Ukraine
Russia aims to seize southern Ukraine and to open a route to the separatist region of Transnistria in Moldova, a senior Russian general says. Maj Gen Rustam Minnekayev specified that Moscow would seek to take "full control" over the sout..
Russian forces tried to push through Ukrainian defences along almost the entire front line in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, launching what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the "Battle of the Donbas" - the long-awaited second phase of the ..
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that his dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin has stalled after mass killings were discovered in Ukraine. "Since the massacres we have discovered in Bucha and in other towns, the war h..
The Russian military operation in Ukraine is close to completing its second month, and the war is still not over yet, as no sound rises above the sounds of battles, explosions and sirens that ring every day, or even every few hours, in the various ea..
Oil prices climbed to nearly three-week highs on Monday as fears over tight global supply grew, with the deepening crisis in Ukraine raising the prospect of heavier sanctions by the West on top exporter Russia. Brent futures were up $1.09, or 1.0%..
Russia's defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their lives. Russia's earlier claim that its t..
Pope Francis implicitly criticised Russia for dragging Ukraine into a "cruel and senseless" conflict and urged leaders to strive for peace as he marked what he called an "Easter of war" on Sunday. The 85-year-old pope made the ..
Russian gas producer Gazprom (GAZP.MM) continued to supply natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday in line with requests from European consumers, it said in a statement. Requests stood at 57.2 million cubic metres for April 16, it ..
The wife of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's top allies in Ukraine said on Friday that he has been beaten by the Ukrainian security service while being interrogated in detention. At a news conference in Moscow, Viktor Medvedchuk's..