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UK to allocate additional $1.6 billion funding in aid to Ukraine: Reports

The funds will be taken from the Treasury's emergency reserves and will come in addition to the United Kingdom's existing 1.5 billion-pound support to Ukraine, The Sunday Timessaid on Sunday

US to send another $150 mn in military assistance to Ukraine: Biden

A US official said the latest tranche of assistance includes 25,000 155mm artillery rounds, counter-artillery radars, jamming equipment, field equipment and spare parts

Russia-Ukraine war: UN races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender

Putin, Israeli PM Naftali Bennett discuss Ukraine crisis over phone

The Russian military is ready to ensure the safe exit of civilians, Putin said, adding that the Kiev authorities should order the remaining militants at the Azovstal plant to lay down arms

End this senseless and ruthless war in Ukraine, urges UN Chief Guterres

In his meetings with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Guterres said he also focused on the need for quick action to ensure a steady flow of food and energy in open markets

Israel PM Bennett says Putin apologised over FM Lavrov's Holocaust remarks

Asked in an interview about Russian claims that it invaded Ukraine to denazify the country, Lavrov said that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even though its president Zelenskyy is a Jewish

Russian strikes try to disrupt delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine

The Russian military said it used sea- and air-launched missiles to destroy electric power facilities at five railway stations across Ukraine

PM Modi, French President Macron discuss bilateral as well as global issues

The two leaders are expected to have discussed how to ensure cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and mitigate the global economic consequences of this conflict

Russia says forces attack firing positions of Ukrainian army at Azovstal

Russian forces have been attacking the firing positions of the Ukrainian armed forces at the Azovstal steel plant in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, said Russian Defence Ministry

Ukraine may put neutral status on nationwide referendum, says Zelensky

"We are ready to consider this neutral status for Ukraine," Zelensky was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency

Putin urges West to stop arming Ukraine in conversation with Macron

Putin noted that Western sanctions against Russia are worsening global food insecurity, in response to Macron's concerns over this issue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders retaliatory sanctions against West

May soon officially declare war on Ukraine: US, Western officials

Russia resumes shelling in Mariupol after civilian evacuations: Ukraine

Ukrainian National Guard brigade commander Denys Shlega estimated that several hundred civilians still are trapped at the site alongside nearly 500 wounded soldiers and numerous dead bodies

Russia not to alter military action in Ukraine ahead of Victory Day: Lavrov

Asked whether Russia wants Zelenskyy to surrender, Lavrov said that Moscow is "not demanding that he surrender" but demands "that he give the order to release all civilians and stop resistance."

Putin to go for surgery, hand over temporary power to ex-KGB chief: Report

The extraordinary claims appeared on popular Telegram channel General SVR, which says its source is a well-placed figure in the Kremlin, the report added

Live: Putin going for surgery, ex-KGB boss takes over for now, says report

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Ukraine says Russia pounding Donbas, failing to take targets

The Russians were trying to capture the areas of Lyman in Donetsk and Sievierodonetsk and Popasna in Luhansk, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said in a daily update

Moscow has evacuated over 1 million people from Ukraine: Rusian official

Lavrov said that negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine almost every day and blamed the inflammatory actions of Western supporters of the Kyiv regime for disrupting the talks

Central bank of Russia lowers key interest rate by 300 basis points to 14%

"With price and financial stability risks no longer on the rise, conditions have allowed for the key rate reduction," Xinhua news agency quoted the bank as saying on Friday

Russia's weaponisation of oil could backfire by destroying demand for it

Oil is a fungible commodity in a global market: If one source cuts off shipments, importing countries can just buy more oil from other suppliers, although they may pay higher prices on spot markets