Japan’s foreign minister to attend G7 meeting about Ukraine on Friday

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will attend a Group of Seven (G7) meeting scheduled for Friday to discuss and coordinate responses to the Ukraine crisis, the foreign…

Ukraine officials say fire at nuclear power plant erupted outside the perimeter

(Reuters) - A fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, broke out in a training building outside the plant's perimeter after…

Ukraine regional governor says nine killed after Russian air strike hits two schools

LVIV (Reuters) - At least nine people have been killed and four wounded after a Russian air strike hit two schools and private houses in Ukraine's Chernihiv region on Thursday,…

Thermobaric Weapons – Why Should They be Banned?

Russian forces in Ukraine may have used thermobaric weapons and cluster bombs, according to reports from the Ukraine government and human rights groups. If true, this represents an escalation in brutality…

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UK intelligence says Russian advance on Kyiv has made little progress

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's advance on the Ukrainian capital has made little progress over the past three days and the cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol remain in Ukrainian hands,…

World Bank halts all programs in Russia, Belarus

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Wednesday it had stopped all programs in Russia and Belarus with immediate effect, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and…