In piece of Kremlin theatre, Putin weighs fateful decision on Ukraine
By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW – Seated at a large white table in an echoing Kremlin hall, Vladimir Putin summoned his top security officials one by one on…
By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW – Seated at a large white table in an echoing Kremlin hall, Vladimir Putin summoned his top security officials one by one on…
By Aidan Lewis CAIRO – Tackling climate change is a security threat that requires accelerated action even as international attention is focussed on Russia and Ukraine, U.S. climate envoy John…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting his national security team on Monday about Russia and Ukraine, a White House official said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed a…
-U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to hold a summit on the Ukraine crisis, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.…
BERLIN – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen disclosed some details of the sanctions Moscow would face if it invaded Ukraine, saying Russia would be cut off from international…
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Polina Nikolskaya MARIUPOL/DONETSK, Ukraine – Elderly men and women, some well past retirement age, are getting ready to fight on either side of the separatist conflict…
KYIV – Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern part of the country, where clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces intensified in…
WASHINGTON – The White House on Saturday said that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time and said U.S. President Joe Biden will convene a National Security…
DONETSK, Ukraine – Multiple explosions could be heard late on Saturday and early on Sunday in the centre of the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters reporter…
MOSCOW – Two regions in eastern Ukraine where government and separatist forces have been fighting since 2014 were hit by more than 1,400 explosions on Friday, monitors for the Organization…
The Ukrainian government accused Russia on Friday of rigging explosives in eastern Ukraine to manufacture a false flag terrorist attack. “Ukraine’s military intelligence has information that Russian special services have…
By Sabine Siebold and Matthias Williams MUNICH/KYIV -Reports that Ukraine has been shelling regions controlled by Moscow-backed separatists and inside the Russian border are “pure lies”, Ukraine’s president said on…
KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said Ukraine would not respond to provocations in the eastern Donbass region and would strive to establish peace through diplomacy. Zelenskiy flew to…
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – China would back Russia diplomatically and perhaps economically if it invades Ukraine, worsening Beijing’s already strained relations with the West, but would stop short…
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped well beyond economic policy at a G20 finance meeting on Friday to issue an “impassioned” warning…
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine ordered women, children and elderly civilians to evacuate to Russia on Friday, claiming the Ukrainian government was preparing to launch a military assault, Axios reported.…
Ukraine blamed Russian-backed separatist forces for the shelling of a kindergarten in the Donbas region, breaking a ceasefire that was established after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. “Ukrainian Stanytsia Luhanska…
– U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, with investors hastening a move late in the session toward defensive sectors and safe havens such as U.S. bonds and gold as geopolitical tensions…
By Alexander Marrow and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW – The Russian rouble and stocks slipped in volatile trade on Thursday after Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces traded accusations of firing shells…
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW – Russian leader Vladimir Putin has secured some wins in his confrontation with the West over Ukraine, but it’s too early to discern an end to…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet world leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Munich this week, her highest-profile foreign trip yet, as the…
KADIIVKA, Ukraine -Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces traded accusations on Thursday that each had fired across the ceasefire line in eastern Ukraine, raising alarm at a time when Western countries…
BERLIN – Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies will discuss the Ukraine crisis this week but it is unclear whether they will issue a joint statement with…
By Marc Jones LONDON – The risk of material credit rating pressures from the current tensions between Russia and Ukraine is low, Moody’s said on Wednesday, unless the situation continues…
By Andrius Sytas – Lithuania’s central bank has told the country’s banks to prepare for power cuts and cyberattacks as Russia’s standoff with Ukraine risks spilling over into a military…