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Putin welcomes China’s Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine fighting
Xi’s trip showed off Beijing’s new diplomatic swagger and gave a political lift to Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for him on war crimes charges. Read more
Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Xi’s trip showed off Beijing’s new diplomatic swagger and gave a political lift to Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for him on war crimes charges. Read more
He was shown chatting with Mariupol residents and visiting an art school and a children’s center in Sevastopol, Crimea. Read more
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world denounced as illegal. Read more
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The United Nations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension, but neither confirmed how long it would last. Read more
A possible trial of any Russians at the ICC remains a long way off, as Moscow does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction and does not extradite its nationals. Read more
China and Ukraine have retained diplomatic ties but their top officials are believed to have had only sporadic contact. Read more
Dumping the fuel appeared to be aimed at blinding the drone’s optical instruments to drive it from the area. Read more
Russia has long voiced concern about U.S. surveillance flights near its borders, but Tuesday’s incident signaled Moscow’s increasing readiness to raise the ante. Read more
U.S. and Russian officials had conflicting accounts of the collision Tuesday between the MQ-9 Reaper drone and the Russian Su-27 fighter jet. Read more
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident by national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Read more
The extra money will be used, in part, to replenish Britain’s ammunition stocks, depleted from supplying Ukraine in its defense against Russia. Read more
Russian forces and units from the Kremlin-controlled paramilitary Wagner Group continued to launch ground attacks in the city. Read more
The barrages have overwhelmed local firefighters, who take great risks putting out fires in buildings and cars even as the shelling continues. Read more
The U.K. Defense Ministry said that paramilitary units from the Kremlin-controlled Wagner Group have seized most of eastern Bakhmut. Read more
The apparent aim of attacking power stations and other infrastructure is to weaken Ukraine’s resolve and compel the Ukrainian government to negotiate peace on Moscow’s terms. Read more
Here is a look at the latest Russian missile attack and the weapons involved. Read more
Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure in the first attack on such a scale in three weeks. Ukrainian officials reported injuries and hits on residential buildings. Read more
Intense Russian shelling targeted the city in the Donetsk region and nearby villages as Moscow waged a three-sided assault to try to finish off Bakhmut’s resistance. Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s comments came in an interview with CNN that aired Sunday, two days after he met U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington. Read more
Bakhmut has for months been a key target of Moscow’s grinding eastern offensive. Read more
The eight had set up a roadblock in an attempt to prevent Russian troops from advancing as they swept toward Kyiv at the start of their invasion. Read more
