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The $250 million package includes air defence missiles, guided ground weapons and anti-tank systems.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the world must not wait for November's presidential election in the United States to take action to repel Russia's invasion of his country.

Navalny, the fiercest political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in February in an Arctic prison while serving a 19-year sentence.

Some mothers carried their children away on their backs as rescuers searched under the rubble for survivors.

Ukraine's intelligence service insists the building was being used to store munitions.

West, who now goes by Ye, arrived in Moscow on a private visit, according to the brand team for Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy, state media TASS reported.

The pair are among 37 prominent Australians singled out by the Kremlin over what's described as an 'anti-Russia agenda'.

Former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov are accused of international crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

They are allegedly responsible for two war crimes: directing attacks at civilian objects and causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects

The opening of talks sends another strong signal of solidarity with Ukraine on top of the huge financial support provided by the EU.

Russia is pressing on with its offensive in the conflict as Ukraine awaits much-needed resupplies of Western munitions.

India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all did not agree to sign the joint statement signed by 80 others.

Such a deal appears a nonstarter for Kyiv, which wants to join the military alliance and has demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from all of its territory.

The deal will be funded by frozen Russian assets seized after the Kremlin launched the Ukraine invasion.

More than 300 new sanctions are aimed at deterring individuals and companies in countries such as China, from helping Moscow obtain technology.

The Su-57 fighter involved in the reported strike had been lauded as one of Moscow's most advanced military aircraft.

Zelenskyy joined world leaders in France to commemorate the D-Day invasion and seek more Western help.

Germany joined the US recently in authorising Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with the long-range weapons they are supplying to Kyiv.

A 12-year-old girl is among 18 people killed in a Russian strike that hit a shopping centre, making it the deadliest attack Ukraine has endured in several weeks.

Ukrainian forces have secured "combat control" of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Thousands more civilians have fled Russia's renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said on Sunday.

Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defences, signaling a tactical switch in the war by Moscow that Ukrainian officials had been expecting for weeks.

Ukraine's top spy said the plot foresaw an attack ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a fifth term today.

China's President Xi Jinping arrived at the French presidential palace on Monday for a two-day state visit

The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons "as a method of warfare" against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies.

It's the first time a member of the UK royal family has visited Ukraine since the Russian invasion began.

Both of the killed men had been in Germany undergoing medical rehabilitation.

The defence minister has travelled to Ukraine to announce Australia's latest funding commitment.

Asfan Mohammed was one of thousands of young South Asian men being lured to Russia and duped into the military.

Duties on Ukrainian made imports will be cut to zero, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said.

In the weeks leading up to the invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin flew out from Moscow for important visits with two longtime allies.

A draft peace agreement that Russia and Ukraine negotiated in the early days of the conflict could serve as a starting point for talks to end the fighting.

Ukrainian President said he'd listen to former US President's ideas to end the war in Ukraine with "pleasure" but trod carefully around the issue during an interview at the Delphi Economic Forum.

A Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian-controlled nuclear reactor causes alarm over a potential nuclear catastrophe.

The Kremlin's stern message took the shine off the western military alliance's 75th anniversary gathering.

Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia's biggest oil refineries and a drone factory in the Russian province of Tatarstan, officials said.

The Russian President will seek to channel public outrage over the massacre into propping up support for his war on Ukraine, experts say.

The death toll passed 130 as President Vladimir Putin continues to insist Ukraine had a hand in the massacre.

Alliance member Poland said it would demand an explanation from the Russian ambassador.

Events at cultural institutions were cancelled, flags were lowered, and TV entertainment and ads were suspended.

Shortly after the elusive street artist laid claim to the work online, it had a new addition.

Russians crowded outside polling stations on the last day of a three-day presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin.

US officials believe Tehran is close to finalising a deal that could see it replenish Russia's dwindling missile stocks.

The Russian leader warned the West that deepening its involvement in the fighting in Ukraine would risk a confrontation.

The military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight against Russia.

The former US president would effectively end the conflict if reelected this year, a controversial European leader says.

The attacks came as Russia is gaining momentum on battlefield and Ukraine is running low on ammunition.

US President Joe Biden congratulated the Nordic country, pointedly mentioning its "highly capable" military.

Neither of the two leaders were injured, but the explosion caused a "mushroom cloud" only 500 metres from their convoy of vehicles.

US authorities and the luxury vessel's owners are involved in a legal battle to sell it.