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,…

Georgia’s president vetoes controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill | Protests News

Georgia’s president vetoes controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill | Protests News

President Salome Zourabichvili says the law is ‘Russian in its essence’, but parliament is expected to overturn veto. Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed the “foreign influence” bill that has sparked unprecedented protests in the country and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi’s European Union aspirations. But…

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…

Russia to expel UK defence attache in a tit-for-tat move | News

Russia to expel UK defence attache in a tit-for-tat move | News

Moscow declares A. T. Coghill persona non grata in response to London expelling Russian defence attache over espionage allegations. Russia has declared The United Kingdom’s defence attache persona non grata and gave the diplomat a week to leave the country in response to London expelling the Russian defence attache earlier…

‘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…