Russia-Ukraine war Whatever else Russia’s Victory Day parade is supposed to represent, it won’t be any sort of victory over Ukraine, regardless of the spin President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin will try to put on it, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke. This war is one that Russia cannot win in any meaningful sense. […]
By Paul Kirby BBC News Russia-Ukraine war The EU has proposed some of its toughest measures yet against Russia, including a total ban on oil imports and sanctions on war crimes suspects. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the package was aimed at maximising pressure on Russia while minimising damage to Europe. Russian […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Peter Mwai BBC Reality Check Reality Check A war of words has broken out over a mass grave found near an army base in Mali, recently used by French forces. France has accused Russian mercenaries working in Mali of a smear campaign, involving dumping bodies there in order to blame the French. But […]
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 […]
By Toby Luckhurst BBC News, Lviv Russia-Ukraine war Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to seal off Ukrainian defenders inside the besieged port city of Mariupol. Mr Putin told forces to abandon plans to storm the sprawling Azovstal steel works there, where Ukraine is still resisting the invaders. But an official in […]
By Jake Horton, Daniele Palumbo & Tim Bowler BBC Reality Check Russia-Ukraine war The amount of Russian oil sold to other countries has fallen, although gas continues to flow into Europe. After the invasion of Ukraine, the US, EU, and UK announced restrictions on Russian imports. What sanctions are there on Russian oil and […]
