Ukraine

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Fuel pump staff faced abuse and threats from the public after politicians claimed they were price gouging or price fixing, an industry body has said. On March 10th, the Government reduced the excise duty for diesel and petrol following record level prices, largely as a result of Russia’s invasion of…

LVIV, Ukraine — Several rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday while President Joe Biden was visiting the capital of Poland, whose border is just 45 miles away. The powerful explosions frightened a city that had been a haven for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the…

A social media account promoting the so-called Ukrainian "Feline Defense Force" is bringing levity to the war-weary as the Russian invasion entered its second month. The Feline Defense Force Twitter account has regularly posted photos of what are claimed to be "the cats of Ukraine who support our human warriors…

Top Russian military officials said Friday the operation in Ukraine was entering a new phase focused on the "complete liberation" of the eastern Donbas region, claiming Russia's assault on cities like Kyiv was part of a strategy to distract Ukrainian forces. Why it matters: Russia's advance has stalled across most…

Reuters NowPosted With western leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss further military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Ukrainians across the country shelter in metro stations and line up for food, the cities around them reduced to rubble, one month into Russia’s invasion. Read More

President Biden said Thursday that he would support Russia being expelled from the G20 over its invasion of Ukraine, a step that would further isolate Vladimir Putin on the international stage. Driving the news: Biden said the decision would ultimately be up to the G20, but that he has proposed…

Ukraine appealed for more Western military help ahead of a NATO summit, as it warned that almost 100,000 people are trapped by Russian bombardment and facing starvation in the ruins of the besieged port of Mariupol. Tens of thousands of residents have already fled the southern city, bringing harrowing testimony…

A view shows cars and a building of a hospital destroyed by an aviation strike amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Mariupol, Ukraine. (File photo/Reuters) Russia describes its invasion as a "special military operation" and only admitted more than a week into the attack that some conscripts were taking part…

Two former U.S. presidents from different political parties visited a Ukrainian church Friday to show "solidarity" with the Ukrainian people. Former Presidents George W. Bush, a Republican, and Bill Clinton, a Democrat, visited Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago together, according to posts on their social media…