Ukraine

A South African-born journalist came under fire while covering the war in Ukraine. Dominique van Heerden and her Sky News colleagues appealed in vain that they were journalists. The five made it to the safety of a warehouse after a harrowing run trying to avoid sniper fire. A South African-born journalist, reporting on…

Thomas Tuchel. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) Thomas Tuchel has slammed the Chelsea fans who chanted Roman Abramovich's name during a minute's applause for war-torn Ukraine before Saturday's 4-0 win against Burnley. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Premier League clubs held a pre-match moment of solidarity with the country…

We have been living in a golden age, what scholars of international relations call the “Long Peace.” Since 1945, the world has fought astonishingly few interstate wars, and no total wars—where all restraint goes out of the window and every available weapon is used—at all. In a way, this is…

Saturday, March 5, 2022 Jens Stoltenberg The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has said it does not seek conflict with Russia, maintaining that it remains committed to keeping channels for diplomacy and deconfliction open. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this on Friday after an extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers…

In this file photo taken on February 25, 2021 the United Nations logo is seen inside the United Nations in New York City. Angela Weiss / AFPThe UN human rights chief on Thursday slammed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, warning millions there were seeing their rights trampled, while the rising nuclear…

Members of delegations from Ukraine and Russia, including Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky (2L), Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak (2R), Volodymyr Zelensky’s “Servant of the People” lawmaker Davyd Arakhamia (3R), hold talks in Belarus’ Gomel region  Sergei KHOLODILIN / BELTA / AFPTalks between Russian and Ukrainian officials to secure a…

Synopsis Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia tweeted on Wednesday: "We are mounting six flights today in Bucharest, Romania, carrying over 1,200 Indian students back to India."ANI Indian nationals evacuated from Ukraine before boarding the fifth flight under Operation Ganga from Bucharest, on Monday.Six flights from the Romanian capital Bucharest will bring…

Russian troops are steadily moving to surround key cities in Ukraine’s south and east, with attacks reported on hospitals, schools and critical infrastructure. They continued to lay siege to central Kharkiv, where a government building was hit by an apparent rocket strike Wednesday morning, and where supplies of food and…

The prospect of war raises the stakes and heightens the intensity of political disagreement. But the outbreak of war often has the reverse effect, with pressures for national unity narrowing the spectrum of debate. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, arguments within the Republican Party were…

Wargaming, the studio behind World of Tanks, has fired creator director Sergey Burkatovskiy after he publicly supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where hundreds of its team are based in the country's capital, Kyiv. In a since-deleted Facebook message, Burkatovskiy allegedly cited his support of "the operation of the Armed Forces…