Russia鈥檚 top diplomat to visit Turkey Monday
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Monday, which marks the third anniversary of Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, Turkish diplomatic sources said Sunday.
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UK to unveil sweeping sanctions against Russia
London will unveil a significant package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, which marks three years since the start of its war with Ukraine, UK foreign secretary David Lammy said Sunday.
Russia sells famed imperial prison at auction
A notorious Russian prison complex that once housed jailed revolutionaries, toppled ministers and Soviet dissidents will be turned into a hotel, restaurants, museum and art gallery after being sold at auction on Friday, the site鈥檚 new owner said....
Walls close in on Zelensky
Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks. But in the capital Kyiv, the ground is shifting rapidly beneath president Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 feet...
Zelensky accuses Trump of living in Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�, deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration...
UKRAINE WAR: Russia, US to name negotiators
Washington said Russia and the United States will name teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, as the superpowers met on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia without Kyiv or the EU.
UN expert sounds alarm on 2,000 鈥榩olitical prisoners鈥� in Russia
The first anniversary of Alexei Navalny鈥檚 death in jail is a stark reminder that Moscow is holding 鈥榤ore than 2,000 political prisoners鈥�, the UN鈥檚 expert on rights in Russia said on Monday.
Top Russia, US officials to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting the countries鈥� fractured relations and possibly paving the way to ending the Ukraine war...
Russians risk reprisals to visit Navalny grave on death anniv
At least 1,500 Russians came to the grave of Alexei Navalny in Moscow Sunday, risking reprisals and braving freezing temperatures to pay their respects to the opposition leader on the first anniversary of his death in prison.
Russian army captures village in eastern Ukraine
Russia鈥檚 army on Saturday claimed to have captured a village in Ukraine鈥檚 eastern Donetsk region close to a road linking key towns as Moscow slowly eats up territory.
Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order
Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks....
Trump, Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine
US president Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he expected to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders...
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:聽Red Cross probes fate of 50,000 missing
The Red Cross said on Thursday it was trying to find out what happened to nearly 50,000 people who have disappeared in the past three years of Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine.
Significant part of Ukraine wants to be Russia: Kremlin
The Kremlin said Tuesday that a 鈥榮ignificant part鈥� of Ukraine 鈥榳ants to be Russia,鈥� hours after US president Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine 鈥榤ay be Russian someday.鈥�...
Russia, Ukraine trade strikes on energy sites
Kyiv and Moscow traded long-range attacks on each other鈥檚 energy infrastructure overnight, officials in the warring countries said Tuesday, allegedly sparking a fire at a Russian oil refinery and fresh power restrictions in Ukraine.
Kovac plots Dortmund revival
Fresh from defeat on his Borussia Dortmund debut, coach Niko Kovac was confident his struggling side -- Champions League finalists in June -- were closer to a return to form than many think...
Russia claims east Ukraine village near strategic town
Russia said on Sunday that its forces had captured the eastern Ukrainian village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, near the strategic military hub of Chasiv Yar that Moscow is attempting to seize...
Baltic nations disconnect from Russian power grid
The three Baltic states on Saturday cut ties with Russia鈥檚 power grid to join the European Union鈥檚 network, the culmination of a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine.
Russian strikes kill three in Ukraine
Russian strikes on the Ukrainian border region of Sumy overnight killed three people who were pulled from the rubble of a two-story residential building, prosecutors said on Friday.
Russia posts strong economic growth in 2024
Russia reported strong economic growth for 2024 on Friday as record spending on the military offensive against Ukraine outweighed the impact of Western sanctions.
Kyiv captures 909 Russian troops over Kursk operation
Ukraine said on Thursday it had captured more than 900 Russian troops over six months of fighting in the western Russian Kursk region...
Russia, Ukraine exchange 300 POWs
Russia and Ukraine each said on Wednesday that 150 of their captured soldiers had been returned in the latest prisoner-of-war exchange between the two warring countries...
Russian missile kills five in east Ukraine
A Russian missile attack Tuesday on the Ukrainian city of Izyum, briefly occupied by Russia in 2022, killed five people and wounded more than four dozen others, officials said...
Ukraine strikes more oil facilities in western Russia
Ukraine on Monday stepped up its bombing campaign of Russian energy sites with aerial attacks on two oil facilities in the west of the country, Kyiv鈥檚 military said.
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for attack on Kursk school
Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday for a strike on a school in a Ukrainian-occupied town in Russia鈥檚 Kursk region, while Kyiv said new missile and drone attacks killed at least 18 people in Ukraine.
Russia fired 42 missiles, 123 drones at Ukraine
Russia fired 42 missiles and 123 drones including decoys at Ukraine overnight in a barrage that damaged buildings and left several people dead, the Ukrainian air force said on Saturday.
Russian drone barrage kills four in east Ukraine
A Russian drone attack that targeted cities across Ukraine killed at least four people in a Soviet-era residential block in the eastern city of Sumy, the interior ministry said.
Syria鈥檚 rulers urge Russia to fix past mistakes
Syria鈥檚 new leadership on Wednesday urged Moscow to 鈥榓ddress past mistakes鈥� during talks with visiting Russian officials 鈥� the first since former president Bashar al-Assad, a Kremlin ally, was toppled last month...
Russian captures village in Ukraine鈥檚 Kharkiv region
Russia鈥檚 army said on Tuesday its forces had captured a large village in Ukraine鈥檚 northeastern Kharkiv region, the latest territorial gain for Moscow鈥檚 advancing troops as Kyiv warned of intense fighting in two other key frontline towns.
Putin ready to talk to Trump, waits for signals: Kremlin
Russian president Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to US counterpart Donald Trump but is waiting for signals from Washington first, the Kremlin said on Friday, fuelling expectations the two would be in contact.