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London: Barry O’Farrell, Australia’s High Commissioner to India, says the Modi government’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not an issue for Australia. O’Farrell, a former premier of NSW, made the remarks at an event in New Delhi for the Australia India Institute, which is led by former…

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Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Despite retreating away from Kyiv in a perfunctory display of de-escalating tensions, Russian forces are leaving landmines in their wake, and civilians have been found executed—some with their hands bound behind their backs, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. “Bucha, Kyiv region. The bodies of people with tied…

Thursday marked five weeks since the Russian army crossed the border into Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s dreams of a lightning conquest of the cradle of Russian civilization went up in smoke. When Ukrainian soldiers ambushed columns of Russian tanks, they torched not just the military hardware, but the dress uniforms…

Ukraine Parliament Member Calls for Tighter Oligarch Sanctions ... Their Children Should Suffer Too 3/31/2022 1:28 PM PT TMZ.com One of Ukraine's prominent politicians says western nations can do more than send military support ... they can financially stick it to the children of Russia's oligarchs in order to put…

On February 20, the Russian Parliament had not yet authorized President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside the country, and Ukraine had not yet declared a state of emergency. In a television interview that day, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby maintained that Putin “has not conducted another invasion in…

Russia has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant after seizing control of the facility on the opening day of its invasion of Ukraine.  A senior official at the Pentagon said the troops were being repositioned into Belarus whose border lies 10 miles away.  He said: "We think that they…

LVIV, Ukraine —  A day after Russia said it would “drastically” reduce attacks on strategic northern cities in its war against Ukraine, those regions came under fresh bombardment Wednesday, deepening Ukrainian and Western officials’ skepticism over any easing of the offensive. As Moscow offered mixed signals about its war aims and…

Russia’s leading independent newspaper suspended operations Monday after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize for his paper’s courageous reporting under difficult circumstances. The paper, Novaya Gazeta, said it will remain closed for the duration of what…