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Finnish border guards stand at the Raja-Jooseppi border checkpoint between Finland and Russia

Finland closes Russian border for two weeks

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said the country will shut its last border crossing with Russia, following an influx of migrants which Helsinki claims is …

World • 28 Nov

Evan Gershkovich inside a defendants' cage at a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention in Moscow in September (file pic)

Russian court extends detention of US journalist

A Moscow court has extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges.

Russia • 28 Nov

The BBC reported that Sergei Mironov had adopted a girl (file pic)

Russian politician denies adopting Ukrainian infant

A leading Russian political supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied a report that he adopted a child forcibly taken from a Ukrainian orphanage.

Ukraine • 23 Nov

Migrants stand in a line in front of border guards at the international border crossing at Salla in northern Finland

Finland closes all but one border crossing to Russia

The Finnish Prime Minister has said that the country will close all but its northernmost border crossing with Russia, following a surge in migrants which …

World • 22 Nov

A destroyed Russian armoured vehicle in Svyatohirsk town, Donetsk, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine downs 14 Russian drones overnight - air force

Ukrainian air defences shot down all 14 Shahed drones launched by Russian forces in an overnight attack, the air force has said.

World • 22 Nov

Ukrainian soldiers take part in a tank training at a training facility outside Kyiv, Ukraine, during a visit of the German Defence Minister

Civilian death toll in Ukraine tops 10,000 - UN

More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022, with about half of recent deaths occurring far behind the …

World • 21 Nov

Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade prepare to fire a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions

Ukrainian army says troops advancing at Dnipro River

The Ukrainian army has said that it has pushed Russian forces back "three to eight kilometres" from the banks of the Dnipro River.

Ukraine • 19 Nov

Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade in action while firing a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions

Ukraine establishes 'several bridgeheads' on Dnipro

Ukrainian troops have pushed Russian soldiers out of positions on the eastern bank of the River Dnipro in the Russian-occupied part of Kherson region and …

Ukraine • 17 Nov

Members of the Finnish Border Guard at a section of a pilot border fence at the Finnish-Russian border in Imatra (File image)

Finland to close four Russian border crossings

Finland will on Saturday close four of the nine crossing points on its border with Russia to stem a flow of asylum seekers to the …

World • 16 Nov

Russia installed its first Avangard-equipped missile in 2019 at the same Orenburg facility (File image)

Russia loads missile with nuclear-capable glide vehicle

Russia's rocket forces have loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable "Avangard" hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according …

World • 16 Nov

Ukrainian soldiers pictured near the banks of the Dnipro river earlier this month

Russia concedes Ukrainian forces crossed Dnipro river

Russia has conceded for the first time that some Ukrainian forces have crossed onto the River Dnipro's eastern bank.

Ukraine • 15 Nov

Firefighters extinguish a fire after Russian artillery shelling of Kherson city centre

Zelensky says Russian frontline attacks increasing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was increasing its attacks across the frontline, as Kyiv called for the West to boost its weapons supplies ahead …

Ukraine • 14 Nov

Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was a former detective who was convicted for his role in Anna Politkovskaya's murder

Russian convicted over journalist's murder is pardoned

Russian former detective Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, convicted for his role in the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine, …

Ukraine • 14 Nov

Russia's foreign ministry said Russia had formally withdrawn from the pact at midnight and that the treaty was now 'history'

Russia withdraws from post-Cold War European treaty

Russia has formally withdrawn from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War …

World • 07 Nov

Oil prices rebounded today after Brent and WTI futures each lost around 6% last week

Oil rises by 1% as Saudi Arabia, Russia stick to cuts

Oil prices rose today after top exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to extra voluntary oil supply cuts until the end of the …

Business • 06 Nov

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised Ukraine for making headway as she visited Kyiv on Saturday

Ukraine expects 'positive' EU report on membership bid

Ukraine expects the European Union's executive to deliver a "positive" appraisal of its membership bid this week, a senior government official in Kyiv has said, …

Ukraine • 06 Nov

Russia said the missile launch was successful (Credit: Russian Defence Ministry Handout)

Russia's nuclear submarine test launches Bulava missile

Russia's new nuclear-powered submarine Imperator Alexander III carried out a successful test launch of the Bulava ballistic missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads, the Russian …

Ukraine • 05 Nov

Ukrainian firefighters work to extinguish a fire following an overnight Russian drone strike in Kharkiv

Zelensky: Middle East war 'taking focus' from Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East had taken focus away from the war in …

World • 04 Nov

The two individuals were named as Specially Designated Nationals (file image)

Two Irish citizens named on US sanctions list

Two Irish citizens have been named on a new US Treasury Department sanctions list against 130 firms and individuals it alleges have conducted business operations …

US • 04 Nov

Russia's Sberbank said its net interest margin rose in the quarter to 6% on the back of higher interest rates

Russia's Sberbank posts strong third quarter profits

Russia's dominant lender Sberbank has today reported a record quarterly profit of 411.4 billion roubles ($4.41 billion) and a return on equity (ROE) of 27.6% …

Business • 02 Nov

An aerial view of Avdiivka after a Russian airstrike on a coke plant which is seen in the distance (File image)

Ukraine says Russia shelled 118 settlements overnight

Russia has shelled more than 100 settlements over the last 24 hours - more than in any single day so far this year, Ukraine said …

Ukraine • 01 Nov

Ukrainian rescuers remove debris after the Russian strike which hit a shop and cafe in the village of Hroza

UN rights office says Russia behind deadly Hroza strike

The United Nations human rights office said it had found "reasonable grounds" to conclude a missile strike that killed 59 people in a cafe in …

Ukraine • 31 Oct

Law enforcement officers patrol an area outside the airport in Makhachkala

Russia says Ukraine played 'key role' in airport riot

Russia has accused Ukraine of playing a 'key role' in an anti-Israel riot at an airport in the Muslim-majority region of Dagestan.

Russia • 30 Oct

A bulk carrier sails towards Odesa earlier this month

Woman killed and five injured after Russian strikes

Russian shelling pounded the frontline region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, killing two civilians, hurting at least eight others and hitting a bus, a critical …

Ukraine • 30 Oct

The Russian embassy in Washington, US (file image)

Russian diplomats brand US claims about soldiers 'lies'

Russian diplomats have dismissed as lies a US allegation that Moscow's military was executing its own soldiers if they refused to carry out battlefield orders …

Ukraine • 28 Oct

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