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Russia-Ukraine war: EU leaders back push to ban most Russia oil purchase

The sanctions would forbid the purchase of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia delivered to member states by sea but include a temporary exemption for pipeline crude

Russia's Gazprom says will halt gas supplies to Netherlands from today

Russia's Gazprom Export has said it would suspend gas supplies to Dutch energy company GasTerra from Tuesday due to its refusal to pay in rubles

Zelenskyy, French FM Colonna discuss support for war-torn Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna to discuss support for Kiev, the presidential press service said

Erdogan, Zelenskyy discuss export of Ukraine's agricultural products by sea

Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Volodymyr Zelensky that Turkey attaches importance to the project of creating a safe corridor for the export of Ukraine's agricultural products by sea

India Q4 GDP: Omicron curbs may have slowed down growth before Ukraine war

In the January-March quarter, the economy likely expanded 3.9%, according to the survey, a performance that will mark the low point of the year

Zelenskyy says Russia hopes for famine crisis as sea ports blocked

Ukraineian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Russian blockade of Ukrainian sea ports prevents Kyiv from exporting 22 million tons of grain

EU leaders agree on partial embargo on Russian oil amid Ukraine war

European Union leaders reached a compromise to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia at a summit focused on helping Ukraine

Erdogan discusses Turkey's Syria incursion plans with Russian Prez Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara's planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Erdogan's office said

EU leaders meet as Hungary sticks to its guns on Russian oil ban

European Union (EU) leaders gathered in Brussels for a special meeting that is likely to be overshadowed by disagreement on phasing out imports of Russian oil, which Hungary is blocking

Russians, Ukrainians troops fight block by block in Sievierodonetsk

Russian troops pushed farther into the key eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Kyiv's forces Monday in a battle the mayor said has left the city in ruins

Russia has lost the Ukraine war, China made wrong bet: Ex-FS Shyam Saran

Russia has lost the Ukraine war as it would not have achieved any rational objective by the end of it and China had made a "wrong bet" on Moscow, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran said

EU fails to agree on Russian oil ban as leaders gather for summit

The leaders of the 27 European Union countries will agree in principle to an oil embargo, a draft of their summit conclusions showed

Ukraine war-led spike in prices buoy Q4 performance of ONGC, Oil India

Reversal in price trends, policy measures such as windfall tax by the government and fall in refining margins are among key downside risks

India's imports of cheap Russian crude surge since Ukraine invasion: Data

India received more than 24 mn barrels of Russian crude this month, up from 7.2 mn barrels in April, and is set to receive about 28 mn barrels in June, according to Refinitiv Eikon oil flows

US will not send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach Russia, says Biden

The Ukrainian government has urged the West to provide it with more longer-range weapons in order to turn the tide in the war, now in its fourth month

Post export ban, India asked to supply over 1.5 mn tonnes wheat: Report

'More than half a dozen countries have approached India for more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat and we will see how to go about these requests,' says a govt official who didn't wish to be identified

Thousands flee as Russian, Ukrainian troops fight block by block in Kyiv

In recent days, the fighting has focused on Sievierodonetsk in a battle Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called indescribably difficult.

EU wrestles with Russia oil embargo as leaders gather for Ukraine aid

EU leaders will gather in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go

Oil prices climb above $120/barrel ahead of EU meeting on Russia sanctions

The Brent crude futures contract for July, which will expire on Tuesday, was up 59 cents, or 0.5%, at $120.02 a barrel at 1100 GMT.

Kremlin eyes political prize in rubble of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk

Small east Ukrainian city now a focus of Russia's invasion; industrial town was previously a hub for Ukrainian military