Ukraine

Topline Pope Francis dismissed speculation about his poor health and plans to resign in the near future, according to an interview with Reuters published Monday, hinting at possible trips to Moscow and Kyiv amid criticism the Vatican has not done enough to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pope Francis dismissed…

The horrifying fantasy was revealed in a phone conversation intercepted by Ukraine's intelligence agency the SBU. The Russian trooper tells his wife: "In short... I just cut the emu's (Ukrainian's) throat. Well, when will I cut a person's throat again?" His wife is initially surprised by her husband's blood thirsty…

T he Foreign Office said it condemns the exploitation of prisoners of war and civilians for political purposes, after two British men were captured by Russian forces and charged with being mercenaries in Ukraine. Cambridgeshire aid worker Dylan Healy, 22, and military volunteer Andrew Hill, 35, have been charged with…

One day, shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a seventeen-year-old named Tymur Sabri was visiting his grandmother in a village outside of Kyiv. Tymur is lanky—he loves to play basketball—with messy hair and a deep voice. Before the war, he lived in Kyiv with his parents and an older brother.…

NEWS The BBC is marking the 30 anniversary of its Ukrainian-speaking service as the Russian invasion of the country continues. On June 1, 1992, the BBC started short- and medium-wave radio broadcasts for then newly independent Ukraine. Today, BBC News Ukraine operates via website bbc.ua, its YouTube channel, Facebook, Twitter,…

Griner, a star in the US-based Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on February 17, just days before Russia invaded Ukraine, unleashing a broader confrontation with the West. US basketball player, Brittney Griner, goes on trial in Russia on Friday on drug charges that could…

KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop off Ukraine's southwestern coast as a "gesture of…

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Russia is pressing on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine after NATO branded Moscow the biggest "direct threat" to Western security and agreed on plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces. Ukrainian authorities said they were trying to pull residents out of the frontline eastern city of Lysychansk, the focus…

“Our families are seeing the impact when they go to the store and everyday items just aren’t available. “The conflict has injected a new level of volatility into Australia’s energy market, and that is putting stress on our household budgets.” Mr Albanese says the direct consequences for Australians as a…