Ukraine
Russia hits back at the EU’s partial oil embargo, says it will find other importers for its crude
The EU’s partial embargo covers Russian oil brought into the bloc by sea, with an exemption carved out for imports delivered by pipeline following opposition from Hungary. Attila Kisbenedek | Afp | Getty Images Moscow pledged to find other importers for its oil shortly after the world’s largest trading bloc agreed to impose a partial […]
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EU secures compromise on Russian oil ban; Kremlin claims it now controls a third of key Donbas city
Russian forces claim a third of Sievierodonetsk is now under their control Smoke rises in the city of Sievierodonetsk during heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops on May 30, 2022. Aris Messinis | Afp | Getty Images Russian forces claimed to have seized control of one-third of the city of Sievierodonetsk, as they continue […]
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German inflation at highest level in nearly half a century
Cologne, Germany, February 19 2022: Consumer prices in Germany increased an annual 8.7% in May, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday. Sascha Schuermann | Getty Images News | Getty Images German inflation reached its highest level in nearly half a century in May, a result of energy and food prices that have only gone […]
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EU set to discuss Russian oil embargo; Moscow says Ukraine’s Donbas is an ‘unconditional priority.’ Follow our live updates
After a failed attempt, EU to continue negotiating potential sanctions on Russian oil The EU will continue to work Monday toward an agreement to embargo Russian oil, after attempts to do so on Sunday failed. The talks are largely held up by Hungary, a major user of Russian oil and whose leader Viktor Orban is […]
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Zelenskyy says conditions in Donbas are ‘indescribably difficult’; Russian forces target Severodonetsk
Putin is inflicting ‘unspeakable suffering’ on Ukrainians in a bid to capture Severodonetsk, think tank says A man walks in front of a destroyed school in the city of Bakhmut, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on May 28, 2022. Aris Messinis | Afp | Getty Images The Institute for the Study of War, […]
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Russian forces advance in the east of Ukraine; Zelenskyy says Donbas situation ‘very difficult.’ Follow our live updates
Russian forces unlikely to advance rapidly in Severodonetsk, think tank says Russia has pressed its offensive to capture key points in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, with more bombing of residential areas. Aris Messinis | Afp | Getty Images Russian forces have begun direct assaults on built-up areas in Severodonetsk despite not yet having […]
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U.S. may send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine; Russia captures more villages in Donbas. Follow our live updates
Russian forces capture several villages in the Donbas Russian forces have captured several villages in the Donbas north-west of Popasna, as they make gradual progress in their efforts to surround Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense wrote in its daily intelligence update on Twitter. “Russia is pressuring the Severodonetsk pocket although Ukraine retains […]
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‘Hypocrisy,’ ‘naivety’ and ‘greed’: Europe chided for failing to stop Putin’s war
DAVOS, Switzerland — The European Union failed to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin and needs to now strike flexible alliances across the world and search for new friends, current and former leaders told CNBC on a panel at the World Economic Forum. “We are too Euro-centric on this crisis, in the sense we think this […]
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Russia claims it will allow foreign ships to leave Ukraine ports; intense assault in the Donbas continues
Russia’s elite airborne force ‘mismanaged,’ UK says, leading to tactical failures The Russian Airborne Forces (the VDV) have been heavily involved in several notable tactical failures since the start of Russia’s invasion, according to the latest military intelligence from the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence. Giving three examples of such failures, the ministry said these included: […]
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Saudi finance minister warns of growing global food crisis caused by Ukraine war
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia’s finance minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several countries are raising the alarm over the growing crisis in global food supplies triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The warring states are among the world’s top agricultural exporters and feed much of […]
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