Moscow buildings hit as Russia says it downs Ukrainian drones
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had brought down three Ukrainian drones early on Sunday that had tried tostrike Moscow in the second such attack in a week, which damaged ...
Pope urges Russian ‘brothers’ to restore Black Sea grain deal
Pope Francis on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to abandon the Black Sea grain deal, under which it had allowed Ukraine to export grain from its seaports ...
Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has sometimes raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine, said on Sunday that Moscow would have to use a nuclear weapon if ...
Putin reviews show of Russian naval might, says navy to get 30 new ships this year
President Vladimir Putin reviewed a parade of warships and nuclear submarines in his native St Petersburg on Sunday and announced that the Russian Navy would receive 30 new ships this year.
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Russia says it brought down three Ukrainian drones attempting to attack Moscow, nobody hurt (Update 2)
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had brought down three Ukrainian drones early on Sunday that had been trying to attack Moscow.
Nobody was hurt and there was only minor ...
More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border, Poland PM says
A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said ...
Exiled’ Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services
Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has hailed Niger’s military coup as good ...
Ukraine uses North Korean rockets to blast Russian forces
Ukrainian soldiers were observed using North Korean rockets that they said were seized by a “friendly” country before being delivered to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Ukraine’s ...
Russian missiles hit apartments, security service building in Dnipro
Russian missiles hit a residential complex and a nearby building of Ukraine’s security service in the central city of Dnipro on Thursday, officials said, injuring nine people and causing ...
Ukraine and the spectre of continued war
By Ioannis Tirkides
A world war, especially on European soil, is unthinkable but raises legitimate concerns. The war in Ukraine has now dragged on for a year and a half, ...
Russia has not offered UN World Food Programme free grain
Russia has not offered the UN World Food Programme (WFP) any free grain, WFP deputy chief Carl Skau said on Friday, nearly two weeks after Moscow quit a deal that ...
African Union chair: Putin’s grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed
The chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, said on Friday that proposals by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide grain to Africa were not sufficient, and that a ceasefire ...
African leaders press Putin to end Ukraine war
African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine war and to renew a deal on the export of ...
Putin: Russia ready to discuss conflict with Ukraine, but Kyiv refuses
President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated Russia’s position that it was ready for negotiations with Ukraine, but that Kyiv was refusing to join them.
Putin was responding to comments ...
Obscure traders ship Russia’s oil after sanctions
A Liberian-flagged oil tanker set sail in May from Russia’s Ust-Luga port carrying crude on behalf of a little-known trading company based in Hong Kong. Before the ship had ...
Ukraine recaptures Staromaiorske village in southeast – video posted by Zelenskiy (Update)
Ukrainian soldiers have recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske from Russian forces in Donetsk region, a video published by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed on Thursday.
“The 35th brigade and the ‘...
EU borders may be closed if Wagner group incidents happen, Poland says
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia could jointly decide to shut their borders with close Russian ally Belarus if there are serious incidents involving the Wagner group along their frontiers with the ...
North Korea’s Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister
Russia’s defence minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a defence exhibition that featured the North’s banned ballistic missiles as the neighbours pledged to boost ties, ...
Fencing-Ukraine’s Kharlan disqualified after refusing to shake hands with Russian opponent
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan has been disqualified after refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the World Championships in Milan on Thursday.
Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medallist and ...
Putin says Ukrainian attacks intensify as Kyiv touts steady gains
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Ukraine had intensified its frontline attacks over the last few days while a Ukrainian official said Kyiv was making slow but steady ...
Russia arrests one of its own sailors over alleged plot to attack warship
Russia has arrested one of its own sailors over an alleged plot to carry out a “terrorist attack” against a warship in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the FSB security ...
Putin promises African leaders free grain despite ‘hypocritical’ Western sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told African leaders he would gift them tens of thousands of tons of grain within months despite Western sanctions, which he said made it ...
As Russian oil crosses G7’s price cap, US eyes soft enforcement
The Biden administration is poised to increase outreach to western trading houses, insurers and tanker owners to remind them to abide by the Group of Seven’s price cap on ...
Odesa region port infrastructure hit by overnight Russian attack -governor
Russia hit port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region in overnight missile attack, killing a security guard and damaging a cargo terminal, the region’s governor said on Thursday.
Odesa’...