Ukraine
Ukraine demands strong global response to train station killings; EU candidacy expected within months or less. Follow our live updates
Ukraine ‘expects to be granted EU candidate status in June’, minister says Ukrainian minister Olga Stefanishyna says she expects Ukraine to be given European Union candidate country status in June. Ukraine is “ready to move fast” with its application to become an EU member, Stefanishyna, who is Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic […]
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Ukraine war is a key test in how the world responds to abuse of power, ex-UK foreign minister says
The Russia-Ukraine war will have “pivotal consequence” in how the world responds to the “growth of impunity,” said David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid agency. Miliband, who was Britain’s foreign secretary from 2007 to 2010, said Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s impassioned speech to the U.N. Security Council on […]
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The role of natural gas in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Natural gas is one of several commodities affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices on the Dutch TTF hub, a European benchmark for natural gas trading, more than tripled between February 16 and March 7 before pulling back. But despite being at the center of the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II, […]
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NATO to expand? Chief says Finland — which borders Russia — would be warmly welcomed to the alliance
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says it is for Finland to decide if it wants to apply for membership. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that the 30-member U.S.-led alliance would “warmly welcome” Finland should the Nordic country apply for membership in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine. […]
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Kremlin admits ‘significant losses’ of troops; Russia expected to shift defeated forces to east Ukraine. Follow our live updates
Russian forces in northern Ukraine have ‘fully withdrawn” but will be redeployed, UK ministry says Russian troops that had invaded the northern part of Ukraine have “fully withdrawn” to Belarus and Russia, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said on Friday. In an intelligence update, the ministry said at least some of those units will be […]
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Senate votes to strip Russia of ‘most favored nation’ trade status
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia April 7, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to revoke Russia’s “most-favored-nation” trade status, an economic downgrade that opens the door to new damaging tariffs on Moscow […]
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EU not expected to fully ban Russian coal imports until August, sources say
A front loader collects a shovel of coal from a pile at the Raspadsky open-pit coal mine, operated by Raspadskaya PJSC, in Mezhdurechensk, Russia, on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union’s proposed ban on coal imports from Russia is not expected to take full effect until August […]
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‘Weapons, weapons and weapons’: Ukraine makes its request to NATO clear
Ukraine has urged NATO to supply more weapons as it seeks to defend itself against further aggression from Russia. Members of the NATO military alliance have been supplying Kyiv with weapons ever since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February. The U.S., for instance, has supplied anti-aircraft Stingers, thousands of anti-tank weapons and millions of […]
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Putin is preparing an eastern offensive in Ukraine. Here’s how this phase of the war could unfold
Putin has described Russia’s unprovoked onslaught in Ukraine as a “special military operation.” Mikhail Klimentyev | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin is overseeing a change in military strategy to the Kremlin’s unprovoked onslaught in Ukraine, repositioning forces in the east of the country in a bid to take control of the Donbas […]
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Ukraine asks NATO for ‘weapons, weapons and weapons’; Shell reveals financial hit of leaving Russia. Follow our live updates
Ukrainianian foreign minister’s request to NATO: ‘Weapons, weapons, and weapons’ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with G7 and NATO members on Thursday in a bid to gather more support for his country’s fight against Russia. “I came here today to discuss three most important things: weapons, weapons, and weapons. Ukraine’s urgent needs, the sustainability […]
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