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Several buildings were damaged in the Golovchino village in Russia’s Belgorod province which came under fire from Ukraine on Tuesday morning, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on messaging...
US says Moscow has ‘failed’ in war aims, pledges more military aid to Ukraine (Update 2)
The United States will reopen its embassy in Ukraine soon, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday after he and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin...
Russia warned United States against sending more arms to Ukraine
Russia has warned the United States against sending more arms to Ukraine, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington told Russian state television. “We stressed the unacceptability of this...
Large fire at oil depot in Russia’s Bryansk, near Ukraine (Update)
Russia said on Monday it would investigate the cause of a large fire that erupted in the early hours of the morning at an oil...
China UnionPay, Russia’s potential payments backstop
Several Russian banks plan to issue payment cards that use the network of China UnionPay as well as that of home-grown payment system Mir, after...
Ukraine calls for heavy arms as top U.S. officials visit; Easter prayers for peace
Making the first official U.S. visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded two months ago, Washington’s top diplomat and its defense secretary pledged additional military aid, including advanced...
Ukraine’s military says Russian forces are trying to storm Azovstal plant
Russian forces attempted to storm the Ukrainian-held Azovstal steel plant in the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, despite Russian President...
Dyer: Is there a nuclear end-game in Ukraine?
Last Sunday Vladimir Soloviev, the anchor of Russia’s most popular current affairs show, Sunday Evening, was delivering his usual ‘all is going splendidly’ take on...
Convulsed by war, tearful Ukrainians mark Orthodox Easter
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that light would defeat darkness and Kyiv would triumph over Russia as Ukrainians marked a bitterly emotional Orthodox Easter...
Erdogan tells Zelenskiy that Turkey ready to assist in negotiations (Updated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he discussed with Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan the need for the immediate evacuation of civilians from the mostly Russian-occupied...