Foreign policy
Kyiv hit with most powerful explosions heard in weeks; Finland ‘highly likely’ to join NATO. Follow our live updates
Finland ‘highly likely’ to join NATO, minister says Facing a dramatic change in its security assessment and relations with Russia, Finland is ‘highly likely’ to join NATO now, Finland’s European affairs minister Tytti Tuppurainen told Sky News in an interview. “The people of Finland seem to have already made up their mind and there is a […]
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Ukraine seizes 26 cars and 32 apartments of detained Kremlin ally Medvedchuk
FILE PHOTO: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a meeting with leader of Ukraine’s Opposition Platform – For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 18, 2019. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters WASHINGTON — Authorities in Ukraine announced Thursday that they have seized more than 150 assets belonging to Viktor Medvedchuk, the […]
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UK freezes record $13 billion in assets linked to two Abramovich associates
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is seen on the stand during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on December 19, 2015 in London, England. Clive Mason | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom on Thursday announced that it had frozen assets belonging to two Russian oligarchs worth up to […]
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Russia threatens new nuclear deployments if Sweden, Finland join NATO
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s Prime Minister. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Russia says a nuclear-free Baltic region would no longer be possible if Finland and Sweden join NATO, alluding to additional nuclear deployments in Europe. “If Sweden and Finland join NATO, the length of the alliance’s land borders with the Russian Federation will more […]
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Russian flagship missile cruiser ‘seriously damaged’ after blast in Black Sea
Russia will seek peace or leave the international arena forever: Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an address where he says that Russian forces could use chemical weapons in Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2022 in this still image taken from video. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | via Reuters In his latest nightly […]
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Ukraine war could mark the most dangerous moment since the Cuban missile crisis, says ‘Sapiens’ author
Israeli author, historian and professor Yuval Noah Harari has spoken out frequently against President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, adding that it has had the unintended consequence of forging greater unity between Europe and the U.S. Kristof Van Accom | AFP | Getty Images Seven weeks into Russia’s war with Ukraine, still escalating tensions position […]
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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has $7 billion in assets frozen in Jersey in latest Ukraine fallout
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich looks on after their 3-1 win in the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on December 19, 2015 in London, England. Clive Mason | Getty Images Authorities in the island country of Jersey froze assets valued at more than $7 billion that are suspected of being […]
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy offers prisoner swap with Moscow; over 3,000 criminal proceedings opened against Russian military
Russia’s appointment of Army General Alexander Dvornikov to lead the war in Ukraine “represents an attempt to centralise command and control,” the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense said in its daily defense intelligence update on Twitter, following weeks of slow progress and botched operations for Russian forces. Dvornikov has commanded troops in Syria and eastern Ukraine, […]
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Putin and Lukashenko falsely claim British operatives committed the atrocities in Bucha
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his closest ally, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, unveiled a new theory on Tuesday about who was to blame for the murders, rapes and torture of hundreds of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine while the town was occupied by Russian troops. It was not, they insisted, the Russian soldiers who witnesses, […]
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Ukraine prepares for Russian offensive in the east; West working to confirm reports of chemical weapons attack. Follow our live updates
Russian troops redeploying to eastern Ukraine, UK says An intelligence update on Tuesday morning from the U.K. Ministry of Defence said that Russian troops are continuing to withdraw from Belarus in order to redeploy in the eastern part of Ukraine. -Matt Clinch Russia’s war in Ukraine means there’ll be no return to normality for Europe’s […]
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