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Nearly 13,000 nationals evacuated in 24 hours: Ukrainian Deputy PM

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that nearly 13,000 civilians were evacuated within a period of 24 hours via humanitarian corridors amid the ongoing war

7 Ukrainians die in Russian shelling of humanitarian convoy of refugees

Seven Ukrainian civilians, including a child, died when Russia shelled a humanitarian convoy of refugees and forced them to turn back, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said.

Russia trying to creat new pseudo-republics: Ukraine President Zelenskyy

Russia is trying to create new pseudo-republics in Ukraine to break his country apart, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address to the nation Saturday.

Russians strike near Ukraine's Kyiv, block aid convoy; port city reels

Russian forces pounded the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, shelling its downtown as residents hid in an iconic mosque and elsewhere to avoid the explosions

West's unrelenting sanctions will accelerate Russia's economic downfall

Even before Ukraine invasion, Russia's economic capabilities were hardly capable of sustaining an empire

Ukraine says Russia shot at evacuation convoy, killing 7 including a child

Ukrainian defence ministry on Sunday said that Russians fired at a convoy that was evacuating women and children in the Kyiv region, killing seven people including one child."Russians shot at a column of women and children in Kyiv region, who were trying to evacuate along a previously agreed "green" corridor. The result of this brutal act - seven dead. One of them is a child," the Ukrainian defence ministry said in a Tweet.Media outlet The Kyiv Independent reported that the attack took place on March 11 as a column of women and children was leaving the village Peremoha in Kyiv Oblast, using the approved corridor.Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba today said that Russians are trying to organize a sham separatist "referendum" in Kherson, mimicking what they did in eastern Ukraine and Crimea in 2014."Following 2014 playbook, Russians now desperately try to organize a sham ...

Will impose individual retaliatory sanctions against West soon: Russia

Russia will publish individual sanctions against the West in the near future, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday.

'Ready to negotiate with Russia', says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Amid escalating war between Moscow and Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his readiness to enter into negotiations with Russia in Jerusalem.

LIVE: Ukraine says Russian forces kill seven civilians in evacuation convoy

The Ukrainian intelligence service said the seven, including one child, were killed as they fled the village of Peremoha and that ''the occupiers forced the remnants of the column to turn back'

France says Putin is not ready to end Ukraine war, fighting rages

Putin did not show a willingness to end a war with Ukraine during a call on Saturday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a French presidency official said

Ukraine crisis: Zelensky demands release of Melitopol mayor

He said that Ukraine expects the leaders of the world to show how they can influence the liberation (of) a man who personifies Ukrainians who do not give up

Ukraine crisis: Tata Steel seeks alternative to Russian coal

The steelmaker used to buy 10-15 per cent of its coal requirements from Russia for use in pulverised coal injection, Tata Steel Managing Director said

Ukraine crisis: Italy seizes Russian billionaire's $578-million yacht

The Sy A yacht was identified by Italian police as belonging to belonging to billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, who made a fortune in fertilizer production and coal energy

Ukraine crisis: Premier League disqualifies Abramovich from running Chelsea

The league board's decision to disqualify the Russian oligarch from being a director ends his 19 years in control of the west London club but does not directly impact the players

Ukraine crisis: YouTube now blocking Russia state-affiliated media globally

Last week Apple pulled RT and Sputnik's apps from its global App Stores following a request by Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov

Ukraine says Russia shelled mosque, sheltering 80 civilians, in Mariupol

The Ukrainian Embassy in Turkey reported earlier that a group of 86 Turkish nationals, including 34 children, were among those seeking refuge from an ongoing Russian attack on the encircled port city

Oil, sanctions, jets: How US Congress pushes Biden on Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy pleaded with Congress last weekend that if the US was unwilling to impose a no-fly zone, it should at least send the planes and other air support

Russia says sanctions could threaten International Space Station

In a tweet Saturday, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said the letter appealed to the space agencies of the United States, Canada and Europe to keep the space station operational

After invading Ukraine, Russia becomes world's most sanctioned country

Due to its war on Ukraine, Russia has become the most sanctioned in the world, according to a New York-based sanctions watchlist site.

Suspense continues over India hosting 44th Chess Olympiad, decision soon

Suspense continues as to the venue of the 44th Chess Olympiad that was shifted out of Moscow, Russia by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) following Russian military operations in Ukraine.