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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, ...

Russian missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday, families cowered in shelters and authorities told residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend Ukraine’s capital from an assault that the mayor said ...

People in Kyiv were told to make Molotov cocktail petrol bombs on Friday as they hid in makeshift shelters and basements, awaiting a Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital. Missiles ...

Fuel, cash and medical supplies are running low in parts of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, which could drive up to 5 million people to flee abroad, U.N. aid agencies ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that reaction from NATO and Western countries to Russia’s assault on Ukraine had not been decisive, adding he hoped a NATO summit ...

Ukraine, which is locked in a security crisis with Russia, has seen growing investment from China in recent years. China has a strategic interest in Ukraine because of its location, ...

Oil prices jumped on Friday by nearly 3 per cent on concerns of global supply disruptions from the impact of trade sanctions on major crude and fuel exporter Russia after it ...

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday the option of cutting off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system remained open, but that he viewed this only ...

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 ...

Russia intends to take the whole of Ukraine but the Russian army failed to deliver it main objectives on the first day of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, British Defence ...

Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so ...

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 ...

In the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where former Chancellor Angela Merkel was born, ties to Russia run deep – so deep, in fact, its leaders have defended a Kremlin project ...

Cypriot citizens in Ukraine are requested to contact the embassy in Kyiv, if they have not already done so, and update the foreign ministry on their status. The Cyprus embassy ...

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 ...

A huge traffic jam blocked a major road out of Kyiv on Thursday as people tried to flee the capital after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, while others stood in long ...

Europe’s financial sector scrambled on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine, with Allianz (ALVG.DE)disclosing it had frozen its Russian government bond exposure and top British domestic lender Lloyds ...

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 ...

Oil prices broke above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014, stock markets slumped and the rouble hit a record low on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an ...

The Russian rouble tumbled to a record low on Thursday, the euro sank to a multi-year low to the Swiss franc, and the yen jumped after Russian forces attacked Ukraine, ...

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 ...

Oil prices surged on Thursday, with Brent breaching $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia attacked Ukraine, exacerbating concerns that a war in Europe could disrupt global energy ...

China rejected calling Russia’s moves on Ukraine an “invasion” and urged all sides to exercise restraint, even as it advised its citizens there to stay home or at least ...