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President Vladimir Putin announced victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steelworks. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin …

Russian troops on Monday captured the east Ukraine town of Kreminna, local authorities said, as Kyiv’s armed forces launched salvos on Russian forces in the nearby settlement of Rubizhne. “There was a major attack in the night” from Sunday to Monday in Kreminna, the Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said …

The ongoing conflict has not interrupted energy supplies Russia continues to supply natural gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory without interruptions, the spokesman for Russian energy major Gazprom, Sergey Kupriyanov, told the media on Monday. “Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through Ukrainian territory in accordance with requests of European …

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday. They also talked about “the problems of the Middle East settlement in the context of escalating tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” the Kremlin …

Ukrainian president said that his country is not prepared to give up its territories Ukraine is not prepared to give up its territories and is ready, if needed, to fight with Russia “for ten years,” the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said that for …

Several hours after the surrender deadline, there was no sign of compliance by the last standing Ukrainian fighters in the strategic port city. A Russian ultimatum for the last remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender has expired, as Moscow seems poised for a major strategic victory in the southeastern …

Moscow reported hitting 16 targets in Ukraine overnight Russia used high-precision strikes to destroy an armored-vehicle manufacturing plant in Kiev and a military repair depot in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. He added that 16 targets were hit …

Russia has banned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior ministers from entering Russia over the UK’s “hostile” stance on the war in Ukraine. Russian foreign ministry has said it has barred entry to the country for the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, the …

The presidential candidate says costs will soar if the EU bans Russian energy The US should compensate France for losses if the EU bans Russian energy carriers, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said in an interview with BFM TV. “The Americans, who will sell us liquefied gas and get …

Russia’s FSB security service on Friday said it had detained four members of an extremist militant group in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow and said one was preparing a “terrorist attack,” the TASS news agency reported. The four were members of the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group, it said.

A Finnish cabinet minister said Friday it was “highly likely” that Finland would apply for NATO membership, just hours after Russia warned of unspecified “consequences” should Helsinki and Stockholm join the military alliance. Moscow’s February 24 attack on Ukraine has sparked a dramatic U-turn in public and political opinion in …

A Ukrainian military factory outside Kyiv that produced missiles allegedly used to hit Russia’s Moskva warship was destroyed by overnight Russian strikes, an AFP journalist at the scene saw Friday. A workshop and an administrative building at the Vizar plant, which lies near Kyiv’s international Zhuliany airport, were seriously damaged. …

Canada will deploy up to 150 military personnel to Poland to support Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war and address a growing refugee crisis at Poland’s border with Ukraine, Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday. More than half of the over 4.5 million who have left since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion …

G20 host Indonesia said on Thursday Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov had confirmed he plans to attend virtually next week’s meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies. Indonesian finance ministry official Wempi Saputra also told a briefing that Jakarta was considering whether …

Two attack helicopters reportedly entered Russian airspace and delivered at least six strikes on residential buildings Russia has claimed that two Ukrainian helicopters were responsible for an attack on the border village of Klimovo in the Bryansk Region on Thursday, which left seven people injured. The incident had earlier been …

Russia’s security service said on Thursday that a border post in the Bryansk region had been fired at with mortars from Ukraine in the latest of a series of reported cross-border attacks that Moscow has said may trigger an escalation of the conflict. No one was injured in the incident …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow will work to re-direct its energy eastward as European countries try to reduce reliance on Russian exports, adding that Europe will not be able to completely shun Russian gas immediately. Russia has been forging closer ties with Asia and China, the …

The $800 million package includes cannons, radars, armored vehicles, and helicopters Washington is expanding the range of weapons deliveries to Ukraine to include artillery, armored vehicles, and helicopters, the Pentagon revealed on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden credited the $2.6 billion in weapons he has supplied to Kiev since February …

Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after Moscow said peace talks with Ukraine had reached a dead end, feeding worries about tight supplies even after U.S. crude stocks rose by more than 9 million barrels. Brent crude was up $1.94, or 1.9%, to $106.58 a barrel by 11:03 a.m. (1508 …

Russia on Wednesday told Ukraine to “watch out” after its former Soviet neighbor captured pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk, turning down Kyiv’s offer of a swap with a warning that those holding him might soon be detained themselves. Medvedchuk, one of President Vladimir Putin’s close allies in Ukraine, was shown handcuffed …