Ukraine

British energy giant BP on Tuesday plunged into a huge net loss in the first quarter after it decided to exit Russia over the country's invasion of neighbour Ukraine. The loss after tax stood at $20.4 billion (R320 billion) following BP's decision in February to pull its 19.75-percent stake in…

Local boy Faddei stands atop a destroyed Russian armoured military vehicle in the village of Kolychivka, Ukraine (Reuters) LVIV: The British military says it believes the Russian military is now "significantly weaker" after suffering losses in its war on Ukraine. The British defence ministry made the comment on Tuesday in…

KHARKIV, Ukraine —  At some point, all shelling sites look the same. There’s the jagged-edge crater with a spray-pattern of divots gouged out by shrapnel; the gap-toothed hole where ordnance punched through a wall; the scorched remains of automobiles that happened to be passing when a missile slammed into the road.…

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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, going to the station to meet people displaced by the war with Russia before later leaving after air-raid sirens sounded. Jolie, 46, is a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, which says more than 12.7 million…

The leader of Russia's space agency on Saturday again warned that the country will pull out of the International Space Station over sanctions meant to punish the country for Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, but he did not give a timetable or say when the move will be announced,…

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 67th day, we take a look at the main developments. A woman says goodbye to relatives in Odesa as she travels to Poland during Russia's invasion of Ukraine Published On 1 May 20221 May 2022 Here are the key events so far on Sunday,…

Angelina Jolie made an unexpected appearance in Lviv, Ukraine on Saturday, as reported by the BBC. She was spotted in a coffee shop in the western city roughly 40 miles from the Polish border. In a video posted to Facebook by journalist Mayya Podgorodetskaya, Jolie is seen smiling in a…

An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Gigantic landfills in India's capital New Delhi have caught fire in…

At least 20 civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in the Black Sea port of Mariupol. Earlier, a Russian missile strike had hit Odesa airport, rendering its runway unusable. Follow FRANCE 24's liveblog for all the latest. All times are in Paris…