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Russian military says has control of Ukraine's Kherson

Mar 02, 2022 (AFP)

"The Russian divisions of the armed forces have taken the regional centre of Kherson under full control," defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in te...

NATO to hold emergency meeting over Ukraine Friday

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

NATO allies have rushed to bolster their eastern flank after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the attack, but remain adamant that they will not get invo...

Finland's view on joining NATO is 'changing' says PM

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

"The views of citizens are certainly changing and I believe those of the parties and their members are also changing," due to the deteriorating security environ...

Putin has 'shattered peace' in Europe: NATO chief

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

He spoke during a visit to the Lask airbase in NATO member Poland, whose neighbour Ukraine has been fighting back against a Russian offensive that is now in its...

Russia's war on Ukraine: Day six situation on the ground

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

Here is a summary of the situation on the ground, based on statements from the warring sides, Western defence and intelligence sources and international organis...

Vast Russian army convoy spotted north of Kyiv

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

Satellite photos provided by Maxar, a US company, showed that the convoy -- which had been massing since Sunday -- had mushroomed to more than 40 miles of milit...

Ukraine says civilians killed in fresh Russian shelling

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

Despite sanctions and warnings of a humanitarian crisis, the fresh assaults on day six of Russia's invasion came as a massive military convoy was closing on the...

China tells Ukraine it 'regrets' conflict as it evacuates citizens

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

China has been walking a diplomatic tightrope on the Ukraine conflict, balancing its oft-repeated insistence on the sanctity of state sovereignty with an unwill...

China starts evacuating citizens from Ukraine: reports

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

Some 600 Chinese students were evacuated Monday from Kyiv and the southern port city of Odessa, the state-run Global Times newspaper reported, citing the Chines...

US says Russian advance on Kyiv stalled

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

"We generally sense that the Russian military movement... the overarching movement on Kyiv, is stalled at this point," the official told reporters. "We do think...

Ukraine accuses Russia of air strikes on housing block, TV tower

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

Eight people were reported killed in the strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second biggest city, on day six of Russia's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. Kharkiv...

Isolated Russia defends Ukraine war at UN General Assembly

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

During the rare emergency special session -- just the 11th the Assembly has held in the United Nations' 77-year history -- Russia defended its decision to invad...

Russia invasion galvanises common EU defence; Slovakia to host NATO troops

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

It is "a turning point on the history of European integration," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a media conference on Monday. European Council Presid...

Russia's attack slowing down? Not so fast, experts say

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

The army is preparing strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities and, at the same time, trying to link together its attack forces in the south of the co...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Latest developments

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

- 11 killed in Kharkiv - At least 11 civilians are killed in ongoing shelling of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv in the east of the country. - More talks planned ...

Putin orders nuclear alert as Ukraine fiercely resists Russian invasion

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

The UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency session Monday to discuss the conflict, which has claimed dozens of lives and raised fears that it will displ...

China calls for de-escalation as Ukraine talks begin

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

Russia invaded on Thursday and quickly announced it had neutralised key Ukrainian military facilities, with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordering ...

Finland to debate NATO petition in parliament

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a Twitter post Monday evening that a planned debate in parliament the following day would cover the situation in Ukraine and ...

Russia's war on Ukraine: Day four situation on the ground

Feb 27, 2022 (AFP)

Here AFP describes the situation, based on statements from both sides as well as assessments by Western defence and intelligence officials. - Ground situation -...

Ukraine vows no 'capitulation' at talks, Putin orders nuclear alert

Feb 27, 2022 (AFP)

Fighting has claimed dozens of civilian lives, forced hundreds and thousands of Ukrainians to flee west and could, according to the EU, eventually displace up t...