Russia-Ukraine

Moscow is moving toward dropping age limits for military service, stepping up its recruitment drive as it tries to score victories in Ukraine's east after a ...

Mr. Mendoza-Wilson said that Mr. Akhmetov had signed the contract to build the yacht in 2018. Finland has a sophisticated military that runs complex operations to track Russian activity in the seas of Northern Europe and spends heavily on modern equipment. It is unclear how Mr. Akhmetov could sell a vessel that is still under construction or back out of the contract that he signed. Before the visit by Mr. Niinisto and Ms. Andersson, Mr. Biden also issued a statement offering an informal security guarantee to the two nations while they wait for formal membership in the alliance. António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, said he was negotiating for a “package deal” under which Ukraine would export food via the Black Sea and Russia could sell fertilizer and food products to the global market. On Thursday, Mr. Blinken led a Security Council meeting on food insecurity and conflict, with the impact of the war in Ukraine dominating the debate. The Ukrainian military said in its regularly published morning assessment of the war on Friday that its forces had repelled a Russian attempt to storm defensive positions near Sievierodonetsk. Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, Mélanie Joly, said in an interview that her country would offer logistical support to Ukraine, such as sending cargo ships, experts and food inspectors to facilitate the transport of grain. Finance ministers discussed ways to keep pressure on Russia while minimizing the damage to their economies as they debated the merits of a European embargo on Russian oil and whether seized Russian assets could be used to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The company, Gasum, called the move from Gazprom “highly regrettable,” saying in a statement that it would supply customers through other sources and that it did not expect disruptions. Mr. Schröder is a personal friend of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and has been criticized for maintaining the relationship even as Russia wages its brutal war. Russia said on Friday that it was suspending the supply because Finland had failed to comply with its demand to make payments in rubles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern Donbas region, describing the area where the Kremlin has ...

This is what will be qualified as the genocide of the Ukrainian people and for which the occupiers will definitely be brought to justice," he added. "Food pricing is our number one problem right now, as a result of all this perfect storm for 2022," Beasley said. Experience shows that they become such by the age of 40–45," the State Duma said, according to a Reuters translation. This can be a lengthy process when done thoroughly," the ministry said. Speaking during his nightly address, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces continue to liberate the northeast Kharkiv region. Borrell said it's up to Ukraine to decide the terms of any negotiations. "Starting from tomorrow, during the upcoming summer season, Gasum will supply natural gas to its customers from other sources through the Balticconnector pipeline. Destroy as many houses, social facilities and enterprises as possible. "It is highly regrettable that natural gas supplies under our supply contract will now be halted. It also comes just two days after Finland formally applied to join NATO. There's hell, and that's not an exaggeration." He said that he hopes that "when the time comes for negotiations to take place, Ukraine will be able to negotiate from a position of strength."

Senior Russian officials have proposed a new law that would eliminate age limits for military contract soldiers, in another sign the country is facing a ...

Some large government-run companies have received letters urging them to sign up their staff for the army. Russia initially put about 80% of its main ground combat forces – 150,000 men – into the war in February, according to western officials. Experience shows that they become such by the age of 40-45,” it said.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that Moscow will create new military bases in western Russia in response to the expansion of Nato.

No. That is the biggest terminal in Ukraine - and it is the same situation with every other terminal in the country.” As the medical emergency inflicted by Russia escalates, we have responded with life-saving medical supplies where they are needed most," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement. The United States, Britain and some other key oil buyers banned imports of Russian oil shortly after the invasion. Washington called on Russia to allow exports of Ukrainian grain that is held up in Black Sea ports. Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine three months ago, when Russian warships blockaded Odesa and other Black Sea ports, the 112 employees of his firm, Inter Trans Logistics, have been unable to work. Nor have any of the hundreds of other freight forwarding workers in town. Nor have any of the hundreds of other freight forwarding workers in town. Experience shows that they become such by the age of 40–45," it said. "The road is extremely important because it's the only connection to other regions of the country," he said via email. SinceVladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukrainethree months ago, when Russian warships blockaded Odesaand other Black Sea ports, the 112 employees of his firm, Inter Trans Logistics, have been unable to work. The museum loaned pieces from Russian institutions for a recent exhibition. "The occupiers have identified culture, education and humanity as their enemies.

As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: Russia said it completed its takeover of the Ukrainian port city ...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the conditions in the Donbas, which includes Luhansk and neighbouring Donetsk province, as "hell" and said the ...

Kyiv says it wants to arrange a prisoner swap. He posted a video online of the attack on the House of Culture in Lozova and said seven people were wounded including a child. "The situation is really hard and horrible and my husband is on the way from one hell to another hell, from Azovstal steel plant to a prison, to captivity," Zarytska said in Istanbul, where she and other family members lobbied Turkey to try to help save the fighters. While on Friday Russia’s defence chief said the country’s forces have taken full control of the steel plant in the devastated city of Mariupol. That would mark the end of a near three-month siege that come to symbolise Ukraine’s stubborn refusal to back down in the face of Putin’s invasion. Russian troops bombarded the riverside city of Sievierodonetsk on Friday in what seemed to be the start of a major assault to seize the last remaining Ukrainian-held territory in Luhansk which is one of the two provinces Russia claims are independent states. The city, and its twin Lyshchansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskiy Donets river, form the eastern part of a Ukrainian-held pocket Russia has been trying to overrun since mid-April after failing to capture the capital Kyiv.