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Time to get tougher with Russia's Putin, UK tells West

-- 2022-03-10 10:17:15

British foreign minister Liz Truss will call on the West on Thursday to get tougher with Russian President Vladimir Putin for shattering "the architecture of global security" over Ukraine and to tight...

Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children's hospital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-10 10:07:54

Russia's war in Ukraine entered its third week on Thursday with none of its key objectives reached despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made refugees, and thousands forced to cowe...

Ukraine says Russia breaks ceasefire, holds hostage over 400,000 people in Mariupol

-- 2022-03-09 21:49:44

Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of breaking a ceasefire to prevent the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the besieged port of Mariupol, where the Red Cross has described...

US has a military biological programme in Ukraine, Moscow alleges

-- 2022-03-09 21:29:48

Russia on Wednesday sought the explanation of the United States about a military biological programme in Ukraine, claimed by Moscow. However, Washington has already dismissed the allegation as "absur...

New ceasefire brings little progress in evacuating Ukrainian civilians

-- 2022-03-09 19:23:37

Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, but there were only limited signs of progress in providing escape routes for hundreds of thousands of pe...

Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant

-- 2022-03-09 18:31:22

Radioactive substances could be released from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it cannot cool spent nuclear fuel after its power connection was severed, Ukraine’s state-run nuclea...

IMF likely to approve $1.4b in emergency funding for Ukraine

-- 2022-03-09 16:15:45

The International Monetary Fund's executive board is poised to approve on Wednesday $1.4 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine to help it respond to Russia's invasion, IMF Managing Director Kristal...

NATO countries must act together on fighter jets for Ukraine, says Poland

-- 2022-03-09 15:29:19

Any supply of fighter jets to Ukraine must be done through NATO, top Polish officials said on Wednesday, after Washington rejected Poland's offer to fly all its MIG-29 jets to a US airbase with a view...

Russia pledges 'silence' for Ukrainians to flee battered cities

-- 2022-03-09 10:41:58

Russia said it is ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities, as the number of refugees created by the biggest assault on a European c...

Superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Abramovich leaves Barcelona

-- 2022-03-09 10:30:25

A superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich left Barcelona on Tuesday where it had been undergoing repairs in a local shipyard, ship-tracking data showed. The 140-meter (460-foot) Solari...

Russia releases list of ‘unfriendly’ countries

-- 2022-03-08 21:44:21

Moscow has approved a list of countries and territories taking ‘unfriendly actions’ against Russia, its companies and citizens after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From now on, Russi...

Ukraine helps evacuate 20,000 Indian students

-- 2022-03-08 19:11:33

Ukraine's government has helped evacuate about 20,000 Indian students from areas attacked by Russian forces but another 2,000 foreign students are still trapped in besieged towns and cities, Ukrainian...

WHO says attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increase rapidly

-- 2022-03-08 17:38:04

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health care facilities in Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent days and warned the country is running...

2.0m refugees fleeing Ukraine, UN says

-- 2022-03-08 17:24:50

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine reached 2.0 million on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the fastest exodus Europe has seen since World War II. "Today the outflow of refugees from Ukra...

Russian airstrike kills 21 civilians in Ukraine's Sumy city

-- 2022-03-08 16:46:57

At least 21 civilians, including two children, were killed in a Russian airstrike on a residential street in Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy late on Monday, the regional prosecutor's office said i...

Zelenskiy to address British lawmakers

-- 2022-03-08 15:27:23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address British lawmakers via videolink in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the first time a president of another country has addressed the main Westminste...

Russia warns West against oil import ban

-- 2022-03-08 14:07:00

A Western ban on Russian oil imports may more than double the price to $300 a barrel and prompt the closure of the main gas pipeline to Germany, Moscow warned on Monday, as talks on Ukraine hardly adv...

World Bank approves $723m in loans and grants for Ukraine

-- 2022-03-08 11:24:34

The World Bank said its executive board on Monday approved a $723 million package of loans and grants for Ukraine, providing desperately needed government budget support as the country battles a Russi...

Second Russian senior commander killed in war, says Ukraine

-- 2022-03-08 10:51:43

Ukraine's military intelligence said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces have killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die in the invasion. Majo...

Moscow says residents of Kyiv and Kharkiv can flee to Belarus, Russia

-- 2022-03-07 21:04:17

Moscow said on Monday it would provide corridors for residents of Ukraine's two main cities to flee to Russia and Belarus, a move Ukraine called an immoral stunt to exploit the suffering of civilians...

Boris Johnson rejects calls to allow Ukraine refugees in UK

-- 2022-03-07 20:41:21

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Monday to ease UK visa demands for Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict, saying Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on...

Foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine to meet Thursday in Turkey

-- 2022-03-07 19:28:40

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba have agreed to meet at a forum in southern Turkey on Thursday, the first potential talks between the top diplomats si...

Russia will halt military action if Ukraine meets four conditions, Kremlin says

-- 2022-03-07 18:40:38

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia will halt its military action ‘in a moment’ if Ukraine met its conditions. “Russia is demanding that Ukraine cease military action, c...

Modi urges Putin to hold direct talks with Zelensky

-- 2022-03-07 16:57:43

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold direct talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone conversation on Monday, according to an Indian go...

Russia boycotts UN court hearings on Ukrainian war

-- 2022-03-07 16:30:02

Russia on Monday boycotted hearings at the UN’s highest court during which Ukraine will argue that Moscow has falsely applied genocide law in justifying its invasion and will seek an emergency o...

Russia announces ceasefire in Kyiv to open humanitarian corridors

-- 2022-03-07 12:35:24

Russia's military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday, the Defence Ministry said, after fighting halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casua...

Ukraine, Russia to face off at UN's top court over genocide claim

-- 2022-03-07 11:18:31

Ukraine will ask the United Nations' top court on Monday to issue an emergency ruling requiring Russia to stop its invasion, arguing that Moscow's justification for the attack is based on a faulty int...

More than 4,300 detained at anti-war protests across Russia

-- 2022-03-07 10:40:24

Police detained more than 4,300 people on Sunday at Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent protest monitoring group, reports Reuters....

Fighting traps residents in Mariupol

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-07 09:35:41

Fighting stopped about 200,000 people from evacuating the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol for a second day in a row on Sunday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press ahead with his inv...

Ukraine's Mariupol evacuation fails again, stranding civilians under siege

-- 2022-03-06 21:59:29

An attempt to evacuate residents from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol collapsed for a second day on Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said, blaming an insuff...