The UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreEuropean Union member states failed to agree on a ninth package of Russia sanctions in talks. US citizen held since June is among dozens released in a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.
Read MoreShelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.
Read MoreUkrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places, and claimed to have captured many Russian soldiers as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat. A Ukrainian presidential adviser said there were so many prisoners of war that the country was running out of space to accommodate them.
Read MoreBritish military intelligence said Saturday that Ukraine’s advance on three fronts was likely to have “achieved a degree of tactical surprise; exploiting poor logistics, administration and leadership in the Russian armed forces.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin is offering Russian railway workers enticing bonuses to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Read MoreUkrainian forces appear closer than ever to encircling occupied Kherson and regaining the key city in the right bank of the Dnipro River. An ammunition dump is said to have been hit by the Ukrainians.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin has met Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for talks expected to focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russian forces at Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine are employing "terror tactics" by using the site to launch rocket attacks on civilians. Amid calls for her resignation, Canada’s foreign affairs minister has denied Ottawa abandoned its Ukrainian staff in Kyiv in the run-up to Russia’s invasion.
Read MoreUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky ventures further afield from Kyiv to survey the destruction from Russian attacks and visit frontline troops. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron receives a rare public tongue-lashing from Ukraine’s foreign minister
Read MoreRussia bombards cities across Ukraine, including Lviv - where for the first time civilian infrastructure was targeted,
Read MoreThe Kyiv region was hit for the second day-in-a-row by Russian missile strikes. Meanwhile, the situation in the besieged city of Mariupol is becoming more desperate as the Russian side demands Ukrainian forces in the city to surrender. Today is Palm Sunday on the Julian calendar
Read MoreCBC Radio The Current: Host Matt Galloway delves into the rapidly-escalating situation on the Ukraine-Russia border. Global Affairs Analyst Michael Bociurkiw provides his assessment what is happening, the aims of the Kremlin and options available to the West.
Read MoreOn the second consecutive weekend of opposition protests across Russia, the authorities are throwing everything they have to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s mass expression of outrage at the jailing of Alexei Navalny
Read MoreThere are two sets of rules in Ukraine: one for its fabulously wealthy oligarchs -and the other for everybody else. That became clear recently during the country’s strict Covid-19 lockdown, when several oligarchs managed to skirt the rules and rule the skies with their private jets.
Read MoreUpdates on Covid-19 from around the world. A worrying patchwork quilt of lockdown rollbacks in the US. The travel industry, especially airlines, head into turbulent skies. Cases in Russian sky-rocket. The WHO signals concern over countries with fragile health systems. And have some of our leaders let us down?
Read MoreAmid an unprecedented economic upheaval, the renowned American investor and financial commentator shares his wisdom in where to invest - and where to move in 2021. Excerpts from the podcast, Global Impact.
Read MoreCould an ongoing prisoner swap, involving upwards of 36 individuals from each side, bring a thaw in relations between Ukraine and Russia?
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