#Ukraine

The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant ...

A top Ukrainian general hailed the recent recapture of two eastern villages as an important breakthrough on Monday, saying it had enabled Kyiv’s troops to breach Russian lines near ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv’s troops were “moving forward” in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, rebuffing Western officials who say that Ukraine is gaining ground too ...

Fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) will reopen most of its stores in Ukraine, beginning in November of this year, the Swedish company said in a statement on Thursday. ...

An event to mark Ukraine’s independence day and national flag day was held on Finikoudes beach promenade on Wednesday evening. Attendees held a 20-metre-long Ukrainian flag, which was created ...

A Republican U.S. lawmaker heading a congressional probe into Hunter Biden’s business dealings asked the National Archives on Thursday for emails between President Joe Biden and his 53-year-old ...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve about $40 billion in additional spending, including $24 billion for Ukraine and other international needs, $4 billion related to border security and $12 ...

Cyprus along with all countries that imposed sanctions on Russia have had their double taxation agreements suspended, an announcement from the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The decree was signed ...

Officials and farmers said on Tuesday they do not anticipate either a spike in grain prices or immediate shortages after the lapse of the Black Sea grain deal last month. ...

Ukraine’s defence ministry signed an agreement with Turkish company Baykar Makina to build a service centre for the repair and maintenance of drones in Ukraine, the ministry said on ...

Qatar will provide Ukraine with $100 million in humanitarian aid to support health, education and demining, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday. He made the announcement after talks with ...

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 ...

A Ukrainian woman who was jailed in March after wielding a knife at a pro-Russia gathering in Larnaca has been freed after successfully appealing her conviction. The 55-year-old was jailed ...

A tanker containing liquefied natural gas (LNG) that originated from a Russia supplier and was loaded onto a Gunvor Group-chartered <GGL.UL> vessel off the coast of France ...

By Tom Balmforth The Ukrainian president’s performance at a Nato summit this week was vintage Volodymyr Zelenskiy: go in hard, push allies beyond their comfort zone, and go home ...

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed the US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to de-occupy the Ukrainian territory but vowed that the munitions ...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg visited Kyiv on Thursday to draw attention to environmental damage caused by war in Ukraine and criticized the world’s response to the June 6 collapse ...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday he was certain Ukraine would receive the $6.5 billion it needs this year for its rapid reconstruction programmes from pledges made at a ...

Russia’s No. 2 lender VTB (VTBR.MM) on Thursday said it would increase the number of countries to which retail clients can send money to 25 from 11, with India and Turkey ...

The furious speculation on whether the Ukrainian counteroffensive will succeed has been ongoing for several months already, so the first thing I must tell you is that I don’t ...

Ukraine said on Sunday its troops had made territorial advances on three villages in its southeast, the first liberated settlements it has reported since launching a counter-offensive this past week. ...

Burst dam threatens humanitarian, environmental disaster By Matthias Williams, Mark Trevelyan and Gloria Dickie The breach of a huge dam on the front-line Dnipro river has muddied the picture for ...

The Khakhovka dam was blown up by Russian forces to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the southern Kherson region, deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said on Sunday. Ukraine has ...

The Community of Ukrainian-Cypriot friendship said on Friday they will stage a protest on Sunday “to express frustration” with the fact that the national day of Russia would be marked ...