Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11 people | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11 people | Russia-Ukraine war News

Dozens of people also wounded, Ukrainian officials say, as Moscow continues offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern region. Russia has struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv and also attacked villages in the surrounding area, killing at least 11 people and wounding many others, Ukrainian authorities…

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders’ assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions. A Russian court has ordered the seizure of the assets, accounts, property and shares of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in the country as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks,…

Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

President says Ukraine has a quarter of air defences required to hold front line as Russia advances along northeastern border. Russia’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern border region of Kharkiv may just be the “first wave” in a wider assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned as he appealed to allies…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 813 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 813 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 813th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, May 17, 2024. Fighting Visiting Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation in the northeast was “extremely difficult” but “under control” after the military partially halted a Russian advance, most notably…

‘Old friend’ Putin arrives in China for state visit, summit with Xi Jinping | Politics News

‘Old friend’ Putin arrives in China for state visit, summit with Xi Jinping | Politics News

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a two-day state visit, as the two countries look to further deepen a relationship that has grown closer since Moscow invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. The visit comes days after Russia launched a new offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 812 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 812 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 812th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Fighting Intense fighting raged in Vovchansk in the northeastern Kharkiv region about 5km (3 miles) from the border with Russia. Oleksiy Kharkivskyi, the town’s police chief, said the situation…

Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill: What’s the controversy about? What’s next? | Protests News

Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill: What’s the controversy about? What’s next? | Protests News

Georgia’s Parliament passed its new “transparency of foreign influence” bill – also known as the “foreign agents” law – on Tuesday despite mass protests that have rocked the capital, Tbilisi, for the past few weeks. After the bill was passed, thousands of protesters clashed with the police outside the parliament…

‘Genuine desire’: Putin backs China peace plan to end Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News

‘Genuine desire’: Putin backs China peace plan to end Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News

Isolated Putin is to meet Xi to rally support for war, but cautious China is wary of punitive measures from the West. President Vladimir Putin has signalled approval of China’s plan as a “genuine desire” to end the war in Ukraine as he travels to Beijing to shore up support…