Ukraine

Russia says ruling party wins most votes in occupied Ukrainian regions. West calls elections sham

By Associated Press

Russian authorities have been trying to tighten their grip on the territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago but still does not fully control.

Ukrainian NGO reports 2 foreign aid workers killed by Russian shelling

By Associated Press

Two foreign aid workers were reportedly killed in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Russian shelling hit a van carrying a team of four working with a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization.

G20 leaders add African Union as permanent member at summit divided over Ukraine

By Adam Schreck, David Rising, Associated Press

The Group of 20 top world economies added the African Union as a member at their annual summit Saturday, and host India was able to get the disparate group to sign off on a final statement, but only after softening language on…

IAEA warns of nuclear safety threat as combat spikes near Ukraine power plant

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

The United Nations atomic watchdog warned of a potential threat to nuclear safety from a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, whose forces continued pressing their counteroffensive on Saturday.

Russian missiles kill policeman, wounds 73 people in Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine

By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

It was among multiple Russian attacks across the country on Friday. Officials say 10 buildings were damaged in the attack on Kryvyi Rih.

EU rebukes its representative’s tone after he called out Austria’s Russian gas imports

By Associated Press

EU representative Martin Selmayr said at a discussion event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55 percent of its gas from Russia but no one is out on Vienna's central Ringstrasse boulevard to protest that.

Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in effort to tighten grip

By Yuras Karmanau, Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press

Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control.

India seeks greater voice for developing world at G20 but Ukraine war hard to ignore

By David Rising, Associated Press

It's never been easy for the leaders of the world's largest economies to find common ground, but Russia's war on Ukraine has made it even harder for the Group of 20 meeting to reach meaningful agreements this year.

A look at the uranium-based anti-tank ammunition the U.S. is sending to Ukraine

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

The United States said Wednesday it's sending depleted uranium anti-tank rounds to Ukraine, following Britain's lead in sending the munitions to help Kyiv fight Russia's invasion.

French President Macron says ‘there can’t, obviously, be a Russian flag at the Paris Games’

By Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron says the Russian flag has no place at next year's Paris Olympics because of the war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin's regime in Ukraine.