Russia’s Black Sea flagship sank Thursday after being engulfed in an inferno sparked by a missile strike, according to Ukraine, as the Kremlin complained that Kyiv was targeting its citizens in cross-border sorties. The guided missile cruiser Moskva has led Russia’s naval effort against its neighbour in the seven-week conflict,Read More →

MOSCOW — As Moscow’s soldiers continue their military campaign in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a measure proposing up to 15-year prison penalties for spreading “false” information on Russia’s actions overseas. The measure, which was passed by Russia’s parliament last week, stipulates prison sentences and fines forRead More →

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s shelling of a school sheltering hundreds of people an act of “horror,” and urged direct negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as the only way to stop the war. Authorities reported people were still “under the debris” at the school in the besiegedRead More →

In the early hours of Wednesday, a special Boeing-777 plane from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) landed in Islamabad from Poland, bringing 230 Pakistanis who had been stranded in Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine situation. Polish Ambassador Maciej Pisarski, his wife Justyna Maria Pisarski, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mehmood, and PIA officialsRead More →

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has published a list of countries that have conducted unfriendly actions against Russia. Russia, a former superpower, has published a list of countries, governments, and territories that it claims have engaged in unfriendly activities against Russian enterprises and citizens. As a result of Russia’s invasion ofRead More →

MOSCOW, Russian Federation (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised Kyiv for bungled civilian evacuations from the important Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by Russian military, in a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the Kremlin. Putin “raised attention to the fact that KyivRead More →