No word from Mariupol as surrender window offered by Russia opens
Russia told Ukrainian forces fighting in Mariupol to lay down arms on Sunday morning to save their lives, but there were no immediate reports of activity two hours after the ...
Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK’s Johnson, Truss, Wallace
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other ...
Russia hits Kyiv and Lviv, presses offensive in ruins of Mariupol
Russia’s warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities after ...
Ukraine working with Turkey, understands parallel ties to Russia
Ukraine is working with NATO member Turkey as much as possible for more support over Russia’s invasion and understands – even though it is not happy with – the reality of ...
Largest ship sunk in war in 40 years, industrial site hit in Kyiv in apparent retaliation (Update 3)
Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russian forces’ siege of Mariupol, with fighting raging around the city’s Illich steel works and port, as the capital Kyiv ...
US cannot ‘take lightly’ threat Russia could use nukes – CIA
The threat of Russia potentially using tactical or low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine cannot be taken lightly, but the CIA has not seen a lot of practical evidence reinforcing that ...
Russia warns US to stop arming Ukraine
Russia has warned the United States that there will be “unpredictable consequences” if Washington keeps arming Ukraine, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
“We call on the United States and ...
Russia blocks The Moscow Times’ Russian language website
Russia’s communications watchdog has blocked access to the Russian language website of The Moscow Times, a newspaper that has covered Russia for three decades since the collapse of the ...
Russia may be in default, Moody’s says
Moody’s said Russia may be in default because it tried to service its dollar bonds in roubles, which would be one of the starkest consequences to date of Moscow’...
Russia pledges more strikes on Kyiv after missile attack, says took Mariupol plant
Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday it had struck a military target on the edge of Kyiv overnight with cruise missiles and promised more strikes against the Ukrainian capital ...
‘Fortress in a city’: Ukrainians cling on at steel plant in Mariupol
Explosions rumbled and smoke rose this week from a steelmaking district in besieged Mariupol where dwindling Ukrainian forces are holed up as Russia tries to take full control of its ...
Bird flu, Ukraine war push egg prices higher worldwide
Severe outbreaks of bird flu in the United States and France are tightening global egg supplies and raising prices for the food staple as the war in Ukraine disrupts shipments ...
Ukraine: explosion aboard Russian warship was missile strike (Update)
Russia said the crew of its Moskva warship were evacuated on Thursday after an explosion of ammunition aboard that Ukraine said was caused by a missile strike, and a US ...
Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join Nato
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned Nato on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the US-led military alliance then Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and ...
Dog therapy brings solace to displaced Ukrainian kids
A ‘therapy dog’ is providing some sorely needed comfort and entertainment for traumatised Ukrainian children displaced by the war raging in their country.
At the Dr. Doc therapy centre in ...
Putin tells Europe: You cannot ditch Russian gas but we’re turning east
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow will work to re-direct its energy eastward as European countries try to reduce reliance on Russian exports, adding that Europe will not ...
Moldova accuses Russian army of trying to recruit its citizens
Moldova on Thursday accused Russia’s army of trying to recruit Moldovan citizens, days after British military intelligence said that Moscow was trying to replenish its forces in Ukraine by ...
Russian companies, global banks could reap windfall from depositary receipt delisting
Russian companies and global banks including BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan could profit if Moscow moves to de-list Russian companies’ depositary receipts from foreign exchanges, according to two ...
EU closes loophole allowing multimillion-euro arms sales to Russia
The European Union has closed a loophole that allowed EU governments to export weapons worth tens of millions of euros to Russia last year alone despite an embargo that took ...
Russia already has nuclear weapons in the Baltic region, says Lithuania after Medvedev’s threat
Russia already has nuclear weapons in the Baltic region, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Thursday.
Anusauskas told Lithuania’s BNS wire that nuclear weapons have been deployed in ...
China’s oil champion prepares Western retreat over sanctions fear
China’s top offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd. (0883.HK) is preparing to exit its operations in Britain, Canada and the United States, because of concerns in Beijing the ...
Stop matching lone female Ukraine refugees with single men, UK told
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) voiced concern on Wednesday over a UK scheme that allows British residents to house Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, saying the programme could be ...
Russia says no escape for last defenders of Mariupol
Russia said it had taken control of the port in Mariupol on Wednesday and that more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines had surrendered in the southeastern Ukrainian city, whose capture would free ...
Russian Netflix users sue streaming giant for leaving market
Russian users of Netflix have launched a class action lawsuit against the streaming giant for leaving the Russian market, demanding 60 million roubles ($726,000) in compensation, the RIA news agency reported on ...