Ukraine

Heavy shelling in southern Ukraine following Russia's warning

Fierce fighting continues in the Russia-claimed Donetsk and Luhansk regions that recently have been the scene of the most intense clashes.

28 December 2022

Culture news

Who were the most Googled people of 2022?

As another drama-packed year comes to an end, Google reveals its most searched-for people of 2022 - and they are not all actors...

28 December 2022

Russia

Ban in response to $60 cap on Russian oil agreed by Western countries

Moscow has announced a ban on the export of crude oil to countries that have introduced price caps on Russian oil and petroleum products.

27 December 2022

World News

Russia bans oil sales to countries using a price cap

The ban will come into effect from February 1.

27 December 2022

Ukraine

Ukrainian drone strike on Russian base kills at least three

A Ukrainian drone is said to have struck an airbase deep inside Russia, while the Kremlin claims to have shot it down and taken it off-course, Three Russian servicemen were killed as a result of the strike.

26 December 2022

Ukraine

Moscow missiles continue to rain down on Ukrainian towns on Christmas

The Kremlin forces bombarded dozens of towns in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Monday morning.

26 December 2022

Ukraine

Zelenskyy warns of another wave of Russian strikes before New Year

President Zelenskyy sent Christmas greetings to those who celebrate - but warned that the holiday won't mean an end to Russian attacks

26 December 2022

Ukraine

Vladimir Putin claims that he’s ready to negotiate over the war

In an interview on state television, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was willing to discuss peace terms with Ukraine. But Kyiv said this was not true.

25 December 2022

Russia

Ukraine war: Russia 'ready to negotiate' claims Vladimir Putin

A senior adviser to Ukraine's President Zelenskyy said Russia "doesn’t want negotiations, but tries to avoid responsibility."

25 December 2022

World News

At least 7 dead after shelling in Kherson on Christmas Eve

On the day marking 10 months since the start of the war in Ukraine, shells rained around a busy market in the southern port city, starting a fire.

25 December 2022

Ukraine

Meet the energy workers trying to keep Ukraine’s lights on

Across Ukraine, energy workers have been tasked with the sometimes dangerous job of switching the country’s lights back on. And according to one energy company, more than 106 employees have been killed since the start of the war.

23 December 2022

Ukraine

Zelenskyy seeking to undermine Kremlin narrative, think tank says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s frontline visit to Bakhmut was designed to undermine an ongoing Kremlin information operation, the Institute for the Study of War says

21 December 2022

Russia

Vladimir Putin says there will be no limits on Ukraine war spending

Amid a stalling situation in Ukraine, Moscow’s Defence Ministry has called for the number of military personnel to be increased from 1 million to 1.5 million.

21 December 2022

Ukraine

Putin-Lukashenko meet in Belarus while Russia in battlefield

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko likely deflected Vladimir Putin’s efforts to coerce Belarus into further Russian-Belarus integration concessions, says the Institute for the Study of War, following the meeting in Minsk on Monday.

20 December 2022

Ukraine

Russian and Ukrainian soldiers fight within sight of each other

Many of Bakhmut's residents have left the city, as Russian and Ukrainian troops are reportedly fighting within sight of each other.

19 December 2022

Ukraine

Five new developments to know about Russia's war in Ukraine

Here is our round-up of the latest news developments in the Ukraine war.

19 December 2022

Ukraine

Russian shelling injures three in liberated Kherson

Three people were injured when Russian artillery targeted the centre of Kherson, the city it retreated from last month.

18 December 2022

World News

Russia readies hypersonic missile for launch in fresh nuclear threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims his new hypersonic missile can hit targets at 27 times the speed of sound.

17 December 2022

Russia

Putin speech delay shows unease over control of war information — ISW

Russian military failures in Ukraine and criticism of Putin's conduct of the war may explain the postponement of his annual address to parliament, a US think-tank says.

15 December 2022

World

'Putin has ruined the future of Russia', Bill Browder tells Euronews

"The war has to end. Then there have to be reparations and there has to be a democratic government before we can ever look at Russia the same again", said the Kremlin critic.

12 December 2022