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Ukraine shoots down drones as Russia attacks Kyiv

-- 2022-12-14 17:32:00

Ukrainian forces shot down 13 drones on Wednesday, officials said, as Russia launched its first major drone attack on the capital in weeks. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said explosions had rocked the...

Russia burns through 40-year-old ammo in Ukraine invasion, US official says

-- 2022-12-13 16:17:14

Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior US military official said on M...

Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, US official says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:42:48

Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior US military official sai...

Ukraine president again presses West for advanced weapons

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:01:13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed Western leaders again on Monday to provide more advanced weapons to help his country in its war with Russia, and he repeated his calls for Russian force...

G7 considers more air defence for Ukraine as fighting rages

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 09:47:22

Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in eastern and southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian General Staff said, as global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv's military capabilities wit...

Zelensky's talks with other leaders signal diplomatic flurry around Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 10:17:04

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US President Joe Biden and with the leaders of Turkey and France on Sunday, an increase in diplomatic activity around the war started by Ru...

Germany to tighten gun laws after suspected coup plot

-- 2022-12-11 17:34:28

Germany plans to tighten its gun laws in the wake of a suspected plot by a far-right group to violently overthrow the government and install a minor royal as national leader, its interior minister sai...

Russia drones smash power network in Ukraine's Odesa, could take months to repair

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-11 09:45:38

All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, offici...

Nobel awards to take place in Stockholm with full glitz and glamour

-- 2022-12-10 18:23:28

Nobel laureates congregated in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Saturday for the first fully in-person award ceremonies complete with a formal banquet since the COVID-19 pandemic that curtailed events...

EU states gear up for talks on gas price cap, but compromise elusive

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-10 12:44:15

European Union countries are preparing for extraordinary negotiations on Saturday aimed at finalising a deal on a gas price cap that has divided the 27-country bloc. EU states have debated for...

Ukraine gets more US aid as Russia-Iran ties worry

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-10 10:13:40

The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine on Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved Moscow seeking hundreds of ballistic m...

Japan, Britain and Italy to build joint jet fighter

-- 2022-12-09 15:13:58

Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a ground-breaking partnership spanning Europe and Asia that is Japan's first major industrial defence collaboration b...

Ukraine: Russia put rocket launchers at nuclear power plant

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 09:55:03

Russian forces have installed multiple rocket launchers at Ukraine's shut-down Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials claimed Thursday, raising fears Europe's largest atomic power stati...

EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute

-- 2022-12-07 20:15:31

The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price that airlines have to pay when they emit planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions, adding pressure to th...

Germany arrests 25 suspected of far-right plot to overthrow state

-- 2022-12-07 15:48:32

German authorities on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state, with some members suspected o...

Ukraine appears to show ability to strike far inside Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 10:26:48

A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres into Russia with attacks on two air bases....

Italy ageing faster than EU peers, population drops below 59 million

REUTERS 2022-12-06 12:45:56

Italy's population has dropped below 59 million and the country is ageing at a much faster rate than its European Union peers, national statistical agency Istat said on Monday. A shrinking and ageing...

Prince Harry says UK royal household plays 'dirty game'

-- 2022-12-06 11:33:44

Prince Harry said Britain's royal household regularly leak stories about each other, calling it "a dirty game" in a new trailer released on Monday for the much-anticipated Netflix documentary series a...

Ukraine warns of emergency blackouts after more missile hits

-- 2022-12-06 10:05:07

Ukraine warned there would be emergency blackouts once again in several regions as it repaired damage from missile attacks it said destroyed homes and knocked out power, while Moscow accused Kyiv of a...

Zelensky urges residents to be strong as Ukraine races to restore power

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-05 11:45:17

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukrainians to be patient and strong in resisting the rigours of winter, as officials pressed ahead with efforts to restore power and other services knocked out...

Macron says West should consider Russian guarantee

-- 2022-12-04 18:31:30

The West should consider how to address Russia's need for security guarantees if President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said...

Russia says it won't accept oil price cap and is preparing response

-- 2022-12-04 16:56:48

Russia "will not accept" a price cap on its oil and is analysing how to respond, the Kremlin said in comments reported on Saturday, in response to a deal by Western powers aimed at limiting a key sour...

Russia says 'dangerous' price cap won't curb demand for its oil

-- 2022-12-03 20:13:03

Russia said on Saturday it would continue to find buyers for its oil, despite what it said was a "dangerous" attempt by Western governments to introduce a price cap on its oil exports. A coalition of...

Ukraine grain exports down 29.6pc so far in 2022/23 season

-- 2022-12-03 17:38:17

Ukraine has exported almost 18.1 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2022/23 season, down 29.6 per cent from the 25.8 million tonnes exported by the same stage of the previous season, agriculture mi...

Zelensky's chief of staff: Price cap on Russian oil should be lowered to $30 a barrel

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-03 15:10:34

The price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil agreed to by the Group of Seven nations and Australia on Friday should be lowered to $30 per barrel to hit Russia's economy harder, a senior Ukrainian presi...

Ukrainian embassies across Europe receive 'bloody packages' containing animal eyes

-- 2022-12-03 12:38:27

Ukraine's embassy in Madrid received a parcel containing animal eyes on Friday, the latest in a series of similar "bloody packages" sent to its diplomatic missions across Europe, Ukrainian and Spanish...

Kyiv schools adapt to survive under Russian bombardment

-- 2022-12-03 11:35:24

Despite the missile strikes and power cuts that have become a regular occurrence in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv's 190,000 remaining school children are still expected to attend classes, whether online or...

Ukraine war shows Europe too reliant on US, Finland PM says

-- 2022-12-03 10:34:51

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown that Europe is too reliant on the United States for its own security, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday. Speaking at a think tank in Sydney, Aus...

Putin open to talks, diplomacy on Ukraine: Kremlin

-- 2022-12-02 18:32:21

President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was prepare...

Over 10,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war

-- 2022-12-02 17:45:34

A top adviser to Ukraine’s president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country’s nine-month struggle against Russia’s in...