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Russian President Vladimir Putin's putting the nuclear deterrent force on alert is an attempt to divert attention from the fact that the Russian military operation in Ukraine is not going as he envisaged, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace assessed today.more

Nearly 100,000 Russian troops are involved in the fighting in Ukraine, with about 50,000 more in reserve. As a result of Russian shelling of humanitarian corridors, women and children evacuated by them have been wounded, Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine's deputy prime minister for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, told Ukrinform news agency today.more

The UK announced today that it is following the US and European Union in taking further measures against Russia by banning British entities from dealing with Russia's central bank, finance ministry and sovereign wealth fund.more

The US State Department issued an alert yesterday urging Americans in Russia to consider leaving the country immediately as countries close airspace to Russian airlines. US citizens in Ukraine are advised by the department to avoid border crossings with Poland and Moldova.more

Britain is to provide a further £40 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine in a bid to create much-needed access to basic necessities, the Government has announced. more

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she supports individuals from the UK who might want to go to Ukraine to join an international force to fight.more

Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia’s richest men, said the war in Ukraine was a “tragedy” and called on the “bloodshed” to end after President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of the country.more

Energy giant BP said Sunday it is exiting its $14 billion shareholding in Russia's state-owned Rosneft, citing Moscow's "act of aggression" against Ukraine.more

His name and his history are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are already the stuff of modern military lore: that, with ten air-to-air kills, the heroic pilot of a Ukrainian MiG-29 became the first air combat ace over European soil since World War II. more

Boris Johnson says Ukrainians are "fighting heroically" and with "great success" in some places. Following a call with the Ukrainian president, the prime minister said things "are not going all the way of President Vladimir Putin"more

he EU says it will buy and deliver weapons to Ukraine - the first time the bloc has financed military support for a country under attack.more

Russia denied on Sunday that talks with Ukraine had begun but said the two sides were arriving at the destination for negotiations, Interfax news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying.more

"Tomek Kędziora is already in Poland!" - the Polish Football Association reported today. The 27-year-old national representative of the country has been a football player of Dynamo Kiev since 2017.more

President Putin has ordered his military command to put nuclear forces on a "special' state of alert. This is after what Moscow calls "aggressive statements" by Nato countries.more

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a €100 billion defence fund, anchored in the constitution, to boost Berlin’s military spending beyond the Nato minimum and shatter Vladimir Putin’s dream of a “Russian empire” in Europe.more

The Ukraine conflict could last "a number of years" and the UK needs to be "prepared for a very long haul" in facing down Russian aggression, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has told Sky News.more

In connection with the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the website pomagamukrainie.gov.pl was launched, through which assistance will be coordinated, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today.more

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has joined the list of players to show to support to Ukraine after the country was invaded by Russian forces.more

Vladimir Putin is 'prepared to lose 50,000 troops in the Ukraine invasion as a leaked document from the Russian Ministry of Health has revealed Moscow is preparing for a 'medical emergency.more

People from all over Poland came to Medyka in Podkarpacie to help Ukrainians who escaped from the war. Some offer them an apartment, others warm tea and dumplings. "This is the time to show who really is human," explains one such person.more

Matty Cash celebrated his opening goal in Aston Villa's clash with Brighton on Saturday by removing his shirt to display a message of support for Polish teammate Tomasz Kedziora who is stuck in Ukraine.more

The nuclear research institute in Japan's Fukushima has expressed concern as it cannot contact a local Ukrainian institution that is helping to monitor radioactive substances in Chernobyl, the Japanese news agency Kyodo said yesterday.more

The war in Ukraine "will continue" and "we must prepare for it," French President Emmanuel Macron warned yesterday. He added that the French government is preparing a "resilience plan" to deal with the economic consequences of the crisis.more