Monday marks three years since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which had already been at war with Moscow-backed separatist forces in its east since 2014. 

Three years on, the invasion has cost Ukraine more than $100 billion in infrastructural damage, the lives of more than 11,973 civilians — including 622 children — and tens

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Russian state prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for jailed Siberian journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko on charges of assaulting prison guards, her employer RusNews reported Monday.

Ponomarenko, 46, was sentenced to six years in prison in February 2023 for spreading “fake news” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Authorities c

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Three explosive devices were thrown at Russia’s Consulate General in the southern French port city of Marseille, French media reported Monday, citing sources in law enforcement.

Only two of the explosive devices were believed to have gone off after they were tossed at the consulate’s facade, an unnamed police official told Le Monde. A bomb squad

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Ukrainian authorities said Monday that they had targeted a Russian oil refinery overnight, while Russian officials and media reported a fire at the facility.

"The Ryazan refinery, one of the largest in Russia, was attacked," said Andriy Kovalenko, spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council's Countering Disinformation Center. He

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The EU formally approved a fresh round of sanctions against Russia on Monday, aiming to curb Moscow's war effort on the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The 16th sanctions package since February 2022 targets Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of vessels used to evade oil export restrictions, as well as individuals and

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Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday — the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion — that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance.

He spoke as Russia's TASS news agency reported that U.S. and Russian diplomats would meet in the next week, a follow-up to Riyadh talks between

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