McDonald’s to exit Russia after more than 30 years
McDonald’s said on Monday it has started a process to sell all its restaurants in Russia, exiting the country after more than 30 years following its invasion of Ukraine.
The ...
Protesters block Greek tanker with Russian cargo from entering UK port
Greenpeace protesters have blocked the entry of a Greek tanker into a southern English port due to its Russian fuel cargo with police making arrests, the green group said on ...
Russia calls Finland, Sweden joining Nato a mistake with ‘far-reaching consequences’
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Monday said Finland and Sweden should have no illusions that Moscow will simply put up with their joining the NATO military alliance, calling ...
Ukraine says troops defending Kharkiv have reached Russian border
Ukraine said on Monday troops defending the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, had repelled Russian forces and advanced as far as the border with Russia.
Reuters could not immediately verify ...
Burning munitions cascade down on Ukrainian steel plant
White brightly burning munitions were shown cascading down on the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in what a British military expert said looked like either ...
Nato expects Turkey not to hold up Finland, Sweden membership bids (Updated)
NATO and the United States said on Sunday they were confident that Turkish concerns would not hold up bids by Finland and Sweden to join the Western military alliance in ...
Finnish president confirms country will apply to join Nato
Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia’s invasion ...
Italy prevents pro-Russian hacker attacks during Eurovision contest
Italian police thwarted hacker attacks by pro-Russian groups during the May 10 semi-final and Saturday final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, authorities said on Sunday.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra ...
Nato deputy chief ‘confident’ of finding consensus on Finland, Sweden membership
NATO is confident that it can overcome objections by Turkey and quickly admit Finland and Sweden, its deputy chief said on Sunday, as the alliance prepares for a historic enlargement ...
Britain says Russia has lost a third of its forces in Ukraine
Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region “has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule”, ...
Huge public support sweeps Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra to Eurovision win
Ukraine‘s Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy on Saturday with their entry “Stefania”, riding a wave of public support to claim an emotional victory that was ...
Ukraine seeks evacuation of wounded fighters as war rages on (Update 1)
Very complex talks are underway to evacuate a large number of wounded soldiers from a besieged steel works in the strategic southeastern port of Mariupol in return for the release ...
Moscow will respond if NATO moves nuclear forces closer to Russia’s border
Moscow will take adequate precautionary measures if NATO deploys nuclear forces and infrastructure closer to Russia’s border, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on ...
EBRD to help Ukraine find an exit for its exports
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering financial support for Ukraine’s transport and logistics companies to help them maintain their exports, a senior bank official said ...
Ukraine thwarts Russian forces at river, sees long fight ahead
Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine‘s military showed on Friday, as the ...
G7 backs more aid, weapons to Ukraine in show of unity against Russia
Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations backed giving more aid and weapons to Ukraine as they met on Friday in what Germany called a “powerful sign of ...
In first since Ukraine invasion, Pentagon chief speaks with Russian counterpart
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine when he spoke by telephone to his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on Friday for the first time ...
Russian military chief ‘criminally negligent’
A former commander of pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine accused Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday of “criminal negligence” over Moscow’s stuttering military campaign in Ukraine.
“I directly ...
Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier
A Ukrainian court held a preliminary hearing on Friday in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder ...
EU to provide new 500 million euro military aid to Ukraine – Borrell
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday the bloc would provide a further 500 millions euros worth of military support to Ukraine and that he was confident a deal ...
Russia vows response as Finland seeks NATO membership without delay (Updated)
Finland said on Thursday it would apply to join NATO “without delay”, with Sweden expected to follow, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very ...
Russia needs de-Nazification, says Pussy Riot leader after escape
Russia, not Ukraine, needs de-Nazification, the leader of anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot, who left Russia this week by disguising herself as a food courier, said before her group kicks ...
Europe’s gas supply crisis grows after Russia imposes sanctions
Pressure on Europe to secure alternative gas supplies increased on Thursday after Moscow imposed sanctions on European subsidiaries of state-owned Gazprom and Ukraine stopped a gas transit route, pushing prices ...
UN considers investigation into possible Russian war crimes
The UN Human Rights Council will decide on Thursday whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses by Russian troops in the Kyiv area that Ukraine says amount to war ...