War in Ukraine
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Military
3/30/2022 3:17:54 PM
Russian forces pounded areas around Ukraine's capital and another city overnight, regional leaders said Wednesday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. The shelling further tempered optimism about any progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/30/2022 12:48:40 PM
Ukraine's state agency for emergencies says that the death toll in a Russian strike on the regional administration building in the southern city of Mykolaiv has risen to 14.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/30/2022 12:41:26 PM
The Kremlin on Wednesday played down hopes of a breakthrough following peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegates in Istanbul a day earlier.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/30/2022 11:32:14 AM
Russia's pledge to scale back some military operations in Ukraine drew skepticism, a bitter reality check in a rare moment of optimism five weeks into what has devolved into a bloody war of attrition.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/30/2022 11:05:49 AM
The UN refugee agency says more than 4 million people have now fled Ukraine following Russia's invasion, a new milestone in the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/30/2022 10:09:06 AM
The German government said Wednesday it was triggering the early warning level for gas supplies amid concerns that Russia could cut off supplies unless it is paid in rubles.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/30/2022 9:59:46 AM
Olga Panchenko, 65, lives with about 20 other locals in a dimly lit basement shelter on a housing estate in northeastern Kharkiv.
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World
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Region
3/27/2022 6:00:17 PM
War-torn Yemen faces an "extremely troubling outlook" after a serious escalation between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, the head of the United Nations Development Programme warned on Sunday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/27/2022 3:30:01 PM
When Russia launched its war, Hungary opened its borders for the tens of thousands of refugees escaping Ukraine. Other refugees have been left with no help in a field in Serbia.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/27/2022 2:23:39 PM
France's President Emmanuel Macron warned Sunday against a verbal "escalation" of Russia's invasion in Ukraine, after US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a "butcher" who "cannot remain in power".
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/27/2022 2:16:12 PM
Pope Francis has stepped up his pleas for negotiations to end the fighting in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/27/2022 11:58:07 AM
The head of Ukraine's Lugansk separatist region said Sunday it may hold a referendum on becoming part of Russia, after Moscow sent troops into its pro-Western neighbour.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/27/2022 11:32:45 AM
Before Russia's war in Ukraine, Europe's most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/27/2022 11:00:13 AM
The Russian military appears to be trying to encircle Ukrainian forces fighting in the separatist regions in the eastern part of the country, Britain's Ministry of Defense says.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/27/2022 10:46:22 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily warned Moscow that it is sowing a deep hatred for Russia among his people, as constant artillery barrages and aerial bombings are reducing cities to rubble, killing civilians and driving others into shelters, leaving them to scrounge for food and water to survive.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/26/2022 10:45:39 PM
Ukraine said Saturday that the United States does not object to the transfer of war planes to Kyiv to help it fend off the Russian invasion, after the Pentagon previously rejected an offer from Poland.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/26/2022 10:05:29 PM
Joe Biden is not seeking "regime change" in Russia, the White House said Saturday, after the US president declared in a major speech that Vladimir Putin "cannot stay in power".
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/26/2022 9:38:40 PM
Canada and the European Commission on Saturday announced plans to launch a joint fund-raising effort to help Ukrainian refugees, with the effort culminating in an April 9 donors conference.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/26/2022 9:25:56 PM
US President Joe Biden said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" and called the conflict in Ukraine a "strategic failure" for Moscow in a major speech in Warsaw.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/26/2022 7:23:57 PM
Air raid sirens sounded Saturday afternoon in the western city of Lviv, and governor of the region Maxym Kozytsky reported ``three powerful explosions near Lviv'' without giving details of what was hit. Footage shot by The Associated Press showed thick plumes of smoke rising above the city.
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