Russia advances in east Ukraine, strike on apartments kills civilians
The situation on the front lines in eastern Ukraine “has become tougher” as Russian forces push for gains that they could show on the first anniversary of their invasion, on ...
Ukraine raids home of billionaire in anti-corruption crackdown
Security services searched the home of one of Ukraine’s most prominent billionaires on Wednesday, moving against a figure once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s sponsor in what the ...
Boost for Ukraine as US expected to send longer-range rockets
News that the United States could soon send rockets nearly doubling the firing range of Ukrainian forces gave Kyiv a big lift on Wednesday, even as its troops were being ...
Russia presses ahead with Donetsk campaign; Ukraine wants fighter jets
Russian forces are making incremental gains in their push to take territory in Ukraine’s eastern province of Donetsk, focusing on the town of Bakhmut north of the regional capital.
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Major new Russian assault in Ukraine unlikely to achieve breakthough, UK says
A large Russian force has advanced hundreds of metres in a major new assault on a Ukrainian-held bastion in southeastern Ukraine this week, though it is unlikely to force a ...
Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction
Iran and Russia have connected their interbank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Tehran and Moscow ...
Western allies differ over jets for Ukraine as Russia claims gains
Ukraine’s defence minister is expected in Paris on Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron amid a debate among Kyiv’s allies over whether to provide fighter jets for its ...
Moscow’s ‘big revenge’ has begun, Zelenskiy says, as Russia claims Ukraine gains (Updated)
Russia has begun its “big revenge” for Ukraine’s resistance to its invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in ...
Russian businessman faces US trial for hack-and-trade scheme
A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin faces trial on Monday on U.S. charges that he participated in a vast scheme that generated tens of millions of ...
Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine.
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Kremlin: Putin open ‘to contacts’ with Germany’s Scholz
Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to contacts with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz though has no phone call scheduled with him, a Kremlin spokesman told the state RIA Novosti news ...
Ukraine in talks with allies about getting long-range missiles
Expedited talks are under way among Kyiv and its allies about Ukraine’s requests for long-range missiles that it says are needed to prevent Russia from destroying Ukrainian cities, a ...
Zelenskiy decries neutrality in sports at time of war
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the idea of neutrality in sports at a time when his country’s athletes fight and die in war, while their Russian counterparts might ...
UN refugee chief says Russia violating principles of child protection in Ukraine
Russia is violating the “fundamental principles of child protection” in wartime by giving Ukrainian children Russian passports and putting them up for adoption, the U.N.’s refugee agency (UNHCR) ...
North Korea slams United States for pledging tanks to Ukraine
North Korea on Saturday denounced U.S. pledges of battle tanks to Ukraine, claiming Washington was “further crossing the red line” to win hegemony by proxy war, state media KCNA ...
Russia blocks CIA, FBI websites for ‘spreading false information’
Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked the websites of the CIA and FBI, accusing the two US government agencies of spreading false information, the TASS ...
EU seeks effective justice for ‘horrific’ crimes in Ukraine war
The European Union wants swift accountability for “horrific” crimes in Ukraine, EU justice ministers said on Friday, even as they differed over the methods in a debate about how to ...
Ukraine war: Fighting heats up in east and north after tank pledges
Ukraine on Friday battled Russian troops trying to pierce its lines in the east and northeast, and artillery bombardments intensified after Western allies promised the Kyiv government it would send ...
Ukraine comes under Russian missile onslaught after securing tanks from allies
The danger of Russian air attacks remained high on Friday, Ukraine’s military said, a day after Russian missiles and drones killed at least 11 people in what appeared to be ...
Ex-Wagner commander witnessed comrades shot for fleeing, says his Norwegian lawyer
A former commander of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway has spoken about how he witnessed some of his comrades being shot as they were trying to ...
Russia launches rush hour missile attacks on Ukraine (wrapup)
Ukrainian civilians raced for cover on Thursday as Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones across the country, killing at least 11 people, according to officials, a day after Kyiv ...
Russia says tank promises show direct and growing Western involvement in Ukraine
Russia said on Thursday it saw the promised delivery of Western tanks to Ukraine as evidence of direct and growing U.S. and European involvement in the conflict.
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US, Germany to send scores of tanks to help Ukraine fight Russian invasion
The United States and Germany have announced plans to arm Ukraine with dozens of battle tanks in its fight against Russia, which denounced the decisions as an “extremely dangerous” step.
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European rights court rules Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia admissible
The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, ...