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West to expel key Russian banks from global payments system

-- 2022-02-27 08:52:08

Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking key Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukr...

Ukrainian forces put up ‘determined resistance’ to Russia's invasion, US official claims

-- 2022-02-26 23:09:14

Ukrainian forces are putting up "very determined resistance" to Russia's invasion, a US defence official said on Saturday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy struck a defiant tone on the stree...

Selfie video: Ukrainian president’s favourite style in addressing the nation

-- 2022-02-26 20:52:29

The morning after Russian missiles rained down on Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the nation in his favourite style: the selfie video. Unshaven, wearing a khaki jacket and fla...

France seizes Russian ship for violating sanctions

-- 2022-02-26 19:36:35

French sea police seized a ship on Saturday that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company targeted by European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine, a government official told Reuters. The...

Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion, around 100,000 reach Poland in two days

-- 2022-02-26 18:46:26

Refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine continued to pour across its western borders on Saturday, with around 100,000 reaching Poland in two days, finding temporary sanctuary in sports halls and...

Russian pounds Ukraine for third day, captures first city

-- 2022-02-26 18:21:20

Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv with artillery and cruise missiles on Saturday for the third day running and Russia's Interfax news agency said they had captured the...

Russian invasion disrupts internet in Ukraine

-- 2022-02-26 18:01:43

Internet connectivity in Ukraine has been badly affected by the Russian invasion, particularly in the southern and eastern parts of the country where fighting has been heaviest, internet blockage obse...

Canadian stores remove Russian vodka from shelves after Ukraine invasion

-- 2022-02-26 17:58:17

Canadian liquor stores are removing Russian vodka and other Russian made alcoholic beverages from their shelves in an act of condemnation over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. After weeks of warnings fr...

Ukraine war will have long-lasting consequences for French farming sector, Macron says

-- 2022-02-26 14:16:44

The war in Ukraine, and heavy sanctions Western powers have taken against Russia, will have long-lasting and serious consequences for the French farming sector, the European Union's biggest, French Pr...

Russian forces launch missile strikes on Ukrainian cities

-- 2022-02-26 13:51:19

Russian forces launched coordinated missile and artillery attacks on Ukrainian cities on Saturday including the capital, Kyiv, where gunfire erupted near government buildings in the city centre, milit...

Ukraine says its two commercial ships hit by Russian missiles near Odessa port

-- 2022-02-26 13:43:39

Ukraine said Russian warships shelled a Moldovan-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship due to load grain near Odessa port in the Black Sea on Friday, one day after Russia began a...

Russia-West relations at 'point of no return': Russia

-- 2022-02-26 11:40:41

Relations between Russia and the West are approaching the point of no return, TASS news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Friday, Reuters reports. The imposition...

Russia vetoes UN Security action on Ukraine, China abstains

-- 2022-02-26 11:37:57

Russia vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution on Friday that would have deplored Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, while China abstained from the vote - a move Western countries view as a win for s...

Street fighting underway in Kyiv; residents urged to seek shelter

-- 2022-02-26 11:22:33

Kyiv officials are warning residents that street fighting is underway against Russian forces, and they are urging people to seek shelter. The warning issued Saturday advised residents to remain in sh...

Ukraine military says it repelled Russian assault on Kyiv base

-- 2022-02-26 10:37:52

Russian troops attacked an army base located on a main avenue in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv but the assault was repelled, the Ukrainian military said early on Saturday. Separately, the Interfax Uk...

Zelensky accepts Putin’s proposal, ready to negotiate peace and ceasefire

-- 2022-02-26 10:19:22

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal and is ready to negotiate peace and a ceasefire, Zelensky’s press secretary Sergey Nikifo...

Relations between Russia and West at 'point of no return', Russian foreign ministry says

-- 2022-02-26 09:45:29

Relations between Russia and the West are approaching the point of no return, TASS news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Friday. The imposition of sanctions aga...

Russia limits access to Facebook amid Ukraine invasion

-- 2022-02-26 09:38:34

Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform's stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine. Russia's communications regulator Rosk...

Fighting reaches the outskirts of Ukrainian capital

-- 2022-02-26 09:01:16

The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces in the worst E...

Russian forces close in on Ukraine's capital

-- 2022-02-25 22:55:20

Russian missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday, families cowered in shelters and authorities told residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend Ukraine's capital as fighting was reported in the outskirts...

Putin tells Ukrainian military to seize power in their country

-- 2022-02-25 21:20:59

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to seize power in their country on Friday, a day after Moscow launched an invasion of its southern neighbour. "I once again appeal to...

Putin ready to send delegation to Minsk for negotiations with Ukraine, Kremlin says

-- 2022-02-25 20:33:42

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, for negotiations with representatives of Ukraine. The Kremlin came up with the statement on Friday aft...

Missiles hit Kyiv as Russian forces press advances

-- 2022-02-25 18:45:22

Missiles pounded Ukraine's capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and authorities in Kyiv said they were preparing for an assault aimed at overthrowing the government. Air raid sir...

Ukraine ready for talks with Russia on neutral status

-- 2022-02-25 18:31:35

Ukraine wants peace and is ready for talks with Russia, including on neutral status regarding NATO, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters on Friday. "If talks are possible, th...

Russia will impose retaliatory sanctions on Western nations, Kremlin says

-- 2022-02-25 18:22:13

Russia will impose retaliatory sanctions on Western nations on the basis of reciprocity, the Kremlin said on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said sanctions would cause problems for Russia but...

5.0m Ukrainians could flee abroad as fuel, cash, medical supplies running low

-- 2022-02-25 18:16:56

Fuel, cash and medical supplies are running low in parts of Ukraine after Russia's invasion, which could drive up to 5 million people to flee abroad, UN aid agencies said on Friday. At least 100,000...

Cutting Russia off SWIFT is ‘very last resort’, says French finance minister

-- 2022-02-25 17:58:28

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday the option of cutting off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system remained open, but that he viewed this only as a last resort. Th...

Cannot stop Russian warships accessing Black Sea, says Turkish foreign minister

-- 2022-02-25 17:05:27

Turkey cannot stop Russian warships accessing the Black Sea via its straits, as Ukraine has requested, due to a clause in an international pact that allows vessels to return to their home base, the Tu...

Ukraine reports higher Chernobyl radiation levels

-- 2022-02-25 16:42:52

Ukraine's nuclear agency has said it was recording increased radiation levels from the site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Experts at the agency did not provide exact radiation levels...

Protesters in cities from Tokyo to New York condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine

-- 2022-02-25 12:25:47

Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday to denounce the invasion of Ukraine -- while more than a thousand who tr...