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Smoke rises over rubble of destroyed residential building after Russian air attack on July 31, 2025 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

Putin says conditions for peace remain unchanged

Russia wants a "lasting and stable peace" in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that Moscow's conditions for peace remained unchanged as Kyiv repeated its call for a leaders' meeting.

Ukraine • 01 Aug

Rescuers are seen working through rubble following a Russian strike on Kyiv

Russian attacks on Kyiv kill 16, injure over 100

Russia launched waves of missiles and drones on Kyiv before dawn, killing 16 people including two children, and wounding well over 100 others, officials in the Ukrainian capital said.

Ukraine • 31 Jul

a group of people standing on a ledge looking at the sea

Millions return home as Pacific tsunami warnings lifted

Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home, following one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia's far east yesterday.

World • 31 Jul

a high angle view of the city of Severo-Kurilsk flooded after tsunami

Pacific tsunami warnings downgraded after evacuations

A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula.

World • 30 Jul

Donald Trump has in the past spoken about having a good relationship with Vladimir Putin, but has grown increasingly frustrated with his refusal to agree to a ceasefire

Russia tariffs in '10 days' if no halt to Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump has said that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia "10 days from today" if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine.

World • 30 Jul

A building damaged and in ruin following Russian strikes in Bilenke

Ukraine to let over 60s into armed forces amid shortages

President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law allowing Ukrainians aged over 60 to join the armed forces, amid struggles to find recruits as the Russian invasion drags through a fourth year.

Ukraine • 29 Jul

A compilation photo featuring US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Trump gives Putin '10 or 12 days' to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump has said he has set a new deadline of "about 10 or 12 days" for Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine • 28 Jul

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (second right), Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov (second left) and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev (right) attend the main naval parade marking the Russian Navy Day in Saint Pet

Russian navy parade cancelled for 'security reasons'

Russia has said a major annual navy parade had been cancelled for "security reasons", without specifying the threat or concern.

Russia • 27 Jul

Rescuers work near a damaged tuberculosis dispensary after a Russian air attack n Kharkiv, Ukraine

Russia takes second village in central Ukraine

Russia claims to have taken a second village as it advances further into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow launched its offensive in 2022.

Russia • 26 Jul

EU sanctions envoy says Ireland must 'beef up' Naval Service

The EU's Sanctions Envoy has said Ireland must urgently strengthen its Naval Service to better monitor sanctioned Russian vessels operating off the west coast.

Clarity • 24 Jul

Prisoner of wars from Ukraine return from Russian captivity on 26 May

Russia and Ukraine agree to exchange 1,200 POWs

Russia and Ukraine during talks in Istanbul have agreed to exchange 1,200 prisoners of war each, a Russian negotiator said, adding Moscow offered to hand Kyiv the bodies of 3,000 killed soldiers.

Ukraine • 23 Jul

Russia's Avtovaz may shorten work week as sales slump

Russia's largest carmaker Avtovaz today said it may shorten its working week to four from five days, a rare move from a major state-owned employer, as high interest rates and competition from China squeeze its sales.

Business • 22 Jul

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy pictured in London

UK sanctions 135 oil tankers in Russia's shadow fleet

The UK has placed sanctions on 135 oil tankers in Russia's shadow fleet in a bid to disrupt the flow of money helping Moscow fund the war in Ukraine.

Business • 21 Jul

Ukrainian air defences deploy against Russian drones during a drone strike in Kyiv on July 18, 2025, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Can the West force Russia to stop its war in Ukraine?

Monday's announcement by US President Donald Trump that Russia needs to halt its war within 50 days or face heavy sanctions was the clearest indication yet that he and his administration have lost patience with Moscow.

World • 20 Jul

Russian military vehicles move through the Red Square in Moscow during a recent parade

What's in the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia?

World • 18 Jul

Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire in 3 houses after Russian shelling - (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia hands Ukraine bodies of 1,000 soldiers

Russia has handed over to Ukraine the bodies of 1,000 soldiers as part of an agreement reached at peace talks last month, Moscow's top negotiator said on social media.

Ukraine • 17 Jul

David McCullagh and Fran McNulty speak with DCU Professor Donnacha Ó Beacháin on Behind the Story

Podcast: Russia, Ukraine and why Putin 'won't retreat'

Russia has a long history of territorial expansion and it's war with Ukraine is part of it's ambition to control it's near neighbours.

Ireland • 16 Jul

Dnipro, Ukraine - (Photo by Mykola Miakshykov/Ukrinform) NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS. (Photo by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Russia fires hundreds of drones at Ukraine, defying Trump

Russia fired hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late yesterday and early today, Ukraine said, defying calls by US President Donald Trump to reach a peace deal.

Ukraine • 16 Jul

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 11: People flock to areas with ornamental fountains and cooling stations in and around the historic Red Square with temperatures rising above 35 degrees Celsius in Moscow, Russia, on July 11, 2025. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via

How has Russia responded to Trump's 50-day ultimatum?

Senior Russian officials have shrugged off yesterday's ultimatum by US President Donald Trump that the United States will impose tariffs on Russia and its trading partners if Moscow fails to halt its war in Ukraine within 50 days.

World • 15 Jul

Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened sanctions on buyers of Russian exports

Russia says open for Ukraine talks, will respond to Trump

Russia has said it needed time to respond to US President Donald Trump's ultimatum to end the Ukraine war or face new sanctions but it was ready for fresh talks with Kyiv.

World • 15 Jul

A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 20, 2024

N Korea reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un offered Russia his full support on the war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, state media in North Korea said.

World • 13 Jul

Emergency teams are seen following Russia's attack on the Ukrainian city of Liviv

Two killed in Russian attacks on western Ukraine

Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, in the fourth major attack this month, targeting western cities and killing at least two people in Chernivtsi on the border with Romania.

Ukraine • 12 Jul

buildings in kyiv with smoke and flames in background

Two killed in strikes on Kyiv as US resumes arms supplies

Two deaths have been reported in Ukraine after hundreds of Russian drone and missile attacks on the capital Kyiv as the US resumed weapons delivery to Kyiv.

Ukraine • 10 Jul

KOSTIANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE - JULY 09: Emergency workers continue their search for bodies in the rubble of a destroyed building after a Russian attack, which killed three people in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on July 9, 2025. Firefighters also work on the scene t

Eight dead as Russia strikes Ukraine, Pope may host talks

Ukraine has said that eight civilians were killed in Russian drone and bombing attacks in the war-scarred Donetsk region in the east of the country.

Russia • 09 Jul

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) look on during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on July 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump discussed the recent flas

Trump unhappy with Putin, considering sanctions on Russia

US President Donald Trump has said he was not happy with Russian President Vladimir Putin and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration over the growing death toll in Russia's war with Ukraine.

World • 08 Jul