Biden Pledges $500 Million in Aid for Ukraine Bloomberg News U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin feels misled by military officials over the preparation for and Continue Reading
Some Russian units suffering heavy losses in Ukraine had been forced to return home and to neighboring Belarus, British military intelligence said a day after Russia promised to scale down Continue Reading
Russia is maintaining a distant blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast which is effectively isolating Ukraine from international maritime trade, British military intelligence said on Sunday. Russian naval forces are Continue Reading
Ukraine is willing to become neutral and compromise over the status of the eastern Donbas region as part of a peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, even as Continue Reading
Ukraine is ready to declare neutrality, abandon its drive to join Nato and vow not to develop nuclear weapons if Russia withdraws troops and Kyiv receives security guarantees, President Volodymyr Continue Reading
With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier Continue Reading
The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion and is pledging $1 billion in new humanitarian aid, the Biden administration said on Thursday after a Continue Reading
Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of the capital Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to sieze the city are falling back on their overextended supply lines, Britain Continue Reading
More than 3.5 million people have fled abroad from the war in Ukraine, United Nations data showed on Tuesday, leaving Eastern Europe scrambling to provide them with care, schools and Continue Reading
Over the past 120 years, a Beirut bakery has survived civil war, Lebanon’s financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Fighting in Ukraine , disrupting food and energy supplies world-wide, may Continue Reading
The Chinese Red Cross will offer an additional 10 million yuan ($1.57 million) of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters on Monday. Wang’s comments Continue Reading
The city of Kyiv covers 325 square miles and is divided by a broad river. It has about 500,000 structures — factories, ornate churches and high-rise apartments — many on Continue Reading
Russia’s attempt to conquer Ukraine could be headed toward a stalemate as heavy casualties and equipment losses take a toll on unprepared Russian forces that have failed so far to Continue Reading
Ukrainian farmer Igor Borisov has 2,000 metric tons of corn from the fall harvest stuck in a warehouse behind Russian battle lines. Like other farmers across Ukraine, his crop for this Continue Reading
Russian troops in Ukraine are seizing and destroying agricultural machinery, fertilizer, seeds and fuel stocks, according to several farmers in Ukraine, putting in danger the new crops from one of Continue Reading
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts, with Russian forces suffering heavy losses and making minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days, British military Continue Reading
In 36 days of fighting on Iwo Jima during World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed. Now, 20 days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia invaded Ukraine, his Continue Reading
The Chernobyl nuclear facility could be close to a new nuclear accident as Ukrainian personnel at the plant are held hostages by Russian troops and are running out of food Continue Reading
The International Court of Justice in The Hague, March 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most brazen illegal war waged by one sovereign state against another since World Continue Reading
Russia said on Wednesday that peace talks with Ukraine were not easy but that there was some hope of reaching a compromise and that neutrality for Ukraine was being seriously Continue Reading
Inside every car sits almost three miles of electric cabling. The snaking wires carry instructions, from steering the wheels to opening the boot. This jumble of motoring spaghetti is held Continue Reading
Thousands more refugees cross into central, eastern Europe EU says expects 5 million may end up fleeing war Millions also displaced inside Ukraine People from western Ukraine now on the Continue Reading
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday said it would rule in the case that Ukraine has brought against Russia on March 16. In a hearing which was boycotted Continue Reading
Germany’s largest power producer and a buyer of gas from Gazprom , on Tuesday warned of far-reaching risks that an escalation of the war in Ukraine could have on its Continue Reading
Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday in cities across Europe to protest against Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, with small vigils taking place in Russia as well despite a Continue Reading
Fresh talks between Kyiv and the Kremlin were set to resume Monday after a weekend of Russian attacks that threatened to widen the war — and unrelenting fighting that obstructed Continue Reading
Ukraine’s two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world’s supply of the key ingredient for making chips, have halted their operations as Moscow has sharpened its attack Continue Reading
President Joe Biden opened a new attack on Russia’s economy on Friday over its invasion of Ukraine, joining with allies to hit Moscow on trade and shut down development funds, Continue Reading
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation providing $1.5 trillion to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 and to allocate $13.6 billion to aid Ukraine. The 2,700-page bill passed Continue Reading
European Union leaders gathered on Thursday to agree on a joint response to the war in Ukraine, with differing views on how far to go with economic sanctions, how quickly Continue Reading
The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens millions of tiny spring-time sprouts that should emerge from stalks of dormant winter wheat in the coming weeks. If the farmers can’t feed those Continue Reading
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to rush $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine as it battles invading Russian forces, along with $1.5 trillion to keep U.S. government Continue Reading
Ukraine’s closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been disconnected from the nation’s power grid by Russian forces, Ukraine’s state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo said Wednesday, potentially jeopardizing the cooling of nuclear Continue Reading
LVIV, Ukraine, March 10 (Reuters) – Sergiy Makogon, the head of Ukraine’s gas transit operator, said on Thursday there was a real danger to gas transit flows to Europe because Continue Reading
US intelligence chiefs on Tuesday said they were monitoring how China was interpreting the war in Ukraine and said the swift western reaction would probably influence Beijing’s calculus over its Continue Reading
The United Nations atomic agency said late Tuesday that it was no longer receiving data transmission from its systems at the Chernobyl nuclear facility for monitoring activities there. Russian forces Continue Reading
In the space of two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has set off one of the largest and fastest arms transfers in history. By road and rail, the Czech Republic sent 10,000 Continue Reading
Polish gas grid operator Gaz-System will offer firm capacity towards Ukraine starting on Sunday to secure gas deliveries to the country, it said in a statement on Friday, as Kiev Continue Reading
Some 14 wide-bodied aircraft transported a bristling array of Javelin antitank missiles, rocket launchers, guns and ammunition to an airfield near Ukraine’s border on Friday, as the United States and Continue Reading
Ukraine Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko says a fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been extinguished. Russian forces occupied the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Friday after Continue Reading
News of what Ukrainian officials said was an unprecedented attack on a nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, sent shudders around the world. But the damage at the Zaporizhzhia Continue Reading
Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in south-eastern Ukraine. Russia told the International Atomic Energy Agency that its military had taken control of territory around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant as diplomats Continue Reading
After years of growing increasingly reliant on cheap and abundant wheat supplies from Russia and Ukraine, the world’s grains buyers are being forced to hunt elsewhere as flows from both Continue Reading
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine, in 2019. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfolding in a nation with 15 atomic reactors operating near full capacity, Continue Reading
As Russia invades Ukraine, commodity traders are watching the country’s vast network of infrastructure that’s key to supplying gas, crops and steel to Europe and beyond. Russian forces continued assaults Continue Reading
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is threatening two of the world’s staple grain markets. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is threatening shockwaves through two of the world’s staple grain markets, prompting countries Continue Reading
The United Nations is preparing for up to 4 million refugees from Ukraine if Russia’s war against the country continues to escalate. At least 100,000 people have been uprooted in Continue Reading
Yuzhny port closure expected to impact prices Supply cut could impact global trade balance Russia’s Togliattiazot, the world’s largest ammonia exporter, has suspended transit of ammonia following the invasion of Continue Reading
This brings an immediate threat to Europe. As the Russia-Ukraine crisis unfolds, the massive gas imports route via Ukrainian trunk pipelines may stop at any point. That’s according to GlobalData’s Continue Reading
Russia’s mounting aggression against Ukraine is creating a new and potentially prolonged period of uncertainty about global oil and gas supplies. A protracted conflict could send crude oil prices higher Continue Reading
