Russia-Ukraine war Russia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as “nonsense”. Moscow has up until now denied it is at war, instead referring to the invasion as a “special military operation”. But Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the 9 May […]
French elections 2022 Four left-wing parties in France have agreed in principle to form an alliance to challenge President Emmanuel Macron at June’s parliamentary elections. The Socialists, Greens, Communists and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed party reached a draft agreement after all-night negotiations. Mr Mélenchon, who just failed to make the presidential run-off in […]
By Patrick Jackson BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West could help end the war in Ukraine by putting more pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky and halting arms deliveries to his forces. Mr Putin was speaking in his first telephone talks in more than a month with French President […]
Russia-Ukraine war Hundreds of people remain trapped in a steel plant in Ukraine’s Mariupol city, despite some managing to leave on Sunday, a Ukrainian officer there says. The Azovstal plant, the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the southern port city, has been under intense Russian bombardment for weeks. National Guard commander Denys Shlega […]
By Frank Gardner Security correspondent Russia-Ukraine war “Ukraine and its allies, including London, are threatening Russia for the last 1,000 years, to move Nato to our borders, to cancel our culture – they have bullied us for many, many years.” That is what Yevgeny Popov, a member of the Russian Duma (parliament) and an […]
Russia-Ukraine war A group of about 20 civilians has left the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, the final part of the southern city still in the hands of Ukrainian troops. They are the first group to leave since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the vast industrial area sealed off last week. Talks are ongoing about […]
By Flora Drury BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine has launched a hunt for 10 Russian soldiers accused of war crimes in Bucha – the town outside of the capital Kyiv where civilians were tortured, raped and murdered. The Ministry of Defence – which shared pictures of the soldiers – described them as “the despicable […]
By Daniel Thomas Business reporter, BBC News Russia-Ukraine war One of Germany’s biggest energy firms has said it is preparing to buy Russian gas using a payment system that critics say will undermine EU sanctions. Uniper says it will pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting a Kremlin demand for all […]
By Yaroslav Lukov BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Any country trying to intervene in the Ukraine war will face a “lightning-fast” response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. “We have all the tools no-one can boast of… we will use them if necessary”, he said, in what is seen as a reference to ballistic […]
By Matt Murphy & Alys Davies BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Russia’s decision to cut off gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria is an “instrument of blackmail”, the EU says. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the move showed Russia’s “unreliability” as a supplier. But the Kremlin said Russia had been forced into […]
