The ruble’s rebound has left it more than 30 percent stronger against the dollar than it was before Russia invaded Ukraine. The ruble’s blistering rebound picked up pace on Monday, ratcheting up pressure on Russia to ease a key…
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Finland formally applied to join NATO on Wednesday, alongside Sweden, amid concerns for its long-term security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Sanna Marin tells an Italian newspaper that there is no indication from the alliance…
Former US President George W Bush appears to admit the 2003 invasion of Iraq was ‘wholly unjustified, brutal’ in a speech about the Russian war on Ukraine. Former United States President George W Bush has decried the “wholly unjustified…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 86th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Friday, May 20. Fighting Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region has been “completed destroyed” by Russian forces, Ukrainian…
Erdogan says he does not want Swedish or Finnish delegations to visit Ankara to try to change Turkey’s stance Ankara has accused NATO membership applicants Sweden and Finland of harbouring ‘terrorists’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 84th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Wednesday, May 18. Fighting The fate of Ukrainian fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 83rd day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Tuesday, May 17. Fighting More than 260 Ukrainian fighters have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy condemned the attacks in Donetsk and said Russian troops are at ‘a dead end’ in Ukraine As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 82nd day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key…
If confirmed, it would mark the first time a Russian has been killed inside the country by Ukraine shelling since Moscow’s invasion in February. One person was killed and seven were wounded in a Russian village bordering Ukraine in…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 78th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Thursday, May 12. Fighting Ukrainian forces are keeping up a counterattack to the north of the second…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 77th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Wednesday, May 11. Fighting The governor of Kharkiv region said attacks are intensifying, particularly in…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 76th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Tuesday, May 10. Fighting Air raid sirens sounded across several regions early on Tuesday, including…
Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev covered with red paint thrown by protesters in Warsaw Ambassador hit with red paint thrown by pro-Ukraine activists in Warsaw on Russia’s WWII Victory Day. Protesters in Poland have thrown red paint…
President Putin watches the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on Monday Russian forces and Donbas volunteers are ‘fighting for the Motherland so no one forgets the lessons of World War II’, says Vladimir…
Russian service members march during a parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in Red Square in central Moscow Putin did not mention Ukraine by name, gave…
People receive bread during the distribution of humanitarian aid in the southern port city of Mariupol As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 75th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so…
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Zelensky’s Iconic Fleece Jacket Sold For Over $111,000 At Ukraine Fundraiser
A fleece jacket worn and signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sold for $111,000, at a fundraiser for Ukraine in London. The fleece jacket worn by Zelensky is now a clothing associated with the Ukrainian leader as he…
The Azovstal steel mill is the last holdout against Russian forces in Mariupol, Ukraine The pledge comes as the most senior Russian government official yet to set foot in Mariupol welcomes the ‘restoration of peace’ in ‘liberated’ cities. Ukrainian…
A girl looks through the bus window as civilians evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol arrive at a temporary accommodation centre in the village of Bezimenne Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more than 300 civilians have…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 74th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here are the key events so far on Sunday, May 8. Fighting Russian air attacks on a school in the Ukrainian village of Bilohorivka killed…