News & Events

Western leaders have rejected plans by authorities in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine to hold referendums in the coming days on joining the territories to Russia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a diplomatic solution that gives Russia and Ukraine a “dignified way out” of the crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow could ramp up its strikes on the country’s vital infrastructure if Ukrainian forces target facilities in Russia.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia’s demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO.

Russian president says he wants to revise agreement to allow export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea.

Ukraine’s nuclear chief has suggested that United Nations peacekeepers could secure the Zaporizhzhia power station. The plant has been occupied by Russia since the early days of the war and come under repeated attack, with both sides blaming each other.