The far right makes big gains in the French parliamentary election first round, according to exit polls. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Sunday presented a new alliance with Austria's far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest hard right-wing group in the European Parliament
Read MoreThe US carries out a new attack on a Houthi site in Yemen, a day after wider attacks led by the US and the UK. Another massive Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine
Read MorePresident Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute congressional budget deal. Most European Union foreign ministers gathered for a meeting in Kyiv on October 2 in a show of solidarity with Ukraine as concerns are growing about a possible weakening of support in the bloc after the election victory in EU member Slovakia of a populist party that opposes military aid for the war-wracked country.
Read MoreOn this Orthodox Easter Sunday, Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange that resulted in the return of 130 Ukrainian prisoners.
Read MoreUkraine shut the eastern town of Avdiivka to non-military personnel on Monday, describing it as a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as Kyiv tried to break the back of Russia's flagging winter offensive before a counter-assault of its own
Read MoreTwo Russian fighter jets engaged with an unmanned U.S. military drone over the Black Sea Tuesday, causing the American aircraft to crash. At least one dead and several injured after a Russian missile strike in central Kramatorsk
Read MoreRussia's offensive in the east is increasingly zeroing in on the city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian military says, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warning that the situation is becoming "extremely difficult" for the defenders of the city, whom he called "heroes."
Read MoreToday marks exactly one year since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Plenty of passionate pledges of support towards Ukraine from western capitals, but Kyiv is still very short of what it needs.
Read MoreThe NATO Secretary General urged members of the bloc to expedite their sending of military hardware to Ukraine, saying it will ‘save lives.’ The true extent of challenges faced by the agricultural sector in Ukraine is revealed
Read MoreThe US is expected to include longer-range missiles in a new $2.2 billion Ukraine security package, officials told CNN. Vladimir Putin said that the West was threatening Moscow “again” with German-made Leopard fighter tanks.
Read MoreGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and allow other countries to do the same, reports in Germany say. Now, after international pressure, Mr Scholz has decided to send at least 14 Leopard 2s, German outlets say
Read MoreThe number of Russian troops killed since the start of their invasion of Ukraine has passed 110,000, according to the Ukrainian armed forces. The weather in Ukraine has taken a turn, with temperatures in most part plummeting to below zero Celsius.
Read MoreAt least 6,884 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since Russia’s invasion of the country began in February, says UN. An Australian helping to defend Ukraine has been killed.
Read MoreMoscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
Read MoreAir raid sirens were triggered in many regions of Ukraine Sunday as the Russian side continued its bombardment by long range cruise missiles. The grain deal signed in Istanbul appears to have been threatened by violations from the Russian side after it bombed the port area in Odesa
Read MoreI’ve always said that Russia President Putin exploits weaknesses. He proves and probes and probes for soft tissue. That’s why Estonia’s president has sounded the alarm on her country being the next target of the Kremlin unless NATO changes its strategy.
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