Cypriots advised to leave Ukraine due to escalation risks
Cypriot citizens are advised to avoid travel to Ukraine, the foreign ministry said in an advisory on Sunday, following indications of a potential escalation of the tension in the area.
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Biden and Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as Western nations warned a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment.
Putin requested ...
Biden and Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as Western nations warned that a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time – Blinken
Russia has sent more forces to its border with Ukraine and could launch an invasion at any time, including during the Winter Olympics, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
Satellite images show Russian military buildup near Ukraine continues
Commercial satellite images published by a private U.S. company show new Russian military deployments at several locations near Ukraine, suggesting that Moscow’s force buildup continues amid a flurry ...
Ukraine talks fail to yield breakthrough, Biden urges US citizens to leave
Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough in a day of talks with French and German officials aimed at ending an eight-year separatist conflict in eastern ...
West warns of ‘dangerous moment’ as Russia holds drills in Belarus (Update)
Britain said on Thursday the West could face the “most dangerous moment” in its standoff with Moscow in the next few days, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and ...
Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis
By Mark Trevelyan
Behind his latest outbursts against Nato and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation ...
Russia warns UK: Drop sanctions rhetoric or expect short talks in Moscow
Russia told Britain on Wednesday to drop its sanctions rhetoric when its foreign and defence ministers fly to Moscow for talks amid tension over Ukraine, or else face the likelihood ...
Crypto donations soar to groups backing Ukraine’s government
Bitcoin donations have soared to Ukrainian volunteer and hacking groups, some of which have supplied equipment to government forces, according to a report showing such groups received more than $550,000 worth ...
Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine, US troops arrive in Romania
The Kremlin on Tuesday said that French assertions that President Vladimir Putin had promised Emmanuel Macron that Moscow would not carry out new military initiatives around Ukraine for now were “...
Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust (Update 2)
The coming days will be crucial in the Ukraine standoff, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a meeting on Monday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who suggested some progress had ...
US soldiers expected to land in Poland on Saturday
The first main U.S. forces are expected to arrive in Poland on Saturday, defence sources told Reuters on Friday, in order to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank as the ...
Erdogan visits Ukraine hoping to play mediator with Russia
Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine on Thursday after pitching Turkey as a mediator to ease tensions with Russia, and an official said he ...
Russia, US clash at UN over Russian troop build-up near Ukraine (Updated)
Tensions between Russia and the United States over Moscow’s troop build-up near Ukraine spilled into the United Nations Security Council on Monday, with both countries accusing each other of ...
Ukrainian residents stage protest in Limassol
A group of Ukrainian permanent residents in Cyprus on Sunday staged a protest in Limassol against any Russian military intervention in their country.
Holding banners and shouting slogans, the participants ...
Russia, U.S. keep door open to Ukraine diplomacy, but big gaps remain
Russia said it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but both sides kept the door open to ...
Blinken says U.S. responds to Russia’s demands, seeks dialogue
The United States delivered written replies on Wednesday to sweeping Russian security demands, a key step in a fragile diplomatic process as Russia staged new military drills on land and ...
Biden warns Putin with sanctions as West steps up Ukraine defenses
U.S. President Joe Biden said he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to ...
Ukraine on agenda as Kasoulides participates in EU teleconference with Blinken
The Foreign Ministers of the European Union had an exchange of views on the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s threats to the country’s security with US Secretary of ...
US tells diplomats’ families to leave Ukraine, weighs troop options
The U.S. State Department announced it was ordering diplomats’ family members to leave Ukraine, as U.S. President Joe Biden weighed options for boosting America’s military assets in ...
U.S. and Russia agree to keep talking after meeting on Ukraine
The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a crisis that has ...
Top diplomats for U.S., Russia meet in Geneva on soaring Ukraine tensions
The top diplomats of Russia and the United States were to meet in Switzerland on Friday to discuss soaring tensions over Ukraine after a flurry of meetings between officials on ...
Russia, U.S. discuss Moscow’s demand for security guarantees
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried held talks in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss a Russian demand for binding security guarantees ...