Europe

Environmental activists on Friday dumped orange paint over an outdoor sculpture by the American artist Charles Ray in central Paris, the latest in a string of artwork defacements aimed at spurring greater government efforts to fight climate change. The lifesize “Horse and Rider” stands in front of the Bourse de …

Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday that Ukraine had executed more than 10 Russian prisoners of war with direct shots to the head. The defense ministry was responding to a video circulated on social media which it said showed the execution of Russian prisoners of war. The defense ministry said …

Following investigation, Public Prosecutor’s Office says remains of explosives found at blast sites Swedish investigators confirmed on Friday that the blasts damaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines earlier this year were due to major sabotage. The Public Prosecutor’s Office said the remains of explosives had been found at the site, …

French President Emmanuel Macron says his offer to cooperate with Australia on submarines is still “on the table,” almost a year after a bitter row between the two sides over a cancelled contract threatened bilateral ties. France signed a $58-billion deal with Australia to provide it with diesel-powered submarines in …

Ukraine says it has reached an agreement with Russia and Turkey to extend a United Nations-brokered initiative to ship out grain by 120 days. The country’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said in a tweet on Thursday that the “decision was just taken in Istanbul.” “The United Nations and Turkey remain …

Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya says Ukraine and Poland are seeking to provoke a direct conflict between his country and NATO by making “irresponsible statements” about a missile that struck Poland near the Ukrainian border. The missile crashed in a rural area in Poland on Tuesday, killing two …

A missile that hit Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences and not a Russian strike, Poland and NATO said on Wednesday, easing global concern that the war in Ukraine could spill across the border. Nevertheless, NATO’s chief said that Moscow, not Kyiv was ultimately to blame, …

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev has sounded the alarm, warning Russian government officials that the United States wants to weaken and destroy Russia. While Washington declares Russia “a source of instability”, it also fosters “anti-Russian alliances, builds up military strength, deploys NATO forces at our border,” Patrushev warned on …

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Ukraine’s conditions for ending the ongoing conflict and for restarting peace talks with Moscow have been “unrealistic and inadequate.” “I said again that all problems are with the Ukrainian side, which is categorically refusing negotiations and putting forward conditions that are obviously unrealistic,” …

Russia has roundly rejected reports its projectile crossed into Poland, which neighbors Ukraine, the site of an ongoing Russian special operation. On Tuesday, the Associated Press cited local Polish media outlets as claiming that two people had “died” earlier in the day after “a projectile struck an area where grain was drying …

Russia has slapped sanctions on 100 Canadians, banning them from entering the Russian Federation in reprisal for similar sanctions that have been imposed by Ottawa on hundreds of Russians over Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the bans on Monday, saying the affected individuals included officials, …

Russia warns the West against attempts to seize its frozen international reserves to be used as compensation for damage and loss in Ukraine, promising to do “everything possible” to stop the “plundering” of its assets. The West froze around half – or more than $300 billion – of Russia’s international …

Ukraine has received its first delivery of NASAMS and Aspide air defense systems, its defense chief says, as the West continues to pour advanced weapons into the ex-Soviet republic despite Russia’s warnings. In a tweet on Monday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said the received defense systems would “significantly strengthen” …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says 50,000 servicemen of mobilized Russian troops are now serving with the combat units in Ukraine, nearly nine months after Russia began a military operation in the ex-Soviet republic. During a visit to the Tver region, outside the capital Moscow, on Monday, the Russian leader said …

Ukraine has accused Russia of occupying empty homes in Kherson with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting, ahead of an expected Ukrainian offensive to recapture the southern city. The Ukrainian military said on Monday the Russian forces “disguised in civilian clothes, occupy the premises of civilians and …

British intelligence operatives are reportedly working to create and train a covert terrorist force in Ukraine assigned to attack Russian targets in Crimea on behalf of the Kiev government. Citing leaked documents, the Grayzone reported that UK intelligence operatives signed an agreement with Ukraine to build the so-called “partisan” terror …

A senior Russian official says Ukraine must stop using a grain export corridor for “terrorist attacks,” a few days after Moscow pulled out of a UN-brokered deal reached to facilitate grain deliveries. According to Press TV, Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, said on …

Russia has asked civilians to leave a swath of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro, and has accused Kiev of plotting to use prohibited methods of war against its forces in the region. Officials on Tuesday identified seven towns on the east bank that would now be evacuated, …

UK dismisses allegations as false, says they are aimed at diverting attention away from military failures in Ukraine. Russia has again accused the United Kingdom of carrying out attacks on the Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines, with Moscow saying it is considering what “further steps” to take over the alleged …

The resolution also calls on the global community to support the International Criminal Court in investigating those responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, according to Poland’s financial journal Bankier. “The heroic defense of independence by the citizens of Ukraine aroused the admiration of the entire free world,” the resolution …