Ukraine to halt key Russian gas transit to Europe, use alternative
Ukraine said on Tuesday it would suspend the flow of gas through a transit point which it said delivers almost a third of the fuel piped from Russia to Europe Continue Reading
U.S. Spy Chief Sees Putin Preparing for Long Fight in Ukraine, as Russia Strikes Odessa
The U.S. spy chief said Russian President Vladimir Putin still seeks to control swaths of Ukraine beyond the eastern region known as the Donbas, after local authorities said Russian missiles Continue Reading
Putin’s Victory Day speech passionate but empty
Vladimir Putin had no victories in Ukraine to proclaim on Victory Day. Nor did his speech at the Red Square military parade offer any clear pictures of when a victory Continue Reading
Access to LNG terminals important for Ukraine to meet gas needs, transit operator says
Access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals is important for Ukraine to help meet its energy needs, the head of Ukraine’s gas transit operator said on Monday. Sergiy Makogon, Director Continue Reading
Ukraine’s Economy to Shrink 30% This Year Due to War, EBRD Says
Ukraine ’s economy will plunge by almost a third in 2022, more than previously expected, in a scenario in which the war ends this year, the European Bank for Reconstruction Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine: Putin Defends His War
President Vladimir V. Putin used his Victory Day speech on Monday to try to channel Russian pride in defeating Nazi Germany into support for this year’s invasion of Ukraine. But Continue Reading
Ukrainians report fierce fighting as Russia marks Soviet WW2 victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his armed forces they were fighting for their country at a parade of Russian firepower in Moscow while his troops stepped up their 10-week-old assault Continue Reading
Russian attacks on rail system fail to paralyse ‘lifeline of Ukraine’
A salvo of missiles brought the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine to Fastiv, a quiet town abounding with flowering cherry trees and set in sweeping farmland hundreds of kilometres from the Continue Reading
Putin Victory Day speech claims Russian troops fighting on ‘own land’
Vladimir Putin has claimed Russia was forced to “strike back pre-emptively” against Ukraine, adding that the Kremlin’s troops were fighting “on their own land” in the conflict, just as Soviet Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine war news:
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking from Moscow’s Red Square on Victory Day, did not use his speech to announce plans to intensify the war against Ukraine or order the mobilization Continue Reading