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Joe Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip this week: White House

Poland, which neighbours Ukraine, has taken in more than 2 million refugees from the fighting

India-Russia oil trade amid Ukraine crisis: What is at stake?

The US has been putting increasing pressure on India to distance itself from Russia

Ukraine says lost access to Sea of Azov as Russia tightens grip on Mariupol

Ukraine's defence ministry acknowledged on Friday it had 'temporarily' lost access to the Azov Sea, a strategic link with the Black Sea

US Senate NATO observer group gives Biden five-point proposal for alliance

A bipartisan group of US Senators from the NATO Observer Group sent President Joe Biden five proposals for the alliance amid tensions with Russia over their military operation in Ukraine

Multiple dimensions: Three ways to see the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Is Putin the bad guy in the Ukraine conflict, or has the West ignored the need for a legitimate buffer zone, or is it all about ideological underpinnings of civilisational ideas, wonders T N Ninan

Kosovo seeks US President Biden's help in joining NATO

Kosovo's president on Thursday asked US President Joe Biden to help Kosovo become a NATO member at a time that Russia is making efforts to destabilize the Balkans. President Vjosa Osmani sent a letter to Biden saying that Kosovo's membership in NATO has become an imperative." Kosovo, the most pro-American and pro-NATO country in the world, is excluded from NATO enlargement processes, she said in a letter made available to The Associated Press. Osmani urged Biden to use the US leadership and influence to actively support and advance the complex process of NATO membership for Kosovo. While the world's eyes are focused on the devastating war in Ukraine, Osmani said that we must not lose sight of the fragile situation we face in the Balkans. We are exposed to persistent efforts by Russia to undermine Kosovo and destabilise the entire Western Balkans, she wrote.

Russia bogged down, blasting Ukrainian cities as war enters fourth week

Russian president lashes out at 'traitors and scum' as USA's Joe Biden calls him a war criminal.

Shells hit theatre sheltering Ukraine civilians as Russian invasion crawls

Russia's invasion had largely stalled on all fronts and its forces continued to suffer heavy losses, says report from British military intelligence.

Russia might use chemical weapons in 'false flag' attack in Ukraine: NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is concerned that Russia may use chemical weapons in a 'false flag' attack in Ukraine, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.He was speaking at the press conference at NATO headquarter.Stoltenberg said, "We are concerned that Moscow could stage a false flag operation possibly including chemical weapons, in Ukraine.""Any support to Russia military or any other type of support will actually how pressure conducts a brutal war against in... Ukraine and help them to continue to rage war which is causing death, suffering and anonymous amount of destruction," he added."All of this sends an unmistakable message. An attack on one Ally will be met with a decisive response from the whole Alliance. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and its military integration with Belarus, create a new security reality on the European continent. So we need to reset our military posture for this new reality. Tomorrow, ministers will start an important ...

Joe Biden to visit Brussels to attend NATO and EU summits: White House

US President Joe Biden will travel to Belgium to attend an extraordinary NATO summit on March 24 along with participating in a European Council Summit, a White House statement informed on Tuesday

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Kyiv under fire as NATO leaders visit capital

Russia's offensive in Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv on Tuesday, with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighbourhood

Polish, Czech, Slovenia leaders head to Kyiv as war intensifies

They are to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal

Asia stocks extend losses as Ukraine war, China's Covid cases hit sentiment

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index remained mired in negative territory Tuesday, dropping 4% following an almost 5% selloff a day earlier.

War could be over by 'no later than in May': Ukrainian presidential adviser

Exact timing would depend on how much resources the Kremlin was willing to commit to the campaign, says Oleksiy Arestovich.

Ukraine crisis: Russian missile strike near NATO's Poland stirs anxiety

Poland has taken in more than 1.8 million refugees from Ukraine nearly all women and children since February 24, when Russian troops invaded Ukraine

LIVE: Kremlin says no request yet from Ukraine to talk to Putin

The Kremlin has previously said that Putin will not refuse a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart to discuss how to end hostilities in Ukraine

German Chancellor Scholz to meet Turkey's Erdogan in Ankara

According to a Turkish presidency statement, the two leaders are expected to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and the Turkish-EU relations

Zelenskyy urges NATO to impose no-fly zone over Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to impose a no-fly zone over his country or see its member states attacked by Russia.In his virtual address on Monday, Zelenskyy said: "I reiterate that if you do not close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your territory, on NATO territory, on the homes of NATO citizens."He spoke a day after thirty-five people were killed and more than 130 injured when Russian troops launched airstrikes on a military training ground, near the border with NATO member Poland.The Ukrainian President also said that he had warned NATO that without preventive sanctions, Russia would begin a war and that Moscow would use Nord Stream 2 as a weapon."I had warned NATO that without preventive sanctions, Russia would begin a war & that Moscow would use Nord Stream 2 as a weapon," he said.Earlier Russia claimed that it killed 180 "foreign mercenaries" in a missile strike on ...

Talks with Ukraine may soon produce draft agreements: Russia delegate

RIA news agency quoted Leonid Slutsky as comparing the state of the talks now with the situation when they first started, and saying there was "substantial progress"

Russian air assault at military base kills 35 near Polish border

3,687 Ukrainian military infra facilities destroyed so far: Russia