World News Ukraine says starting EU membership negotiations is a top priority Ukraine's president says starting EU accession talks this year will be a strong motivation for the country as it fights Russia's invasion. 25/10/2023
World News Ukraine War: 1,500 people huddle in cellars as Russia shells Avdiivka Volunteers deliver food supplies to the last remaining residents of a coalfield town that was home to 30,000 before Moscow's full-scale assault began 24/10/2023
North Korea Russia-North Korea relationship on a 'new level,' says Sergei Lavrov Sergei Lavrov thanked North Korea for its strong support for Russia’s war on Ukraine, claiming the bilateral relationship has reached a "new strategic level" 19/10/2023
Russia Euroviews. The Israel-Hamas war is the latest proof Russia is an agent of chaos Russia’s leadership doesn’t even have a stable, non-contradictory set of principles or values it adheres to, and its hodgepodge of narratives shows it is trying to fuel any conflict it can, all with the goal of carving out an empire for itself, Aleksandar Đokić writes. 18/10/2023
World News Ukraine War: Three people killed in Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine The latest attacks come a day after Ukraine announced it had used US-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles against Russia for the first time. 18/10/2023
North Korea Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in North Korea Kim Jong-un visited Russia in September, when he met Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome and inspected fighter jets at an aircraft factory in Russia’s far east. 18/10/2023
China Beijing: Putin and Xi call for close policy coordination China is a key purchaser of Russian oil and gas, providing Moscow with an economic lifeline in the face of punishing Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine. 18/10/2023
China Vladimir Putin meets Xi Jinping at major Chinese summit Russia's war on Ukraine and alleged support for Hamas will both loom over Putin's appearance at the 'Belt and Road' event. 17/10/2023
Ukraine Reports of difficulties in Russian advance near Avdiivka Ukrainian General Staff report forces repelled more than 15 Russian assaults near Avdiivka, as well as northwest and southwest of the settlement. 16/10/2023
Ukraine Qatar says it has repatriated Ukrainian children taken by Russia Children in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine have been variously removed or forced to sit school lessons in Russian. 16/10/2023
Ukraine Six killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine in 24 hours At least six people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local officials reported Sunday. 15/10/2023
Ukraine No significant breakthrough by Russian forces around Avdiivka The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has observed simultaneous attacks to the northwest, west, and south of Avdiivka using armoured assault groups, rotary wing aircraft, and concentrated artillery. 13/10/2023
Russia IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian regions Russia has been proscribed by multiple international sports bodies over the last decade for doping violations and geopolitical aggression. 12/10/2023
USA Russia fails in its bid to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council Member states voted to suspend Russia last year after its invasion of Ukraine 11/10/2023
Russia 'The Kremlin doesn't care': Ex-Wagner fighters cause havoc in Russia Letting convicts loose in a war zone and then releasing them back into society shows the state has "little regard for ordinary people", one expert told Euronews. 10/10/2023
Ukraine War in Ukraine: 11 injured in Kherson strikes as Hroza buries victims All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine. 08/10/2023
Ukraine Russian strike kills 10 year old boy in Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine The missile strike also killed the boy’s grandmother and wounded an 11-month-old child, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram. 06/10/2023
Russia Putin says grenade fragments found in bodies of Prigozhin plane crash Vladimir Putin said the head of the investigative committee told him that explosive traces were discovered in the remains of people killed in a plane crash in Russia in August. Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the dead. 05/10/2023
Ukraine Russia moves warships out of Crimea away from Ukrainian attacks Ukrainian officials say that the sea battlefront line has been pushed back at least 185 km from Ukraine’s coast since Russia's full-scale invasion began. 05/10/2023
World News Abkhazia will allow Russia to build new naval base in Novorossysk Abkhasia's leader says he has agreed to allow Moscow to set up a naval base in the Black Sea port of Novorossysk after a series of Ukrainian attacks on Russia's fleet in Sevastopol. 05/10/2023