Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 753 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 753 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 753rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Fighting One person was killed and another injured in the Velykopysarivska community of Ukraine’s Sumy region, which borders Russia, according to the region’s military administration. The attack was one…

Putin poised to win Russian presidential election by a landslide | Vladimir Putin News

Putin poised to win Russian presidential election by a landslide | Vladimir Putin News

Early results show Putin winning some 87 percent of the vote, the highest-ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history. President Vladimir Putin is set to win a record post-Soviet landslide victory in Russia’s election, cementing his grip on power, despite a large number of opponents staging a noon protest at polling…

EU announces bn package for Egypt as part of deal to check migrant flows | Migration News

EU announces $8bn package for Egypt as part of deal to check migrant flows | Migration News

The agreement, which lifts the EU’s relationship with Egypt to a ‘strategic partnership’, has drawn criticism from rights groups. The European Union has announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8.06bn) aid package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt, part of a new deal to stem migrant flows to Europe that has been…

‘Noon against Putin’ protests as Russian leader set to extend rule in polls | Elections News

‘Noon against Putin’ protests as Russian leader set to extend rule in polls | Elections News

Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power in an election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents have staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. Supporters of Putin’s fiercest political foe Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic…

Iceland in state of emergency after volcano erupts, fourth time in 3 months | Volcanoes

Iceland in state of emergency after volcano erupts, fourth time in 3 months | Volcanoes

Icelandic police declared a state of emergency on Saturday as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December. A “volcanic eruption has started between Stori-Skogfell and Hagafell on the Reykjanes Peninsula,” said a statement from the Icelandic Meteorological Office…

Russia says two killed in Ukrainian shelling and drones hit oil refinery | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia says two killed in Ukrainian shelling and drones hit oil refinery | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine launched attacks on Belgorod and near Moscow as Russians entered the second day of voting in the presidential election. Ukrainian shelling in the southern Russian city of Belgorod has killed two people and a drone attack caused a fire at a Russian oil refinery south of Moscow, officials have…

At gunpoint, Ukrainians in occupied regions vote in Russia’s election | Russia-Ukraine war News

At gunpoint, Ukrainians in occupied regions vote in Russia’s election | Russia-Ukraine war News

Since February 25, women with name tags and huge stacks of papers have been knocking on every door in the Russia-occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions or approaching residents outside their apartment buildings or houses. The documents are lists of voters, and the women and, rarely, men are election officials…