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Russian soldiers who refuse to fight during periods of martial law will face stricter punishment, the country’s parliament has decreed, in a sign the Kremlin may be considering full military mobilisation. Russia’s State Duma rushed…

Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday's airstrikes as a “spit in the face” to Turkey…

At least 15 people have been killed and about 20 more are feared buried under rubble after Russian rockets struck an apartment block in Chasiv Yar, a town in eastern Ukraine, officials say. Five victims have been brought out…

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed not to give up territory or cede any of its land to Russia in order to stop the war with Vladimir Putin's soldiers. Zelenskyy told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday, July 7 that Ukraine…

Ukrainian intelligence directorate has published a text of a phone conversation between a Russian soldier and his wife saying that the Russian soldiers captured own commander to prevent him from escaping combat zone. The publication also…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the idea that the world has moved beyond countries invading their neighbors has been dismantled by Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. Scholz was speaking during an interview with CBS's…

A fire early Thursday destroyed 20 tonnes of clothes and blankets donated in Greece for war-hit Ukrainian refugees, an aid group said. The fire broke out in a storage area outside the Peace and Friendship indoor stadium near…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday lashed out against Russian strikes that gutted a recently redeveloped cultural centre in eastern Ukraine and wounded seven people, including a child. In a statement on social…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused Russia of blocking grain exports from Ukraine, therefore, using hunger and deprivation as a weapon of war. “Russia is leading this war with another terrible and forceful…

American fast-food giant McDonald’s has said it would exit the Russian market and sell its business after more than 30 years of operations in the country. Also, French automaker Renault has handed over its Russian assets to…