Russia ukraine conflict
Zelensky defiant as Russia claims Severodonetsk gains
Russia claimed Tuesday residential areas had been "fully liberated" but that Ukrainian forces still hold the industrial zone and surrounding settlements.
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Ramaphosa: Dialogue & negotiation the only way to end Russia-Ukraine conflict
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa was still abstaining from taking any decision on taking a side in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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More than 100 million people forcibly displaced: UN
UNHCR said the numbers of forcibly displaced people rose towards 90 million by the end of 2021, spurred by violence in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Nigeria.
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Global elites return to Davos under Ukraine storm
The theme of the World Economic Forum, "History at a Turning Point", sets the tone for the four-day meeting in the glitzy Swiss mountain resort that will be dominated by the political and economic fallout from the conflict.
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Russians 'pushed away' from Kharkiv as Washington boosts aid
Russia has focused on eastern Ukraine after failing to take Kyiv. Ukraine's forces are struggling to hold on in the Donbas region, but have been boosted by what Kyiv says is the recapture of four villages around Kharkiv further north.
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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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UK defence minister condemns Putin for 'mirroring fascism'
Wallace said in an address at the National Army Museum in London that "through the invasion of Ukraine, Putin, his inner circle, his generals, are now mirroring fascism and tyranny 77 years ago".
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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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US sending Ukraine more weapons, dozens evacuated from steelworks
US President Joe Biden announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine, as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steelworks, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the port city.
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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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DA's Steenhuisen hits back at critics, says Ukraine visit in SA's interests
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has been on the receiving end of some backlash, with people questioning why he'd travelled to Ukraine and at whose expense while South Africa had its own problems that politicians needed to tend to, like gang violence.
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EU eyes Russian oil import ban amid new bid to evacuate Mariupol
The EU also pledged to 'significantly increase' its support for Ukraine's neighbour Moldova, which has seen a series of attacks in a Moscow-backed separatist region, sparking fears the conflict could spread.
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EU targets Russian oil, Patriarch in new sanctions
The proposed measures include moves against Russia's biggest bank and the targeting of Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Russia to boycott UN Security Council meeting with EU committee
According to a Russian diplomatic source speaking anonymously Tuesday, Moscow's decision is linked to the situation in Ukraine.
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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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Steenhuisen: Knock-on effect of Ukraine war will hit poor S. Africans in pocket
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said that he wanted to get a better sense of the knock-on effect of the war.
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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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Russia strikes Kyiv during UN chief's visit, Biden asks for $33bn for Ukraine
At least three people were wounded in the strikes in the western part of the city, which were the first in the capital in nearly two weeks, and came after Guterres toured Bucha and other suburbs where Moscow is alleged to have committed war crimes.
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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.
