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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 …

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 …

By Mike Dolan LONDON – Keen to downplay anxieties about war in Europe, global investors appear to fear a monetary policy miscalculation even more. Their problem is that two are …

Russia announced that some of its troops would return to base after completing military drills, and NATO is cautiously optimistic about possible de-escalation in the region, CNN reported. Troops from …