By Mark Trevelyan – Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an…
By Andrea Shalal, Andreas Rinke and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday warned that if Russia invades Ukraine, there would be no Nord Stream 2, but did not specify how he would go about…
By Anton Zverev DONETSK, Ukraine – An influential separatist commander in eastern Ukraine has urged Russia to send 30,000 soldiers to reinforce rebel forces fighting in the breakaway Donetsk region…
By Susan Heavey and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin could order an attack on Ukraine within days or weeks, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned…
KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday urged people to ignore “apocalyptic predictions” about an imminent Russian invasion, saying his country was strong and had unprecedented international support.…
By Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON – Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and…
KHARKIV, Ukraine – Thousands took to the streets of Ukraine’s second-largest city on Saturday carrying banners saying “Kharkiv is Ukraine” and “stop Russian aggression”, as the country braced for a…
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Ukraine crisis by phone with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and underlined the need “to maintain dialogue to de-escalate (the situation),” the…
Senior officials in the Biden administration told reporters on Thursday that U.S. intelligence purportedly uncovered a Russian plot to use a fake video as a pretext to invade Ukraine, The…
By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt – U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia has formed a plan to fabricate a pretext for an invasion of Ukraine, potentially by producing propaganda videos…
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri called on President Joe Biden to abandon NATO’s pledge to accept Ukraine as a member of the organization. “It is not clear that Ukraine’s…
Ukrainian police detained a group of people on Sunday who are suspected of plotting mass riots in Kyiv and other cities to create instability in the country amidst its conflict…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is upset because Fox News is more concerned about Americans being shot and killed in cities across the country, innocent lives being lost, carjackings,…
DUBLIN – Ryanair could base up to 20 planes in Ukraine over the next few years if Russia does not invade and if airports there offer attractive enough deals, Group…
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON – The United States and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to hit with…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is due to meet in public on Monday, at the request of the United States, to discuss Russia’s troop build-up…
LONDON – NATO has no plans to deploy combat troops to non-NATO member Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday. Asked on…
LONDON – Britain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe’s borders in response to Russia massing troops on the border with Ukraine,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the West that its “panic” over Russia potentially invading his country risked hurting its economy, BBC News reported. “There are signals even from respected leaders…
By Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams KYIV – Ukraine’s president wants weapons and loans at a time of problems with Moscow. But one thing he does not want from the…
LONDON -Britain warned big business on Friday to bolster defences against possible Russian cyber attacks as Western fears deepened that President Vladimir Putin would order his troops to annex another…
State Department spokesperson Ned Price threatened the status of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline during an interview with NPR on Wednesday, saying the project “will not move forward” should Russia…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have been meeting to hammer out legislation that would dramatically increase the amount of U.S. military aid for Ukraine,…
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN -Russia is likely to remain on a diplomatic track with Kyiv and the West for at least two weeks but will continue efforts to destabilise Ukraine,…