Russian forces enter Ukraine’s second city, gas pipelines explode
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian military vehicles pushed into Ukraine’s second-largest city on Sunday and explosions rocked oil and gas installations on a fourth day of fighting in the biggest assault on a European state since World War II. Russian soldiers and armoured vehicles were seen in different parts of the north-eastern city of Kharkiv and firing […]
Western allies to expel some Russian banks from global system; Ukraine vows to fight on
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking some Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv. Seeking to ratchet up economic punishment for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine, […]
Explainer – How Western sanctions target Russia
Reuters The United States, Britain and other Western nations have hit Russia with new sanctions following Russian’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. The European Union broadly agreed new measures, details of which were to be discussed by EU foreign ministers at an emergency session on Friday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Vice-President […]