Russia and China are not sending their leaders to a Brics summit starting in Brazil on Sunday in what may be a sign that the group’s recent expansion has reduced its ideological value to the two founding members.
China’s 72-year-old leader, Xi…
Here are the key events on day 1,227 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 5 :
All external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine were down for several hours on Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog said, but the station’s management later said power had been…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has discussed air defences with his US counterpart, agreeing to work on increasing Kyiv’s capability to “defend the sky” as Russian attacks escalate.
He said in a message on Telegram he discussed joint…
Russian air defence units downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in widely dispersed parts of the country, including two near the country’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg, officials said.
Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad region…
“Unrelenting.” That is how Calgarian Paul Hughes describes the recent Russian attacks on Ukraine.
“For the last three hours the city has been bombarded by Shaheds and missiles and cruise missiles,” said Hughes, speaking to Global…
Mr. President, we know you understand that the primary obstacle to peace in Ukraine is Russia’s aggression.
You said you were “disappointed” in the conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and that you “don’t…
Andrei Badalov, the vice-president of Russia‘s national oil pipeline, Transneft, has been found dead after allegedly falling…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the…
Donald Trump spoke with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday as the US president appears increasingly disheartened over his chances of fulfilling a campaign pledge to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The call with Zelenskyy…