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Ukraine war: Russia is preparing offensive in east, Pentagon says

The Pentagon’s latest assessment is that Russia is gearing up for, but has not yet begun, an intensified offensive in the Donbas. A senior US defence official said the Russians are moving more troops and material toward that area and are focusing many of their missile strikes there.

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Euroviews. The West must stand firm to combat Russia's threats to Ukraine | View

Russia's threatening behaviour towards Ukraine is also a test of Western resolve. It must be met by a united front from the US, the EU and NATO, as well as fresh sanctions, argues former MEP Geoffrey Van Orden.

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Russia's army build-up near Ukraine is different this time - experts

“What we see is a significant, large Russian military build-up. We see an unusual concentration of troops."

Ukraine

NATO expresses concern over Russia's troop build-up near Ukraine

Kyiv says about 90,000 Russian soldiers are stationed near the frontier.

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Crimea forever a part of Russia, says Putin

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move Western countries regard as illegitimate.

Ukraine

Kyiv hails Dutch court decision to return Crimean treasure to Ukraine

In what Kyiv hailed as a "victory", a Dutch court ruled a trove of cultural treasures from Crimea should be handed to the Ukrainian government.

Europe News

Energy security dominates EU-Ukraine summit as prices surge

The annual summit between Brussels and Kyiv was held in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday.

Ukraine

Russian elections in Crimea & eastern Ukraine are 'illegal', says Kyiv

Russia has distributed over 600,000 passports in pro-separatist eastern Ukraine in recent months to encourage residents to vote.

Ukraine

Ukraine 'has very significant international support' over Crimea

It comes as Ukraine marked 30 years since it decided to leave the Soviet Union.

Ukraine

‘Crimea is Ukraine’: Zelenskyy opens inaugural Crimea summit

Representatives of 46 nations and blocs attended the first international summit on the annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, a summit dismissed as an “anti-Russian event” by the Kremlin.

Russia

What is behind Russia and the West's recent Black Sea confrontations?

Western nations shouldn't shy away from tit-for-tat moves when Russia breaks maritime laws, a foreign policy expert told Euronews after a series of naval incidents in the Black Sea.

Russia

Vladimir Putin says US and UK both behind Black Sea 'provocation'

The episode was the latest to raise tensions between Russia and the West since Russia's annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.

World News

Britain denies Russia fired warning shots at Navy ship near Crimea

The Ministry of Defence says that the Russians were conducting exercises in the Black Sea.

Ukraine

UEFA tells Ukraine to remove 'political slogan' from EURO 2020 shirt

UEFA has told Ukraine that it must remove the slogan 'Glory to Our Heroes' from its EURO 2020 football shirt after a complaint from the Russian Football Union.

Russia

Russia complains to UEFA as Ukraine PM backs 'political' football kit

The Russian sports federation said Ukraine's Euro 2020 kit went against UEFA guidelines, while Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiyy has come out in support of the design.

Russia

Russia criticises Ukraine's EURO 2020 kit for featuring Crimea

Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 but Kyiv considers the move to have been illegal. The peninsula is regarded as occupied Ukrainian territory by the majority of governments worldwide.

Russia

Russia says it is withdrawing troops near Ukraine

Russia announced its military exercises on the border with Ukraine were over, and would be withdrawing the enormous build-up of troops that had been heavily criticised by Western powers.

Ukraine

Ukraine wants to speed up joining NATO to send 'real signal to Russia'

It comes amid rising tensions in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine

Could Ukraine-Russia border tension escalate into a fresh conflict?

'The peace process has stalled to an almost complete deadlock', says Atlantic Council's Ukraine expert Peter Dickinson.

Ukraine

Kyiv calls for new summit on seventh anniversary of Crimea annexation

Speaking in Paris, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for a new summit with Russia, France and Germany on the ongoing conflict in the Donbas region.