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Nord Stream to resume gas flows after 10-day maintenance

Two sources confirmed the information to Reuters, amid fears of an imminent total suspension of Russian gas supplies.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Latest developments you need to know

Missile strikes, talks on easing grain blockade and a reward being offered to find Russian collaborators.

Europe News

Ukraine's financial situation is 'dire,' warns EU ambassador

The EU has released only €1 billion out of the €9 billion that was promised in financial aid.

Tech News

Russia fines Google €360m for failing to remove Ukraine war content

Russia's state media watchdog said that YouTube had repeatedly failed to take down "prohibited" videos.

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Russia

Journalist who staged TV protest over Ukraine war briefly detained

Marina Ovsyannikova said she had been released a few hours after her arrest.

Armenia

Housing prices in Yerevan surge as Russians flee to Armenia due to war

Rental prices in the Armenian capital have doubled since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in late February, reaching parity with those in major Russian centres like St Petersburg.

Georgia

Russian culture in Georgia: Residents angry about presence of music in capital

Some residents in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, are angry that they still hear Russian music throughout its streets.

Mobility

Europe cuts ties with Russia over Mars rover mission

The European Space Agency has officially terminated a joint European-Russian rover mission to Mars amid political tensions caused by the war in Ukraine.

Europe News

EU allows transit of some sanctioned Russian goods to Kaliningrad

Only a certain volume of sanctioned Russian goods, intended for civilian use only, will be allowed through the EU and into Kaliningrad.

Europe News

EU welcomes Canada's decision to return Russian turbine to Germany

Ukraine has criticised the move as a "dangerous" concession to Russia, which is under heavy Western sanctions.

Turkey

UN cautious over Ukraine claim that end to grain blockade is close

Military officials from the two countries are holding their first face-to-face meetings for months in Istanbul, to discuss a UN plan to export grain and ease global shortages.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five latest developments you need to know

Ukraine strikes Russian ammunitions depot, US and EU approve more funding for Kyiv, separatists open Moscow 'embassy'.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five latest developments you need to know

Russian strikes targets civilian infrastructure, Dutch PM visits Kyiv, Lithuania tightens restrictions on Kaliningrad and a tennis dispute over Kazakh player.

Ukraine

Ukraine denounces 'absolute terrorism' of Russian strikes

Russian forces have continued to hit targets across eastern Ukraine, with scores of civilians injured in recent days.

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Russian missile attacks continue in east Ukraine as US promises new aid

Residents in the small town of Druzhkivka, south of the eastern Ukrainian industrial city of Kramatorsk, wake up to three suspected missile attacks which ripped apart a supermarket's shop front and left a massive crater in front of the store.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five key developments to know about from Friday

A local politician sentences in Moscow, dire warnings about humanitarian conditions in eastern Ukraine, more US weapons for Kyiv and Russian athletes out of World Championships.

World News

Bulgaria and Greece open new gas pipeline to cut reliance on Russia

The 182-kilometre pipeline from Azerbaijan will connect to the two neighbouring EU countries and reduce dependency on Russian gas.

Russia

Moscow official gets seven years in prison for criticising Ukraine war

Gorinov is the first to be sentenced of at least 50 other Kremlin critics and activists put on trial for speaking out against Russia's invasion.

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Widower among mourners as three killed in Kharkiv

At least three people died and five more were injured on Thursday by Russian shelling in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, according to a regional emergency service. Natalia Kolesnik was among the victims.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five key developments you need to know from Thursday

An apparent pause in Russian operations, a new drone for Ukraine, and NATO ministers meet on a strategic border line.