the capital, Kyiv, and appears to have lost some of its momentum, ...

Ukraine wants peace and is ready for talks with Russia, including on neutral status regarding NATO, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters on Friday. “If talks are possible, they ...

European Union foreign ministers will thrash out details on Friday of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine after leaders of the bloc agreed on a robust package of ...

Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders on three sides on Thursday after Moscow mounted an assault by land, sea and air in the biggest attack on a European state since World ...

European Union leaders said on Thursday they would slap harsh new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, targetting Russia elites and hitting its economy hard. The new sanctions ...

Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing war with Russia started arriving in neighbouring central European countries on Thursday and the region braced for many more, setting up reception points and sending troops ...

NATO said on Thursday it would take new deterrence and defence steps after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, which would include putting over 100 warplanes on high alert and further ...

The European Union is unlikely at this stage to take steps to cut Russia off from the SWIFT global interbank payments system as it works on a new package of ...

UK’s main stock indexes plunged on Thursday, tracking a sharp drop in global equities as investors shed riskier assets, after Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine. The benchmark ...

LIVE: Russia – Ukraine crisis 15.49: Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he is waiting for concrete sanctions and assistance from allies – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said he was waiting for Ukraine’s ...

European Union leaders will discuss new, tough sanctions on Russia at an emergency meeting later on Thursday in reaction to its “barbaric attack” on Ukraine, the EU said. “We will ...

Ukraine declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and told its citizens in Russia to come home, while Moscow began evacuating its Kyiv embassy in the latest ominous signs for ...

European Union leaders will hold an emergency summit on Thursday to discuss what to do next over Russia’s recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, after the bloc ...

Ukraine will introduce a nationwide state of emergency in which special restrictions will apply in order to keep the country calm and protect its economy amid fears of a Russian ...