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Ukraine refugees near 4 million. Will exodus slowdown last?

Even the devastating 11-year war in Syria, source of the world's biggest refugee crisis, didn't force out so many people so fast

Ukraine President says he seeks peace 'without delay' in talks

He said probably they thought it would be like Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014

Forest fires in Chernobyl Exclusion zone cover over 10,000 acres

A top Ukrainian official said the raging forest fires, which broke out in the Exclusion Zone of the now-defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, cover more than 10,000 hectares now

Nuclear weapon fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war, says new poll

Russia's war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons

Ukraine's Zelenskyy pleads for help, says Russia wants to split nation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea.

Ukrainian rebel region may vote to join Russia, says report

Days before ordering Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin recognised the Ukrainian rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states, though the rest of the world considers them part of Ukraine

Ukraine's globalisation lesson

Actually, interconnectedness and co-dependence preserve strategic autonomy

Ukraine says Russia wants to split nation into two, calls for more arms

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West to give Ukraine tanks, planes and missiles to help fend off the Russian forces, which the Kyiv govt said were increasingly targeting fuel and food depots

Russia says its forces struck Ukraine's Lviv with cruise missiles

Russia used sea-based long-range missiles to destroy an arsenal of S-300 missiles and BUK anti-aircraft missile systems near Kyiv, the ministry said

Ukraine crisis: 12 journalists killed since beginning of war on February 24

According to the Prosecutor General, the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations indicates that the Russians have committed crimes against at least 56 members of the media

FPI outflow shoots past Rs 1 trn in 2022 amid Ukraine, inflation concerns

The exodus of foreign investors was largely owing to inflationary pressures and deepening global macroeconomic conditions following the Russia-Ukraine war, experts said

As Ukraine is bombed, should Russian tennis players be allowed at Wimbledon

The British sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, recently suggested that for any Russian to play at Wimbledon, 'assurances' might be needed about their position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Australia flags move on high fuel prices as it goes to polls in May

As global oil prices soar due to the boarder impact of war in Ukraine, petrol recently hit A$2.20 a litre in several Australian cities

Zelensky demands West give arms to Ukraine, asks if they fear Moscow

Ukraine needed just 1% of NATO's aircraft and 1% of its tanks and would not ask for more, he said

US not seeking regime change, says White House after Biden remark on Putin

Biden's line that Putin 'cannot remain in power' was not in his prepared remarks, the official said

US to provide $100 million in civilian security assistance to Ukraine

The US reaffirmed its commitment to pursue accountability for 'war crimes and other atrocities using every tool available, including criminal prosecutions'

That's not for Biden to decide, says Kremlin after his remark on Putin

Moreover, after Biden, while speaking at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, declared that Putin 'cannot remain in power', the White House clarifies that 'it was not a call for regime change'

Joe Biden meets Ukraine's Foreign, Defense Ministers in Poland

They discussed 'further efforts to help Ukraine defend its territory' and the US and its allies' ongoing actions towards Russia, the White House said in statement

Joe Biden speaks with Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya

Biden spoke with the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya aboard Air Force One and underscored continued support for the Belarusian people in defending and advancing human rights

Russia Ukraine war: Lviv on strike post rockets hit outskirts city, mayor

Russia Ukraine war: Lviv has so far escaped the bombardment and fighting that has devastated some Ukrainian cities closer to Russia since Moscow launched its invasion on Feb 24