KYIV, Ukraine -- Moscow-held regions of Ukraine began voting Friday on whether to become part of Russia, in referendums that Kyiv and its allies have condemned as an unlawful land grab. A photograph shows a billboard with a message which reads as "We are with Russia, one nation" with a Russian flag...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Moscow began its mandatory troop call-up Thursday to try to bolster a stumbling war effort in Ukraine, with authorities saying thousands had volunteered even as Russian men fled the country to avoid being forced to fight. Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during an...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday demanded President Vladimir Putin be held to account as he faced Russia in a Security Council session in which the United Nations cataloged abuses in Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks during the...
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused almost $1 trillion of damage, a Kyiv government official said Thursday, as the war batters the country's economy. The Ukrainian flag flutters between buildings destroyed in bombardment, in the Ukrainian town of Borodianka, in the Kyiv...
KYIV, Ukraine -- The partial mobilisation ordered by President Vladimir Putin is a sign of "weakness", the US ambassador in Ukraine said on Wednesday. "Sham referenda and mobilisation are signs of weakness, of Russian failure," Bridget Brink wrote in a Twitter message. "The United States will never...
MOSCOW, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin called up Russian military reservists on Wednesday, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was "no bluff," and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. This handout picture released on September 21, 2022 by the Kremlin...
MOSCOW, Russia – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced "partial" mobilization in Russia, in an escalation of what Moscow calls its military operation in pro-Western Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with leadership of military-industrial complex...
Taiwanese flags are seen as tourists walk past in Taiwan's Kinmen islands on August 11, 2022. Sam Yeh / AFP TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan said on Friday ties between Russia and China were a threat to global peace and that the international community must resist the "expansion of authoritarianism"....
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West. From L: China's President Xi Jinping, Russian President...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to Europe, abandoned amid the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday. Asked in an interview with Russian television channel Rossiya-1 if Russia would replace the European...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping gather with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand from Thursday for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The prospects for peace in Ukraine are "minimal" at present, the United Nations chief lamented Wednesday after a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference...
