Russia's defence ministry says its troops have now captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. If the city has fallen, it would make it the largest in Ukraine to be captured by Russian forces so far. Overnight we reported that Russian troops had been seen on the city's

The United States has ruled out enforcing a “no-fly zone”  on Russian aircraft over Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western nations to consider such a measure to stop any further bombardment by Russia. In a video address, Zelenskyy said

More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the head of the region wrote on Telegram. Below are the major developments: A huge convoy of Russian armour, about 40 miles long, is advancing

Talks between Ukraine and Russia have started at the Belarussian border, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters via text message on Monday. Earlier the Ukrainian president’s office said Ukraine’s goal for the talks was an immediate ceasefire and the

With a three-mile-long convoy of Russian military vehicles pressing down on Ukraine’s capital, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed little hope that negotiations planned for Monday morning would bring an end to the conflict, which has killed more than 350 civilians

Delhi is set to lift all coronavirus curbs from Monday amid a drop in daily infections in the national capital. The government, however, stressed that "Covid-appropriate behaviour" including wearing of masks, maintaining social distancing, and hand hygiene have to be followed

Russian missiles hit an oil depot in Vasylkiv, its mayor said, prompting fears of toxic fumes. Air raid sirens in Kyiv sounded shortly before midnight local time (2200g) warning of incoming missiles. Residents of the Ukrainian capital are taking cover underground, with a curfew in

The Polish government says 100,000 people have crossed the border into Poland from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began on Thursday. “From the onset of warfare in Ukraine through today, along the entire border with Ukraine, 100,000 people have crossed the border from

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal and is ready to negotiate peace and a ceasefire, Zelensky’s press secretary Sergey Nikiforov said on Saturday. "I have to refute allegations that we have refused to have

The Kyiv government says fighting has broken out on the streets of Ukraine's capital. The news comes hours after President Zelensky said Russians would storm the city. Explosions are reported across some parts of Kyiv early on Saturday as Russian forces close in on the city.

The sound of explosions on the edge of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and air sirens set off by a full-scale Russian invasion of the country have prompted the city residents to panic and flee for safety. On Thursday morning, long queues of cars formed from the city centre towards various

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a direct, impassioned plea Wednesday to Vladimir Putin to stop -- “in the name of humanity” -- the Russian military assault on Ukraine. Speaking after an emergency Security Council session, which coincided with the Russian

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a "military operation" in Ukraine's Donbas region, BBC reports. He urges Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine to lay down weapons and return to their homes. Putin warns that Moscow's response will be "instant"

Waving blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and singing a patriotic military song, hundreds of residents of the once largely pro-Russian city of Mariupol gathered in the central Theatre Square with a defiant message for President Vladimir Putin: Russia is not welcome here. On Tuesday, as

The US has hit Russia with wide-ranging sanctions over what President Joe Biden called "the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine". "We've cut off Russia's government from Western financing," Mr Biden said. It came after Russian politicians

United Kingdom on Tuesday slapped sanctions on five Russian banks and three billionaires, in what prime minister Boris Johnson called ‘the first barrage’ of measures in response to the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine. Addressing the UK parliament hours after Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states. Russia said the troops would engage in "peacekeeping" in the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics. But the

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is willing to meet Vladimir Putin to find out “what the Russian president wants” and seek a “peaceful settlement”, amid growing concern over a possible imminent invasion. Later on Sunday, French President Emmanuel

Evidence suggests Russia is planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945", Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He told the BBC's Sophie Raworth in an interview: "All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun." Intelligence suggests

Police have clashed with demonstrators in Canada's capital, Ottawa, as they move to end a three-week anti-vaccine mandate protest, with 100 arrests made. The operation started early on Friday, with some officers on horseback, after the government invoked the Emergencies Act to