President Donald Trump has said he will ask Saudi Arabia and other Opec nations to “bring down the cost of oil” and doubled-down on his threat to use tariffs. In…
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Ukraine: Military claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery
Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 100 drones, one of the largest single operations of its kind…
USA: Trump tells Putin to end ‘ridiculous war’ in Ukraine or face new sanctions
Donald Trump has warned he will impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin fails to end the war in Ukraine. Writing on his social media platform…
Russia: Xi and Putin hold video call after Trump’s inauguration
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a video call hours after Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday, pledging to bring bilateral ties to “greater heights”,…
Ukraine: Dangerous drug-resistant bacteria are spreading
When Pte Oleksander Bezverkhny was evacuated to the Feofaniya Hospital in Kyiv, few believed he would live. The 27-year-old had a severe abdominal injury and shrapnel had ripped through his…
Ukraine: Chief army psychiatrist arrested on $1m corruption charge
Ukraine has detained its army’s chief psychiatrist for alleged “illegal enrichment” charges related to earnings of more than $1m (£813,000) accrued since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.…
Ukraine: Kyiv asks Trump to ‘Make Russia Small Again’
Right after setting foot in the cafeteria named after Donald Trump in the Ukrainian capital, visitors see the most anti-Russian paraphrase of the United States president-elect’s best-known war cry. Inspired…
Ukraine: Three killed in strike on central Kyiv
AaThree people have been killed in a Russian air strike on Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials have said. Residents in the city first heard two loud explosions and only then the…
UK: No convictions for breaching sanctions on Russia
The UK has not carried out a single conviction for breaches of Russian sanctions, the National Crime Agency has said. Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced following the annexation of…