Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine signed a grain deal brokered by Turkey on Friday to allow exports of grain from blockaded Ukrainian ports. An estimated 22 million tons of grain have been stuck in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February, causing a serious global food shortage and rising prices. Here’s the latest…

U.S. officials said Friday that they will send additional sophisticated artillery systems and ammunition to Ukraine, bolstering the country’s forces again as they carry out a coordinated campaign of strikes on Russian military targets. The latest $270 million package includes four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, boosting…

MOSCOW -- The Russian central bank diverged from its Western counterparts by slashing its key interest rate Friday just a month after dropping it to where it was before the country sent troops into Ukraine. The bank lowered its key rate by 1.5 percentage points, to 8%, saying consumer prices…

Most people have long since left the village of Mala Tokmachka, in Ukraine-held territory a couple of kilometres from the front line in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. But not Anna, a lanky, middle-aged, 25-year army veteran with close-cropped hair, who has no place to go. “I am a military person.…

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday to reopen blockaded Ukrainian ports and allow grain exports to begin to flow. Why it matters: Ukraine is one of the world's top exporters of wheat, sunflower oil and other agricultural products. With those exports almost entirely blocked due to Russia's Black Sea…

ASPEN, Colorado: Russia's military is likely to start an operational pause of some kind in Ukraine in the coming weeks, giving Kyiv a key opportunity to strike back, Britain's spy chief said on Thursday (Jul 21). Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) known as MI6, also estimated…

Russian President Vladimir Putin may use energy for political leverage against the European Union. Photo / AP Europe faced an energy crisis even before the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany went offline for regular maintenance. While there were signals that at least some gas was likely to…

At least 23 people have been killed, including three children, in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. Video / AP Fearful world leaders used to wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin to arrive. But after his disastrous invasion of Ukraine, now Putin has to twiddle his…

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak walks in London, Britain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Rishi Sunak, one of the final three candidates to become Britain's next prime minister, said he wanted to make the country energy…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of senior officials is casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the Biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with Russia: Ukraine’s history of rampant corruption and shaky governance. As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions…