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President Vladimir Putin has warned Poland that any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia. Putin accused Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union. He…

The United States has imposed Russia-related sanctions against nearly 120 people and entities aimed at blocking Moscow's access to electronics and other goods that aid its war against Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury and State departments…

Russia has launched a massive air attack on the Ukrainian port of Odesa for a second night in row, officials have said. The attacks on Odesa, one of Ukraine's main ports for exporting grain, followed a pledge of retaliation by Russia…

The Black Sea grain deal that has allowed the safe export of grain from Ukraine for the past year will expire at the end of Monday if Russia does not agree to extend the agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. The last ship…

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has a "sufficient stockpile" of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions were deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine. "I want to note that in the Russian Federation there…

Russia's air defence forces and fleet in the Black Sea intercepted nine Ukrainian drones over the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Sunday, according to a Moscow-installed official. Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of…

Russia has launched a wave of kamikaze drone attacks on Kyiv and its region for a second night in a row hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was due to meet NATO leaders at a summit. According to preliminary information from…

Expected negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan remain the only hope to extend the Black Sea grain deal that is set to expire next week, Russia's RIA news agency reports. Citing an…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has brought home five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol from Turkey in a highly symbolic achievement. "We are returning home from Turkey and bringing our heroes home," said Zelenskiy, who…

NATO has turned Vilnius into a fortress defended by advanced weaponry to protect U.S. President Joe Biden and other alliance leaders ahead of its summit scheduled for July 11-12. Sixteen NATO allies have sent a total of about 1,000…