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Russia promises to drastically scale down its military operations

Russia promises to drastically scale down its military operations

-- 2022-03-29 19:02:05

Russia promised at peace talks on Tuesday to drastically scale down its military operations around Kyiv and the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, while Ukraine proposed neutral status with interna...

UK police to issue first 20 fines over Downing Street lockdown gatherings

UK police to issue first 20 fines over Downing Street lockdown gatherings

-- 2022-03-29 18:52:37

British police said on Tuesday that 20 fines would be issued over gatherings in Boris Johnson's offices and residence that broke coronavirus lockdown rules, sparking fresh calls for the prime minister...

European Central Bank plans currency exchange scheme for Ukrainian refugees

European Central Bank plans currency exchange scheme for Ukrainian refugees

-- 2022-03-29 18:29:37

The European Central Bank is ready to organise a scheme for millions of Ukrainian refugees to exchange their hryvnia currency into euros if the EU gives the ECB a guarantee that would cover the bank's...

Russia expels 10 Baltic diplomats in tit-for-tat response

Russia expels 10 Baltic diplomats in tit-for-tat response

-- 2022-03-29 18:04:18

Russia announced on Tuesday the expulsion of 10 diplomats from the three Baltic states in a tit-for-tat response, including three diplomats each from Estonia and Latvia, and four from Lithuania. The...

Ukraine, Russia resume peace talks with 'no handshake'

Ukraine, Russia resume peace talks with 'no handshake'

-- 2022-03-29 16:54:05

Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine before dawn on Tuesday as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in Turkey for the first face-to-face talks in nearly three weeks, with Kyiv seeking a ceasefire w...

Manchester City - Liverpool title race is spicing up

Manchester City - Liverpool title race is spicing up

Mahtab Jamil 2022-03-29 15:29:55

As the Premier League steps towards the business end of the season, an exciting two-way title race looks to be on the cards for football enthusiasts.  Premier League is known to be the most comp...

Russian billionaire Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered suspected poisoning

Russian billionaire Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered suspected poisoning

-- 2022-03-29 11:21:56

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border earlier this month, sources close to him say. The Chelsea FC owner -...

Ukraine sets ceasefire goal for new Russia talks

Ukraine sets ceasefire goal for new Russia talks

-- 2022-03-29 09:39:20

Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine before dawn on Tuesday as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators prepared to meet in Turkey for face-to-face talks, with Kyiv seeking a ceasefire without compromising...

Biden's remark on the end of Putin is alarming, says Kremlin

Biden's remark on the end of Putin is alarming, says Kremlin

-- 2022-03-28 19:29:01

The Kremlin said on Monday that US President Joe Biden's remark that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" was a cause for alarm, in a measured response to a public call from the United States for a...

Ukraine, Russia preparing for first face-to-face talks in two weeks

Ukraine, Russia preparing for first face-to-face talks in two weeks

-- 2022-03-28 19:24:43

Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, with Kyiv insisting it would make no concessions on ceding territory as battlefield momentum...

Russia working out methods for accepting payments for its gas exports in roubles

Russia working out methods for accepting payments for its gas exports in roubles

-- 2022-03-28 19:16:14

Russia is working out methods for accepting payments for its gas exports in roubles and it will take decisions in due course should European countries refuse to pay in the Russian currency, the Kremli...

Russia warns media not to report interview with Ukrainian president

Russia warns media not to report interview with Ukrainian president

-- 2022-03-28 13:48:06

Russia's communications watchdog told Russian media on Sunday to refrain from reporting an interview done with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and said it had started a probe into the outlets...

Russian forces have left Chernobyl workers' town,  mayor says

Russian forces have left Chernobyl workers' town, mayor says

-- 2022-03-28 10:57:23

Russian forces have left the Ukrainian town of Slavutych, home to workers at the defunct nuclear plant of Chernobyl, after completing their task of surveying it, the mayor said early on Monday. On Sa...

Russian-backed Ukrainian rebel region may vote to join Russia

Russian-backed Ukrainian rebel region may vote to join Russia

-- 2022-03-27 21:25:10

The Russian-backed eastern Ukrainian rebel region of Luhansk said on Sunday it may hold a referendum on joining Russia, drawing a warning from Kyiv that any such vote would have no legal basis and tri...

1,119 civilians so far killed in Ukraine since February 24, says UN

1,119 civilians so far killed in Ukraine since February 24, says UN

-- 2022-03-27 21:19:03

The United Nations human rights office said on Sunday that 1,119 civilians had so far been killed and 1,790 wounded in Ukraine from February 24 to March 26 in conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Som...

Ukrainian traders export first grain by train to Europe

Ukrainian traders export first grain by train to Europe

-- 2022-03-27 13:15:26

Traders have exported the first supplies of Ukrainian corn to Europe by train as the country's sea ports remain blocked due to the Russian invasion, APK-Inform agriculture consultancy said on Sunday....

New generation of Barcelona is ready to dominate

New generation of Barcelona is ready to dominate

Mahtab Jamil 2022-03-27 13:14:17

After a dominating win against Real Madrid in the last El Clasico, there is a huge sense of rejuvenation amongst the fans that Barcelona are back to their old exciting ways.  Barcelona’s b...

Rockets strike western Ukraine as Biden visits Poland, decries Putin

Rockets strike western Ukraine as Biden visits Poland, decries Putin

-- 2022-03-27 09:18:20

Rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, signalling a potential new front in Moscow's invasion as US President Joe Biden decried Russian President Vladimir Putin's power and soug...

Zelenskiy demands Western nations provide arms, asks if they're afraid of Russia

Zelenskiy demands Western nations provide arms, asks if they're afraid of Russia

-- 2022-03-27 08:38:01

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid of...

Ukrainian president urges energy producing countries to hike output

Ukrainian president urges energy producing countries to hike output

-- 2022-03-26 22:04:09

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on energy producing countries on Saturday to increase output so that Russia cannot use its oil and gas wealth to "blackmail" other nations. Addressing th...

Turkey deactivates a mine discovered in Bosphorus strait

Turkey deactivates a mine discovered in Bosphorus strait

-- 2022-03-26 21:53:29

Turkey's military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had drifted in from the Black Sea, setting off a loud explosion north of Istanbul, days after Russia warned several of them had washed away from U...

Iran, world powers close to agreement on reviving nuclear deal: EU diplomat

Iran, world powers close to agreement on reviving nuclear deal: EU diplomat

-- 2022-03-26 19:49:17

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said on Saturday Iran and world powers were "very close" to agreement on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, which would curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for lif...

Russian forces take control of Chernobyl workers’ town

Russian forces take control of Chernobyl workers’ town

-- 2022-03-26 17:36:19

Russian forces have taken control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, the governor of the Kyiv region said on Saturday, and fighting was reported in the streets of the...

War has killed 136 children so far, Ukraine says

War has killed 136 children so far, Ukraine says

-- 2022-03-26 13:23:28

The war in Ukraine has killed 136 children in the 31 days since the start of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's office of the prosecutor general said on Saturday in a message on the Telegram app. Of the...

US sees Russia prioritising eastern Ukraine, senior US defence official says

US sees Russia prioritising eastern Ukraine, senior US defence official says

-- 2022-03-26 11:19:56

The United States assesses that Russia is prioritising eastern Ukraine's Donbass, as opposed to Kyiv, in what could be an effort to build leverage in negotiations and cut off Ukrainian forces in the e...

Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back

Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back

-- 2022-03-25 17:31:29

Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to seize the capital are falling back on overextended supply lines, Britain said on Friday, one of the strong...

300 dead in Russian airstrike on theatre in Mariupol 

300 dead in Russian airstrike on theatre in Mariupol 

-- 2022-03-25 17:17:28

About 300 people died in a Russian airstrike last week on a theater being used as a bomb shelter in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the city’s government said Friday, citing eyewitnesse...

US assesses up to 60pc failure rate for some Russian missiles

US assesses up to 60pc failure rate for some Russian missiles

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-25 14:17:11

The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60 per cent for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine, three US officials with knowledge of t...

Western sanctions won't sway Kremlin, says Russia's former president Medvedev

Western sanctions won't sway Kremlin, says Russia's former president Medvedev

-- 2022-03-25 13:50:33

It is "foolish" to believe that Western sanctions against Russian businesses could have any effect on the Moscow government, Russian ex-president and deputy head of security council Dmitry Medvedev wa...

West assails Russian 'barbarism' as Ukrainians shelter from bombardment

West assails Russian 'barbarism' as Ukrainians shelter from bombardment

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-25 10:37:06

Western leaders piled on military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine on Thursday and denounced Moscow's invasion of its neighbour as "barbarism" as thousands in besieged cities sheltered underground fro...