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Image caption, Military paramedics treat a wounded Ukrainian service member, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of VovchanskArticle informationAuthor, Doug FaulknerRole, BBC News13 May 2024, 11:00 BSTUpdated 4 hours agoRussia is claiming its forces have entered the north-eastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine's second…

Russian forces continued their advance across northeastern Ukraine on Sunday, seizing a number of small settlements along the border and forcing Ukrainian troops to retreat from some positions, according to the Russian and Ukrainian militaries, as well as aid workers.Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its troops had captured four more…

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Reuters Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil refineries in recent months.The Biden Administration has criticized the strikes, warning of global energy price rises.However, some experts say Ukraine should continue the attacks. Here's why.…

These new security features and other upgrades at a munitions depot in central Belarus reveal that Russia is building facilities there that could house nuclear warheads. If Russia does move weapons to this location, it would mark the first time it has stored them outside the country since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.Russia already has…

In late March we reported how Russian swimmers would be eligible to compete under their national flag at a competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with World Aquatics reportedly saying in a statement that the event was not “organized” by them. However, a source close to the situation has informed SwimSwam that the meet, called “Swim Wars”…

Skip next section EU states agree to use income from Russian assets to help Ukraine05/08/2024May 8, 2024EU states agree to use income from Russian assets to help UkraineThe ambassadors of European Union (EU) member states on Wednesday reached a deal "in principle" to use the proceeds of Russian assets frozen in the bloc to fund military aid for…

“We are carrying out laboratory tests to check the safety of these products,” she added, according to Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT. The move follows claims by Lithuanian farmers that Russian-grown vegetables, mainly cucumbers and tomatoes, were being smuggled into Lithuania through neighboring Belarus and Poland with falsified origin…

Ukrainian Olympian and two-time European champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the frontlines of Russia's war in Ukraine at age 30, the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation (UWF) said on Monday.Pielieshenko ranked fourth at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the men's 85 kg category and won gold at the sport's European championships in 2016 and 2017.…

Russia has amassed up to 25,000 soldiers around the strategic settlement of Chasiv Yar, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as the Kremlin claims to have seized another village in the Donetsk region."The enemy has amassed a grouping of 20,000-25,000 servicemen" around Chasiv Yar, Nazar Voloshyn, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia…

Moscow has accused the U.S. and other allies of Ukraine of preparing strikes on Crimea, warning that in such a scenario, there would be "retaliation."Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Friday that the Crimean bridge, which links Russia with the peninsula illegally annexed by Moscow since 2014, was "again…