Ukraine

Trump signs Russia sanctions bill into law: Is Ukraine peace deal at risk? President Donald Trump signed the Russia sanctions bill into law, thereby boosting economic pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine; the conflict has been ongoing for more than four years, as confirmed by the White House.…

US President Donald Trump signed into law legislation aimed at increasing economic pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine, including by targeting Moscow's energy revenues as well as countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas. The White House said on September 18 that Trump signed H.R. 5334,…

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Russia is not a democracy. However, Russia does have elections – many of them, in fact. From September 18-20, Russian voters will elect their national parliamentary representatives (to the Russian State Duma), as well as 11 governors, deputies to 39 regional assemblies, and deputies to other lower-level representative bodies. The…

Russians cast ballots to choose lawmakers for the State Duma, with the all-out war on Ukraine and a slowing economy looming over the country's first parliamentary elections since the start of the 2022 invasion. Voters in the Pacific region of Kamchatka, nine time zones ahead of Moscow, kicked off the…

KYIV - The Ukrainian government plans to spend a record two thirds of its budget on defence IN 2027 as costs mount in its war with Russia, government documents showed. Russia’s four-and-a-half-year offensive has battered Ukraine’s economy , causing billions of dollars in destruction and punching a huge hole in…

A Russian drone struck a passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland shortly after a diplomatic train carrying Western officials travelled through the area. Credit: Ukrainian authorities / File image From Global Desk A Russian drone has struck a passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland, hitting a railway route…

It doesn’t really matter if they meant to do it. The Russian drone strike that hit a train near Ukraine’s border with Poland as a group of former Western officials travelled out of the country is a clear escalation by Moscow. Ukraine’s railway network said it believes former CIA chief…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that strikes close to the alliance’s territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase its support for Kyiv. The drone was…

MOSCOW, Sept 15 - Russia holds a parliamentary election on September 18 to 20, the first since it launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022. The political system is tightly controlled and the ruling United Russia party, backed by President Vladimir Putin, is widely expected to retain its…