Russia and ukraine war
17 dead in southern Ukraine strikes, after Russia quits Snake Island
The news came after NATO leaders wrapped up a summit in Madrid, with US President Joe Biden announcing $800 million in new weapons for Ukraine.
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G7 vows solidarity with Ukraine 'as long as it takes'
After speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for nearly two hours by video-link from Kyiv, G7 leaders issued a forceful message of solidarity with the embattled nation.
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Biden to call for three-month suspension of federal gas tax as prices skyrocket
Facing growing public anger over the rising cost of gas, several states including New York and Connecticut have already suspended fuel taxes, while others have delayed planned tax increases.
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Ukraine forces pushed back from Severodonetsk centre, fighting for 'every metre'
Regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said Monday that Russian forces were 'gathering more and more equipment' to 'encircle' Severodonetsk, and that they had 'pushed our troops from the centre and continue to destroy our city'.
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Ukraine claims Russian forces pushed back in east in fierce fighting
Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its power" into capturing the strategic eastern city.
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War enters 100th day with Russia controlling 'fifth of Ukraine'
The somber milestone came less than 24 hours after Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014.
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EU leaders ban most Russian oil, as Moscow advances in Donbas
Leaders of the 27-nation bloc had met to negotiate the long-sought deal earlier Monday in Brussels, amid concerns raised by Hungary and other neighboring countries reliant on Russian fuel.
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West lacking 'unity' over Ukraine war, Zelensky says at Davos
Washington and European countries have poured billions of dollars' worth of arms into Ukraine to help the country's outgunned forces beat back the better-armed Russian invaders.
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Besieged Ukrainian commander asks Elon Musk for help
The three-month-old war has devastated the strategic port, where Ukrainians have sustained a pocket of resistance from within the Azovstal steelworks after weeks of bloody battle.
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Putin says Russia defending 'Motherland' as Ukraine war rages
Fierce battles raged in eastern Ukraine while Putin made his Victory Day speech against a backdrop of intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbling through Moscow's emblematic Red Square.
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Ukraine's Mariupol defenders face final showdown with Russian invaders
Ukraine's last soldiers in the port city of Mariupol face a brutal final showdown Sunday with besieging Russian forces, who are hoping to deliver a critical win ahead of the country's victory day.
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Unanimous UN Security Council declaration backs 'peaceful' Ukraine solution
The declaration is the first show of unity from the Security Council since the beginning of the Ukraine war.
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Propaganda in Russia arguing for nuclear weapons use: Nobel laureate
Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov has decried Russian propaganda arguing for using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict, warning that would signal 'the end of humanity'.
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Ukraine to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol
The plant has endured a Russian blockade since Moscow's invasion on 24 February, with stories of the harsh conditions in besieged Mariupol horrifying the world as a war which has seen thousands killed and millions displaced entered its third month.
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'High precision' strike kills journalist, hits Kyiv homes
Mykhailo Vovchynskyi had only just moved into his Kyiv apartment when the building was hit in what Russia called a "high precision" missile attack targeting a factory across the street - a claim he found loaded with menace.
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Moscow to adopt ruble in Ukraine as Russia denies occupying captured territory
A Russian official said that the ruble will soon be introduced in areas of Ukraine under Moscow's control, despite Russia earlier insisting it was not seeking to occupy captured territory.
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Western arms deliveries a threat to European security: Kremlin
"The tendency to pump weapons, including heavy weapons into Ukraine, these are the actions that threaten the security of the continent, provoke instability," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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EU vows a 'coordinated response' after Russia's Gazprom halts gas supply
The EU said Wednesday it was 'prepared' for Moscow to suspend gas supplies to the 27-nation bloc and is planning a 'coordinated' response after Russia's Gazprom turned off the taps to Poland and Bulgaria.
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How far will Russia go in new phase of Ukraine assault?
Two months after invading Ukraine, Russia says its aim is full control of the Donbas region in the east as well as the south of the country.
