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Trump shifts blame for fuel price hikes to blue states like California and Ukraine strikes on Russian oil refineries.

The vessel's captain was killed and 11 crew members were rescued after the attack on the Turkish-owned ship, Ukraine's leader says.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday slammed Russia's increased strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. In a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Macron said he reviewed "the concrete support" Europe can provide Ukraine to defend itself against the attacks.

Russia’s government last month paid oil companies the biggest subsidy in more than four years to supply road fuels to the domestic market amid Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries.

Ukrainians are turning to weeds for sustenance in a town where bodies are reportedly eaten by feral dogs.

Wheat futures moved higher for a third day after Russia threatened to escalate the war in Ukraine, potentially worsening disruptions to global grain supply through the Black Sea.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday ⁠he believed Russia ⁠may have shared jet-drone technology ⁠with its long-standing ally North Korea. In recent weeks, Russia has sharply increased its use of jet-drones against Ukraine, which so far has no effective means of countering them other than using ‌combat aircraft. Earlier in the war, North Korea supplied Russia with millions of artillery shells and it has since provided ballistic missiles that Moscow regularly uses to attack...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Ukraine on Sunday to show solidarity after Russian attacks on Kyiv infrastructure, including three bridges. Last month, Germany’s foreign minister called for de-escalation during talks with his Russian counterpart at the UN, drawing criticism from Sergei Lavrov, who urged Berlin to stop arming Ukraine. On Saturday, Moscow called on foreign nationals and diplomats to leave Ukraine. Shirli Sitbon reports.

German chancellor visits Kyiv amid air raid sirens, pledging strong support as Russian strikes disrupt the capital.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday marked by renewed Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, including the latest drone attack on a bridge spanning the Dnipro River.

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in a ​show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky amid escalating Russian attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainian capital has been particularly targeted in recent weeks by waves of drones striking key infrastrucure.

The Bronze Horseman, the iconic equestrian statue in Senate Square in St Petersburg, was commissioned by Catherine the Great in honor of Peter the Great, the city's founder. The pedestal of the statue bears a laconic dedication, "To Peter the First, Catherine the Second, 1782". Does Putin want to be the third, Vladimir the Great? And is that ambition, expansion at any cost, the real reason behind the war in Ukraine? According to Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, "Putin only cares about what will be written about him in history books."

Global energy prices have been soaring due to the US and Israel's war on Iran and Russia's war on Ukraine.

Latvia is not expected to shift its pro-Europe and pro-Ukraine trajectory, but coalition negotiations could be complex.

Ukraine said it attacked one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries and a key hub in the country’s crude-pipeline network, intensifying its campaign against key infrastructure to limit Moscow’s ability to finance the war.

Moscow has suffered further losses of occupied territory, but is using new drones to beat Ukraine's defences.

Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv’s Southern Bridge, the city’s mayor said on Friday. Russia also targeted a school and apartment buildings in the capital, killing at least one person. Ukraine, meanwhile, launched an overnight drone attack on the Russian city of Volgograd, targeting industrial facilities. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine.

South ‌Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledged what Seoul says was a confidentiality agreement covering the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and apologised. “If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee said in a social media post. Lee also expressed “grave regret” over what he described as Ukrainian remarks about an imminent ⁠military...

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)--Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with former Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and other lawmakers of the Asian country to discuss bilateral cooperation, the president's office has said. At the meeting in Kyiv on Thursday, Zelenskyy said that his country values all of the economic and humanitarian support provided by Japan. He also emphasi...

President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".

South Korea’s ⁠President accused Ukraine of ⁠undermining him by disclosing POW transfer deal

Putin warned the West he would deploy nuclear weapons if necessary to defend the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.

A combination of rigid Western military attitudes and Kyiv's regulatory paralysis leaves fewer weapons at the front.

Um drone russo atingiu uma escola na capital da Ucrânia, informaram as autoridades nesta quinta-feira (1º), o mais recente episódio de uma série de ataques aéreos cada vez mais intensos contra Kiev. O prefeito Vitali Klitschko disse que havia crianças no abrigo no momento do ataque, que provocou um incêndio. Ele informou que não houve feridos. Notícias relacionadas:Ataques russos contra logística ucrâniana são cada vez mais intensos.Kremlin diz que paz na Ucrânia ainda está muito distante.O Serviço Estatal de Emergências divulgou imagens de equipes de resgate vasculhando os escombros e apagando o incêndio no prédio carbonizado, cujas janelas estavam estilhaçadas. O bombardeio matinal ocorreu em meio a ataques cada vez mais intensos, 24 horas por dia, contra Kiev e outras cidades com drones a jato, que as Forças Armadas da Ucrânia têm tido dificuldade em derrubar. Uma pessoa ficou ferida na manhã de hoje em um ataque aéreo russo a um centro comercial na cidade portuária de Odessa, no Mar Negro, segundo autoridades regionais. O chefe da administração municipal, Serhiy Lysak, disse que a infraestrutura foi danificada, sem dar mais detalhes. Odessa e a região próxima têm sido alvos frequentes de ataques que visam, em parte, sufocar as receitas de exportação de Kiev. A Rússia, que afirma atacar apenas alvos militares, informou ter atacado um centro de dados em Odessa e um navio de carga no porto vizinho de Chornomorsk. * É proibida a reprodução deste conteúdo.

Russian drone strikes hit a school in Kyiv and the main bridge, disrupting transport in the latest wave of attacks.

Russia’s new class of jet-powered drones rip across the night sky in Kyiv at hundreds of kilometres per hour, leaving Ukrainian air-defence units only moments to intercept them. It’s rarely enough time. With many of the drones getting through to the capital, defence manufacturers are scrambling to develop a new generation of interceptors to counter the deadly threat. They are building their own jet propulsion systems and training artificial intelligence to help guide the chase. They need to move...

Russia launched its heaviest combined assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in months on Wednesday, killing seven people and triggering emergency power cuts in Kyiv and nearby regions. The strikes came as officials warned of a difficult winter as Russian forces target power and heating systems.

A foreign policy speech by the Russian president will be keenly watched, but all signs point to the full-scale invasion continuing.

A Russian attack drone crashed into a children’s playground in Kyiv, Ukraine without exploding.

At least three people, including a child, have died after Russia launched another round of strikes on Kyiv and its surrounding regions overnight to Wednesday, officials said. Several people were also wounded in the attacks. In Poland, two airports, in Lublin and Rzeszow, were briefly shut over “military aviation activity” during Russian attacks on Ukraine. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.