Freezing Ukraine gradually restores power outage
Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power, aided by the reconnection of the country's four nuclear plants, but millions of people were still in the dark after the most devastating Russian air strikes of the war.
Africa doesn’t need Paris’ “mediation services”: Russia
UK should publicly reveal how many British spies work in Russia, says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Kherson “ours”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Kherson "ours" after Russia withdrew troops from the city, which the US hailed Saturday as an "extraordinary victory".
Russian President Putin publicly endorses evacuation of civilians from Kherson
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia's retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine.
China and Russia can halt North Korean Nuclear Tests, says US
The United States believes China and Russia have leverage they can use to persuade North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb testing, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday.
Russian missiles strike Kyiv after Russia pull out of grain deal
Blasts were heard in Kyiv on Monday when Russian missile strikes around the country, after Moscow blamed Kyiv for an attack on its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a deal to allow Ukrainian grain shipments.
Russia finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine
Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield.
U.S. lowering nuclear threshold, says Russia
Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised U.S. B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the "nuclear threshold" and that Russia would take the move into account in its military planning.
Putin’s nuclear warning biggest risk since Cuban missile crisis: Biden
"We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis," Biden said.
Talks defying the West see Putin & Xi hailing relations as “great power”
The Kremlin has touted the SCO summit in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand as showing there is an "alternative" to Western dominated international institutions.
President Erdogan on a one-day visit to Ukraine
President Erdogan is visiting Ukraine to hold talks with President Zelenskyy and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Finding a solution to the prevailing crisis in the war-hit country is on the agenda of the meetings.
Russian FM: West’s weapons delivery to Ukraine will expand Russia’s geographical tasks
As West sends more long-range weapons into Ukraine, geographical aims of Russian troops will move even further, says foreign minister