Ukraine has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Russia, Ukrainian President Zelensky said, TASS reports.  On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a "special military operation" in the Donbass to "protect the r...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, after the start of the military operation in the Donbass, offered Russia and Ukraine to hold talks in Belarus capital Minsk, BelTA news agency reports. "We are the Slavs, the three Slavic peoples. Let's sit ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation announcing the beginning of a special military operation in the Donbass. Putin's speech was aired on federal television channels at around 06:00 a.m. on February 24. Putin referred to requests for...

If Germany refuses from the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, all of Europe will suffer and become a colony of the United States, Elena Panina, Director of the Institute for International Political and Economic Studies (RUSSTRAT) said, RIA Novosti reports....

Former US President Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for his bold decision to recognise the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). In an interview with iHeart radio station, the former head of t...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has published an appeal to its citizens asking them to leave the territory of Russia, as the crisis may limit the provision of consular services. Kiev earlier admitted that Ukraine could sever diplomatic rel...

US President Joe Biden announced the first tranche of financial sanctions against Russia for Moscow's move to recognise the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). The restrictions turned out to be milder than the measur...

Suspending the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will cause the exchange price of natural gas in Europe to rise to 2,000 euros per thousand cubic meters, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote on his Twitt...

The German authorities have decided to stop the certification of the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Scholz instructed the Ministry of Economy to contact the regulator. "Today I asked the Federal Ministry of Economics...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees instructing Russia's Armed Forces to maintain peace in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). The documents, in particular, say that in connection with the appeals from the leaders of...

The head of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, and the head of the People's Republic of Luhansk, Leonid Pasechnik, appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the self-pr...

The US Embassy in Moscow explained its warning about the threat of terrorist attacks in Russia. The US Embassy made conclusions about a possibility of terrorist attacks on various public facilities in Russia based on the information about numerous in...

Moscow expelled US Deputy Ambassador Bart Gorman from Russia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the embassy. "Gorman was the second most senior official at the U. S. Embassy in Moscow after the ambassador and a key member of the embassy's senior ...

The European Parliament discussed EU's relations with Russia on February 16. As expected, one of the main topics during the discussion was devoted to Russia's military threat to Ukraine. Most MEPs had their sympathies with Ukraine. Some of them shout...

After the failed NATO invasion of the Donbass, it became known that the alliance units, which were stationed near the borders of Ukraine, began to move towards the border of the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic. NATO may thus be trying not only to b...

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have completed part of the military exercises, and units of Southern and Western military districts began to return to their places of deployment, representatives for the Russian Defense Ministry said. "As t...

Ukraine admits it may abjure its plans to join NATO in order to avoid a war with Russia, Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko said. An excerpt of his interview was published on the Twitter account of BBC Radio 5 Live. Ukraine expresses rea...

Kiev authorities have created special committees to prepare for the evacuation of the population in the event of Russia's "invasion” of Ukraine, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced at a news briefing. According to Klitschko, a system for managing...

Belarus is not involved in the aggravation of relations with Ukraine. Belarus has no intention to wage war with Ukraine either as it is only Western countries that want to take advantage of the possible conflict, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenk...

The self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk considers Ukraine to be a terrorist state and asks other countries to recognize it as such at the global level, Denis Pushilin, the head of the People's Republic of Donetsk believes. According to the p...