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- Putin pledges no new Ukraine escalation – Macron.
February 8, 2022 - Russia could invade Ukraine any day
February 12, 2022 - Valieva team claim positive test may be due to grandfather's heart medication.
February 15, 2022 - Kamila Valieva had three substances that can be used to aid the heart in her testing sample, according to a report in the New York Times.
February 16, 2022 - Ukraine crisis: Russian claim of troop withdrawal false, says US
February 17, 2022 - Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva treatment by entourage 'chilling' – IOC.
February 18, 2022 - European Commission President says world is "watching in disbelief" amid largest troop buildup since Cold War
February 19, 2022 - Russia has ordered troops into two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine run by Moscow-backed separatists
February 22, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine crisis live news: first casualties reported as Putin launches "full-scale invasion"
February 24, 2022 - Kyiv braces as Russian forces enter city.
February 25, 2022 - Russian SWIFT ban.
February 26, 2022 - Putin puts nuclear deterrent on 'special alert'.
February 27, 2022 - Dozens killed and hundreds wounded in Kharkiv rocket strikes, Ukrainian ministry says.
February 28, 2022 - UN general assembly votes overwhelmingly to deplore invasion.
March 2, 2022 - Roman Abramovich has confirmed he has put Chelsea up for sale.
March 2, 2022 - First major city falls as Russian attacks continue or The city of Kherson is under Russian control as the assault on the crucial southern region intensifies.
March 3, 2022 - Russia shelling ceasefire escape route, say Ukrainians. The ceasefire was agreed to allow civilians to leave Mariupol and Volnovakha, but the evacuation is now postponed.
March 5, 2022 - Thousands of Ukrainians trapped as Russia ignores ceasefire.
March 6, 2022 - Ukraine anger as Putin offers evacuation routes to Russia.
March 7, 2022 - Moscow threatens to cut gas supplies to Europe; Zelenskiy vows to stay in Kyiv until "war is won".
March 8, 2022 - Fresh efforts to free civilians amid new ceasefire in Ukraine.
March 9, 2022 - Ukraine calls for ceasefire to allow power supply to be restored to Chernobyl.
March 9, 2022 - The World Health Organization said it has confirmed 18 attacks on medical facilities since the Russian invasion began two weeks ago.
March 10, 2022 - Vilnius has renamed the road of the Russian embassy in the Lithuanian capital to "Ukrainian Heroes' Street" in protest of Russia's invasion.
March 10, 2022 - The cities of Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk are targeted with Dnipro struck for the first time since the Russian invasion began.
March 11, 2022 - Ukraine has once again accused Russia of preventing the evacuation of people from the southern port city of Mariupol.
March 12, 2022 - Ukraine second mayor is 'abducted' in three days. A passenger train on its way to pick up refugees being evacuated from eastern Ukraine came under fire from Russian forces, killing a conductor, Ukraine's national rail company says.
March 13, 2022 - Russian and Ukrainian representatives resume talks in a bid to end more than two weeks of fighting.
March 14, 2022 - A Russian journalist who burst on to a live TV news programme to protest against the war in Ukraine has been reported missing overnight.
March 15, 2022 - People are emerging from the bombed Mariupol theater building, Ukrainian official says.
March 17, 2022 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on Russia to come to the negotiating table "without delay".
March 19, 2022 - An art school in Mariupol, where about 400 people were sheltering, was attacked, the city council says.
March 20, 2022 - Ukraine ignores Russia's demand it gives up the city of Mariupol, saying there is "no question of any surrender".
March 21, 2022 - Ukrainian forces are now fighting to take back territory, according to a US official. Ukraine's forces said a counterattack north and west of Kyiv appears to have made some headway and they regained control of Makariv, a town west of the capital.
March 22, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war latest news: concern for trapped Chernihiv residents; Nato expected to boost forces on eastern border.
March 23, 2022 - Ukraine takes back towns east of Kyiv.
March 25, 2022 - Ukraine's military has dealt "powerful blows" to Russia.
March 26, 2022 - US President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" during a speech in Poland. The White House said following his speech that it was not a direct call for regime change.
March 27, 2022 - Istanbul will host the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, which could begin as soon as Tuesday.
March 28, 2022 - Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. One of victims was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich.
March 28, 2022 - Erdoğan opens peace talks as Kremlin dismisses Abramovich poisoning reports.
March 29, 2022 - Ukraine refugee exodus reaches four million, Close to a quarter of Ukraine's population have left their homes, including the internally displaced.
March 30, 2022 - Russia massively misjudged the situation in Ukraine, the head of the UK's intelligence agency GCHQ says. Sir Jeremy Fleming said President Putin's advisers are not telling him the truth about the situation on the ground.
March 31, 2022 - Red Cross convoy with aid for Mariupol stranded in Zaporizhzhia over concerns about security guarantees.
April 1, 2022 - Ukraine's foreign ministry says it can not confirm or deny whether its helicopter forces attacked an oil depot in Belgorod, Russia.
April 1, 2022 - Russians booby-trapping homes as they retreat, claims Zelenskiy. Ukraine's president says the Russians are leaving mines as they withdraw; central cities hit by new missile strikes.
April 2, 2022 - Thick smoke covering the skies over the strategic southern port city of Odesa, after Russian air strikes oil refinery.
April 3, 2022 - Zelenskiy calls Russian forces "butchers" after civilian mass graves found around Kyiv.
April 4, 2022 - Bucha killings: Satellite image of bodies site contradicts Russian claims.
April 5, 2022 - Zelensky told UN Security Council to remove Russia or "dissolve yourself."
April 6, 2022 - Women and children urged to leave Dnipro; Nato warns war could last for years.
April 7, 2022 - Russia suspended from human rights council after UN general assembly vote.
April 7, 2022 - 'Dozens' of civilians feared killed or wounded in Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk train station – Donetsk governor. Two Russian rockets have struck railway station in eastern Ukraine, causing casualties – reports.
April 8, 2022 - Ukrainians shocked by 'crazy' scene at Chernobyl after Russian pullout reveals radioactive contamination.
April 9, 2022 - Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer is set to meet Vladimir Putin on Monday, the first European leader to meet the Russian president since Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February.
April 11, 2022 - Russian warship Moskva has sunk – defence ministry.
April 13, 2022 - Ukraine's President Zelensky to BBC: Blood money being paid for Russian oil.
April 14, 2022 - Ukraine says it has arrested fugitive pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, seen as President Vladimir Putin's closest ally in the country.
April 14, 2022 - Moscow formally warns of "unpredictable consequences" if the US and allies keep supplying weapons to Ukraine.
April 16, 2022 - Russian deadline for Mariupol defenders to "surrender or die" passes.
April 17, 2022 - Russian forces attacking entire eastern front line.
April 19, 2022 - 'Facing our last days, if not hours', Ukrainian commander in Mariupol pleads.
April 20, 2022 - Mariupol steelworks: 'Block it so a fly can't pass,' Putin orders
April 21, 2022 - Russia still bombing Azovstal steelworks, Ukraine says; UN secretary general to meet Putin.
April 22, 2022 - Russia fails to make major gains in Ukraine.
April 23, 2022 - Russia is forcibly deporting Mariupol residents, Ukraine says.
April 24, 2022 - We must end war, says UN chief ahead of Putin talks.
April 26, 2022 - Russian energy firm Gazprom says it has cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over their refusal to pay in roubles.
April 27, 2022 - 'War is evil': UN chief visits destroyed town near Kyiv. Antonio Guterres says war in the 21st century is an "absurdity" as he visits sites around Ukraine's capital. Russian missiles hit Kyiv during UN chief's visit Zelensky says strike on capital after talks with Antonio Guterres 'requires an appropriate, powerful response'.
April 28, 2022 - Ukraine says Russia 'robbing' wheat as war in east rages.
April 29, 2022 - Russia has been forced to merge and redeploy units from failed advances in Ukraine's north-east.
April 30, 2022 - Russia have been barred from competing in this summer's women's Euro 2022, while Russian clubs will also be banned from Uefa competitions next season, says Europe's football governing body.
May 2, 2022 - EU proposes ban on all Russian oil imports; Zelenskiy says trapped civilians at Azovstal must be saved.
May 4, 2022 - All elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine and Russia have announced.
May 7, 2022 - dozens feared dead after bombing of Luhansk school; Kyiv claims sinking of second Russian ship.
May 8, 2022 - On Russia's annual Victory Day, President Vladimir Putin reiterated his accusation that the West left him no choice but to invade Ukraine.
May 9, 2022 - Ukraine says second hotel, shopping mall hit as Russia fires hypersonic missiles at Odesa.
May 10, 2022 - Russia pushed back from Kharkiv.
May 11, 2022 - First Russian soldier goes on trial in Ukraine for war crimes.
May 13, 2022 - The Ukrainian military says the defenders of Mariupol have ended their mission, after hundreds of soldiers left the Azovstal steel plant. More than 260 fighters were taken to Russian-controlled territory late on Monday.
May 17, 2022 - Russia's defence ministry said that 694 Ukrainian fighters who had been under siege at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol surrendered over the last 24 hours.
May 18, 2022 - Moscow says more than 900 Ukrainian fighters from the Mariupol steelworks have been taken to a former prison colony, in a Russian-controlled part of Donetsk.
May 19, 2022 - Russia has 'completely destroyed' Donbas and turned region into 'hell', says Zelenskiy.
May 20, 2022 - Moscow declares victory in battle for Mariupol steel plant; Russia halts gas supplies to Finland.
May 21, 2022 - Ukraine rules out ceasefire deal that gives land to Russia.
May 22, 2022 - Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky has made a blistering attack on former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who suggested on Tuesday that peace negotiations should be aimed at creating borders along the "line of contact" in Donbas as it existed on the eve of the Russian invasion.
May 26, 2022 - Russian authorities in Crimea ordering hospitals to refuse civilian patients, says Ukraine.
May 29, 2022 - Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian band which won this year's Eurovision Song Contest, have sold their trophy for $900,000 (£712,000; €838,000) to raise money for the war in Ukraine.
May 30, 2022 - European Union leaders agreed on Monday to ban most Russian oil imports as part of a new sanctions package against Moscow. Pipeline imports will be exempt from the sanctions.
May 31, 2022 - 100 days of war in Ukraine.
June 1, 2022 - Russia occupying 20% of Ukraine, says Zelenskiy; Merkel condemns "barbaric war of aggression".
June 2, 2022 - Kyiv's ambassador to Ankara has said Turkey is among the countries that is buying grain that Russia stole from Ukraine.
June 3, 2022 - 'Prepare for long haul' as Ukraine war enters 100th day.
June 3, 2022 - Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies of Covid-19
June 4, 2022 - Piles of unburied bodies and contaminated drinking water are prompting fears of a cholera outbreak in the southern port city of Mariupol.
June 7, 2022 - Blocks on Ukraine grain exports 'putting millions at risk'.
June 8, 2022 - Britons sentenced to death after "show trial" in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
June 9, 2022 - Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a base used by mercenaries from Russia's Wagner private military company at Kadiyivka Stadium.
June 10, 2022 - Putin and Peter the Great: Russian leader likens himself to 18th Century tsar.
June 11, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war: 'intense street fighting' in Sievierodonetsk; Russia begins issuing passports to Ukrainians.
June 11, 2022 - Russian shelling has caused a huge fire at a chemical plant in Severodonetsk as "non-stop" fighting rages in the city. Ukrainian officials estimate that as many as 800 civilians are hiding in underground bomb shelters at the chemical plant.
June 12, 2022 - Pope Francis says Ukraine war was "perhaps somehow provoked". Pontiff condemns "cruelty" of Russian troops while warning against perception of conflict as good v evil.
June 14, 2022 - Alexei Navalny has gone missing from Russian prison, say allies. Opposition leader's lawyer was told at jail 'there is no such convict here', according to close ally Leonid Volkov.
June 14, 2022 - Russia has 'strategically lost' war, says UK defence chief, as Lavrov says Moscow unashamed.
June 17, 2022 - Russia's war in Ukraine could take years, the Nato secretary general said.
June 19, 2022 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine should expect "greater hostile activity" from Russia as the European Union considers whether the country should be formally considered for candidate status.
June 20, 2022 - Moscow to summon EU ambassador over 'openly hostile' Kaliningrad cargo transit ban.
June 21, 2022 - Ukrainian forces will have to withdraw from the embattled eastern city of Severodonetsk, a regional military chief said, accusing Russia of destroying most of its infrastructure during several months of round the clock shelling.
June 24, 2022 - Russia will transfer nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile systems to its ally Belarus over the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
June 26, 2022 - A shopping centre in east Ukraine with more than 1,000 people inside has been hit by a Russian missile strike.
June 27, 2022 - Sweden and Finland are formally invited to join the defense alliance at summit that also agreed to boost troop levels to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine.
June 29, 2022 - Russia withdraws from Snake Island and says Ukraine should demine waters.
June 30, 2022 - Russian trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner opens.
July 1, 2022 - Russia starts grain shipments from occupied Ukraine.
July 1, 2022 - Turkey seizes Russian ship carrying 'stolen' Ukrainian grain
July 5, 2022 - Germany fears Russia gas cut may become permanent.
July 11, 2022 - Russians have visited Iran at least twice in last month to examine weapons-capable drones
July 16, 2022 - Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials say the influx of new Western weapons is shifting the battlefield balance.
July 19, 2022 - Ukraine war: CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health
July 21, 2022 - Nord Stream: Key Russian pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe
July 21, 2022 - Ukraine and Russia sign UN-backed deal to restart grain exports.
July 22, 2022 - Russia fires missiles at Odesa port hours after signing grain export deal.
July 23, 2022 - Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger during Moscow Open.
July 24, 2022 - Russia to further cut gas supply to Europe.
July 26, 2022 - Gas prices soar as Russia cuts German supply.
July 27, 2022 - the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by Russia.
July 28, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainians step up counter-attacks in south; Russia facing 'major shortage' of infantry, says UK.
July 29, 2022 - PoW families wait for news following Donetsk prison attack that killed 50.
July 30, 2022 - Ukrainian president says "the more people leave Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill".
July 31, 2022 - Oleksiy Vadatursky: Ukraine grain tycoon killed in Russian shelling of Mykolaiv.
July 31, 2022 - Putin's reported girlfriend Alina Kabaeva hit with US sanctions.
August 3, 2022 - Brittney Griner: US basketball star jailed for nine years on drug charges.
August 4, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war live: International Atomic Energy Agency raises grave concerns over shelling at nuclear power plant.
August 7, 2022 - Russia using Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as army base.
August 8, 2022 - Ukraine war must end with liberation of Crimea – Zelensky.
August 10, 2022 - STEVEN SEAGAL POSES AT RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED PRISON Where 50 Ukrainians Were Killed.
August 10, 2022 - Ukraine war: Crimea airbase badly damaged, satellite images show.
August 11, 2022 - Ukraine says it has taken out another bridge that is vital for Russian forces occupying the southern Kherson region.
August 13, 2022 - Russia vows to expand relations with North Korea.
August 15, 2022 - Ukraine war: Explosions rock Russian base in Ukraine's Crimea.
August 16, 2022 - Ukraine war: Drone pilots mark targets for new offensive.
August 18, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war: Putin losing information war in Ukraine, UK says; explosions in Russia and Crimea.
August 19, 2022 - Russia to allow inspectors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Putin.
August 20, 2022 - More drone attacks against Russia in Crimea.
August 20, 2022 - A Ukrainian drone hit the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet in Crimea this weekend, the latest assault on a region Moscow once considered an impregnable fortress.
August 20, 2022 - Darya Dugina: Daughter of Putin ally killed in Moscow blast.
August 21, 2022 - Ukraine marks 31 years since it became independent from Moscow, and six months since Russia invaded.
August 24, 2022 - EU foreign ministers expected to suspend Russian tourist visa facilitation.
August 29, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin-appointed Kherson leader reportedly flees to Russia; first grain ship docks in Africa.
August 30, 2022 - Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
August 30, 2022 - Nord Stream 1: Russia switches off gas pipeline citing maintenance.
August 31, 2022 - EU foreign ministers agree to suspend visa travel deal with Russia.
August 31, 2022 - At least eight Russian businessmen have died in apparent suicide or accidents in just six months.
September 2, 2022 - 'Morale and discipline issues' hitting Russian troops, says MoD.
September 4, 2022 - Ukraine war: North Korea supplying Russia with weapons, say US reports.
September 6, 2022 - Xi and Putin to meet face-to-face next week, Russian envoy says.
September 7, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war: Kharkiv settlements retaken, Zelenskiy says; Belarus starts military drills near Polish border.
September 8, 2022 - Russia sends reinforcements to Kharkiv as Ukrainians advance.
September 10, 2022 - Ukraine's southern offensive 'was designed to trick Russia'.
September 10, 2022 - Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has shut down, says operator.
September 11, 2022 - Ukrainian official: More than 40 settlements in the Kharkiv region liberated.
September 12, 2022 - Ukraine has retaken 6,000 sq km, Zelenskiy says.
September 13, 2022 - Russian businessman Ivan Pechorin, the top manager for the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, has been found dead in Vladivostok, the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian executives.
September 14, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war live: floods receding in Kryvyi Rih after missiles hit dam at Zelenskiy's home town.
September 15, 2022 - Ukraine war: Hundreds of graves found in liberated Izyum city.
September 16, 2022 - Russian pop legend speaks out against war in Ukraine.
September 18, 2022 - Moscow loses full control of Luhansk region; Ukraine to dominate agenda at UN summit.
September 20, 2022 - Ukraine war: Occupied areas call urgent vote to join Russia.
September 20, 2022 - Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced a partial military mobilisation in Russia that starts today.
September 21, 2022 - North Korea denies supplying weapons to Russia
September 22, 2022 - Russians flee to border after military call-up.
September 22, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war live: referendums begin in occupied regions; Zelenskiy urges Russian protests
September 23, 2022 - IT workers, bankers and journalists working for state media will escape the "partial mobilisation" announced by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
September 23, 2022 - Traffic jams and desperation at the border as Russians flee Putin's 'partial mobilization'.
September 24, 2022 - Europe urged to accept Russians fleeing military draft as border crossings surge.
September 24, 2022 - Ukraine will treat Russian deserters fairly, Zelensky vows.
September 25, 2022 - A gunman has opened fire at a school in central Russia, killing at least 15 people and injuring 24, Russian officials say.
September 26, 2022 - Japanese consul detained by Russia.
September 27, 2022 - Russia's Nord Stream pipelines leaking into Baltic Sea.
September 27, 2022 - Sweden launches sabotage investigation after explosions reported near Nord Stream pipelines.
September 27, 2022 - Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine 'sham' referendums.
September 28, 2022 - Sweden finds new leak in Russian gas pipeline.
September 29, 2022 - Putin to annex Ukrainian regions; Nato vows response to any attacks on allies' infrastructure.
September 29, 2022 - Putin declares four areas of Ukraine as Russian in illegal annexation.
September 30, 2022 - Zelensky defiant as fighting rages around key town.
October 1, 2022 - Russian forces retreat from strategic Donetsk city a day after Moscow's annexation of the region.
October 2, 2022 - Kremlin unclear on which parts of Ukraine it is annexing as Zelenskiy says gains made in Kherson.
October 3, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war latest updates: 'dozens' of towns recaptured in east and south, says Zelenskiy.
October 5, 2022 - Blast causes only Crimea-Russia bridge to collapse.
October 8, 2022 - Anna Sorokin, the real-life 'Inventing Anna,' is out of jail
October 8, 2022 - Multiple explosions in Ukraine capital Kyiv.
October 10, 2022 - Putin's rage against civilians may herald a brutal new phase in the war.
October 11, 2022 - Air raid sirens have gone off again in Kyiv and across Ukraine, a day after Russia launched some of the worst attacks there for months.
October 11, 2022 - Elon Musk denies he spoke to Putin about Ukraine war.
October 12, 2022 - Eight arrests reported after Crimea bridge attack.
October 12, 2022 - Kyiv attacked by kamikaze drones say officials.
October 17, 2022 - Russian strikes prompt power cuts across Ukraine.
October 18, 2022 - Rolling blackouts are set to begin Thursday across Ukraine after the nation lost at least 40% of its power-generating capacity following days of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure targets.
October 20, 2022 - White House says Iran sent personnel to Crimea to train Russians to use drones.
October 21, 2022 - Ukraine war: Russia air strikes target more power facilities.
October 22, 2022 - Ukraine war: Kyiv denounces Russia's 'dirty bomb' claims.
October 24, 2022 - Russia removes bones of 18th-century commander revered by Putin from occupied Ukrainian city.
October 28, 2022 - Ukrainians are dreading the 'darkest winter' as Russia takes aim at the power grid.
October 29, 2022 - 'Massive' drone attack on Black Sea Fleet – Russia.
October 29, 2022 - Russia halts grain deal after 'massive' Black Sea Fleet attack.
October 30, 2022 - Kyiv residents queue for water as mayor says strikes cut power to 270,000 homes.
November 1, 2022 - Russia attacks leave 4.5m Ukrainians without power.
November 4, 2022 - Kyiv's mayor has warned residents to prepare for the worst in the event of further Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, highlighting the risk the city could be left without electricity or water.
November 7, 2022 - Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections.
November 7, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war live: Crimea bridge not fully operational until September 2023, says UK defence ministry.
November 9, 2022 - Kherson: Russia to withdraw troops from key Ukrainian city.
November 9, 2022 - Ukraine troops enter centre of Kherson as Russians retreat in chaos.
November 11, 2022 - Russia-Ukraine war live news: race to restore power and water in Kherson; murdered civilians found, Zelenskiy says.
November 14, 2022 - Zelenskiy tells G20 leaders Ukraine war 'must and can be ended' now.
November 15, 2022 - Zelensky says Russian missiles hit Poland, which Polish authorities have not confirmed.
November 15, 2022 - Unlikely that Poland missile fired from Russia – Biden.
November 16, 2022 - Zelenskiy condemns 'energy terror' at UN meeting after 10 die in latest mass strikes.
November 24, 2022 - Russia probably firing cruise missiles with nuclear warheads removed, says UK.
November 26, 2022 - Ukrainians flee Kherson shelling; Belarus foreign minister dies 'suddenly'.
November 27, 2022 - Ukraine war: Zelensky aide reveals up to 13,000 war dead.
December 2, 2022 - Ukraine war: Russia demands annexations recognised before talks.
December 2, 2022 - Wave of missile strikes hits Ukrainian cities.
December 5, 2022 - Brittney Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout.
December 8, 2022 - Jens Stoltenberg warns against conflict spiralling into Russia-Nato war. Nato chief says alliance working 'every day' to avoid the fighting turning into a wider war.
December 10, 2022 - Ukrainian strike hits Russian barracks in occupied Melitopol.
December 11, 2022 - blasts heard in Kyiv city centre; mayor says 10 Iran-made drones shot down.
December 14, 2022 - Kursk airbase in Russia hit, Ukraine official claims; Canada resumes Nord Stream sanctions.
December 15, 2022 - Russian missile strikes killed two people in central Ukraine and disrupted power and water supplies as Moscow again targeted energy and civilian infrastructure.
December 16, 2022 - Russia 'may try to re-enact its early invasion plans of Ukraine on anniversary of war'.
December 18, 2022 - Latest Soyuz capsule leak prompts Russians to plan possible rescue of space station crew.
December 23, 2022 - Putin said Russia 'ready to negotiate' over Ukraine as Zelenskiy gives defiant Christmas message.
December 25, 2022 - Drone attack on Russian bomber base leaves three dead.
December 26, 2022 - Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead at an Indian hotel, two days after a friend died during the same trip.
December 27, 2022 - Russia fires 120 missiles from air and sea – Ukraine.
December 29, 2022 - Ukraine shoots down 16 Iranian-made drones.
December 30, 2022 - Ukraine claims hundreds of Russians killed by missile attack
January 2, 2023 - Kyiv dismisses Putin's call for 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine as "hypocrisy"
January 5, 2023 - Leak reveals Roman Abramovich's billion-dollar trusts transferred before Russia sanctions
January 6, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow's ceasefire ends with no let up in fighting; Ukraine strikes power plants in Donetsk, officials say
January 8, 2023 - Wagner 'may make up quarter of Russian combatants'; Zelenskiy strips Kremlin allies of citizenship
January 11, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war: Belarus begins air force drills with Russia; Dnipro strike death toll rises to 35
January 16, 2023 - Australian Open bans Russian and Belarusian flags from tournament
January 17, 2023 - Andrey Medvedev: Russian Wagner mercenary who fled to Norway arrested
January 23, 2023 - Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead
January 25, 2023 - Ukraine hit by Russian missiles day after West's offer of tanks
January 26, 2023 - Russia planning major offensive to mark first anniversary of war: Ukraine defence minister
February 2, 2023 - 80 years on, we are facing German tanks again – Putin
February 2, 2023 - Zelenskiy pushes for 10th sanctions package from EU leaders meeting in Kyiv
February 3, 2023 - Russia is on the offensive in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, though without "much success" so far, according to the area's Ukrainian leader.
February 10, 2023 - rivalry between Wagner and Russian army 'key factor in end of prison recruitment drive'
February 11, 2023 - Iran smuggled drones into Russia using boats and state airline, sources reveal
February 12, 2023 - Moldova's pro-EU President Sandu accuses Russia of coup plot
February 13, 2023 - Ukraine war: Zelensky rules out territory deal with Putin in BBC interview
February 16, 2023 - Ukraine War: Over 30,000 Wagner fighters injured or killed in Ukraine, says US
February 18, 2023 - China may be on brink of supplying arms to Russia, says Blinken
February 19, 2023 - Biden makes surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of Ukraine war anniversary
February 20, 2023 - Biden arrives in Poland; Putin to make state of the nation address
February 21, 2023 - Putin and Biden to give competing speeches on Ukraine war
February 21, 2023 - Biden to meet Nato secretary in Poland; Russian military responds to Wagner chief's 'treason' claim
February 22, 2023 - Spain's prime minister arrived in Kyiv Thursday for a surprise visit on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion
February 23, 2023 - India abstains from UN vote on Russian invasion
February 24, 2023 - It's now one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began
February 24, 2023 - Zelenskiy warns fighting 'increasingly difficult' in Bakhmut; China has clearly taken a side, US says
February 28, 2023 - China foreign minister warns of potential for conflict with US and hails Russia ties
March 7, 2023 - Ukraine war: Russia fires hypersonic missiles in new barrage
March 9, 2023 - Russian Fighter Jet Collides With US Drone Over Black Sea
March 14, 2023 - Arrest warrant issued for Putin over war crime allegations
March 17, 2023 - Ukraine war: Putin pays visit to war-damaged Mariupol, state media reports.
March 19, 2023 - 'Good old friend': Putin offers praise for Xi ahead of first trip to Russia since Ukraine invasion
March 20, 2023 - Russia to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
March 26, 2023 - Wall Street Journal 'vehemently denies' espionage claims after reporter arrested by Russian security services
March 30, 2023 - Wimbledon 2023 lifts ban on Russian & Belarusian players for championship
March 31, 2023 - Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite Ukrainian anger
April 1, 2023 - Ukraine to export electricity again after months of Russian attacks
April 8, 2023 - Russia 'to increase air defences to counter Finland's Nato accession'
April 10, 2023 - Ukraine war: Leak shows Western special forces on the ground
April 12, 2023 - Alexei Navalny in 'critical' situation after possible poisoning, says ally
April 14, 2023 - Putin visits Russian troops at military headquarters in Kherson
April 18, 2023 - Ukraine war: Russian warplane 'accidentally bombs own city'
April 21, 2023 - All Nato members have agreed Ukraine will eventually join, says Stoltenberg. Secretary general says countries have agreed Kyiv will join military alliance when war with Russia is over
April 21, 2023 - Russian navy ship photographed near Nord Stream pipelines before blasts
April 28, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war live: fire rages at Crimea oil depot after suspected drone attack
April 29, 2023 - Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties since December in a key signal that Moscow's winter offensive has "backfired," according to new estimated figures from the White House.
May 2, 2023 - Ukraine denies any involvement in drone attack Moscow says was Putin assassination attempt
May 3, 2023 - Putin faces a deluge of bad news as Wagner says it will withdraw from frontline and Kremlin comes under attack
May 5, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war live: Wagner group head says he has been promised more ammunition after tirade against Russian generals
May 7, 2023 - Russia is sending museum pieces into war, but experts say they may still be effective
May 8, 2023 - Russian troops won't let Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant staff evacuate with their families, Ukraine's military says
May 10, 2023 - Zelenskiy urges patience and says Ukraine would 'lose a lot of people' if it launched counteroffensive now
May 11, 2023 - South Africa loaded arms onto sanctioned Russian vessel, US ambassador tells local media
May 11, 2023 - Russian retreat in Bakhmut 'highlights shortage of credible combat units'
May 13, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war updates: 'exceptionally' intense air strikes on Kyiv overnight
May 16, 2023 - Ukraine war: Russia launches ninth wave of missile attacks on Kyiv this month
May 18, 2023 - Zelenskiy to attend G7 in person as leaders prepare new sanctions against Moscow
May 19, 2023 - Kyiv says situation in Bakhmut 'critical' after Wagner claims control of city
May 20, 2023 - Bakhmut: Zelensky says city is destroyed as Russia claims victory
May 21, 2023 - Russian raiders of Belgorod side with Ukraine but struggle to stick to Kyiv's official line
May 25, 2023 - Ukraine's commander in chief hints counteroffensive could be imminent in slick video
May 27, 2023 - More than 50 Russian drones downed in wave of attacks on Ukrainian capital, Kyiv says
May 28, 2023 - Drones hit Moscow buildings after strikes on Kyiv kill one
May 30, 2023 - Alleged former Russian spy whale spotted off Sweden's coast
May 30, 2023 - Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday claimed it had repelled a "large-scale offensive" from Ukrainian forces on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region.
June 5, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war live: evacuations under way near Kherson after destruction of dam prompts flooding
June 6, 2023 - 600 square kilometers of Kherson region is flooded, regional commander says
June 8, 2023 - Danger of 'floating landmines' as Ukrainians flee dam disaster
June 8, 2023 - Russia moves to take direct control of Wagner Group
June 11, 2023 - Ukraine claims first victories of counter-offensive
June 12, 2023 - Putin's nuclear claims: The first tactical nuclear weapons to be stored in staunch Russian ally Belarus have arrived, Putin said at an economic forum in St. Petersburg.
June 16, 2023 - Russian mercenaries seize military sites as Putin vows to punish rebellion
June 24, 2023 - Wagner chief claims to have seized military sites in Rostov as Moscow implements anti-terror measures
June 24, 2023 - Wagner boss says Russia mercenaries turning back to avoid bloodshed
June 24, 2023 - Wagner mercenary boss abandons mutiny and agrees to leave Russia
June 25, 2023 - Russian defence minister shown visiting troops after Wagner mutiny
June 26, 2023 - Wagner fighters can join Russian military or move to Belarus
June 26, 2023 - Russia says it will drop charges against Wagner for armed insurrection attempt
June 27, 2023 - Greta Thunberg has accused Russia of 'ecocide' in Ukraine.
July 2, 2023 - Russia has made some advances on the eastern front while heavy fighting rages in the south, Ukraine says
July 3, 2023 - Ukraine war: Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack
July 4, 2023 - Kyiv's deputy defense minister has appeared to admit that Ukrainian forces were responsible for an attack last October on the bridge connecting Russia and occupied Crimea.
July 9, 2023 - Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin met Russia's Vladimir Putin after mutiny
July 10, 2023 - Wagner forces no longer significant in Ukraine, US says
July 14, 2023 - two killed in Crimean bridge 'emergency', Russian authorities say, as explosions reported
July 17, 2023 - Wheat prices soar after Russia threatens ships
July 20, 2023 - Russian missile strikes on Odesa kill one person and damage cathedral
July 23, 2023 - Zelenskiy issues fresh corruption warning; Russia raises conscription age limit
July 25, 2023 - Ukraine moves Christmas Day in snub to Russia
July 28, 2023 - Zelensky says war 'returning to Russia' after Moscow drone attack
July 31, 2023 - Moscow hit by second drone attack in two days; Russian strike hits college dormitory in Kharkiv
August 1, 2023 - Sea drone attack reported on Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk
August 4, 2023 - Kyiv claims to have put a Russian Black Sea ship out of action
August 4, 2023 - chemical tanker hit near Crimea as UK reports 'significant blow' to Russian fleet
August 5, 2023 - Ukraine war: Russia hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky
August 6, 2023 - German official accused of spying for Russia
August 10, 2023 - Russia fires warning shots and boards cargo ship in Black Sea
August 14, 2023 - Russia's lander experiences 'emergency situation' while approaching lunar surface
August 20, 2023 - Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon
August 20, 2023 - Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber
August 21, 2023 - Wagner chief listed among passengers on board crashed plane, Russian state media
August 23, 2023 - Kremlin silent as Wagner boss Prigozhin 'killed in plane crash'
August 24, 2023 - Ukraine war: Fighter ace and two other pilots killed in mid-air crash
August 27, 2023 - Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash, Russia's investigative committee confirms
August 27, 2023 - 'Everything is ahead of us': Ukraine breaks Russian stronghold's first line of defence
September 3, 2023 - Ukraine war: Kim Jong Un 'to visit Putin for weapons talks'
September 5, 2023 - North Korea's Kim Jong Un reportedly travelling to meet Putin
September 11, 2023 - We will fight imperialism, Kim tells Putin at cosmodrome summit
September 13, 2023 - Zelenskiy vows to be heard as he prepares for first in-person UN address since Russia's invasion
September 19, 2023 - Ukraine's special services 'likely' behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces in Sudan, a Ukrainian military source says
September 20, 2023 - Ukrainian military confirms "successful hit" of Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol
September 22, 2023 - Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council
September 26, 2023 - Slovakia election: pro-Moscow former PM on course to win with almost all votes counted
October 1, 2023 - Abkhazia: Russia to build naval base in Georgian separatist region, says local leader
October 5, 2023 - European leaders seethe over Putin-Orbán meeting
October 20, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine war live: anger at 'confirmed' supply of North Korean weapons to Putin
October 26, 2023 - Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears
December 18, 2023 - Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader found, says team
December 25, 2023 - Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea
December 26, 2023 - Russia launches missile and drone attacks across Ukraine
December 29, 2023 - 74 dead after Russian plane carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashed, Moscow says
January 24, 2024 - Volodymyr Zelenskiy fires top Ukraine army commander
February 9, 2024 - Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little
February 11, 2024 - Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 718
February 11, 2024 - Russia puts Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas on wanted list
February 13, 2024 - Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dies, prison service says
February 16, 2024 - Alexei Navalny's body to be held for two weeks for 'chemical analysis', family told
February 20, 2024 - Barely 10% of Europeans believe Ukraine can still defeat Russia, finds poll
February 21, 2024 - Navalny's mother shown body and 'blackmailed by authorities' over funeral
February 22, 2024 - Alexei Navalny's body given to mother by Russian authorities
February 24, 2024 - Zelenskiy puts figure on Ukrainian soldiers killed for first time at 31,000
February 25, 2024 - Macron refuses to rule out putting troops on ground in Ukraine in call to galvanise Europe
February 27, 2024 - Nato allies reject Emmanuel Macron idea of troops to Ukraine
February 27, 2024 - Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow
February 28, 2024 - Hearse drivers refuse to take Navalny's body to Moscow funeral, Putin critic's team say
February 29, 2024 - Alexei Navalny funeral draws thousands to heavily policed Moscow church
March 1, 2024 - Germany to investigate Russia's apparent interception of military talks on Ukraine
March 3, 2024 - National Lottery operator had borrowed millions from Kremlin-owned banks
March 9, 2024 - Pope provokes outrage by saying Ukraine should 'raise white flag' and end war with Russia
March 10, 2024 - Calls to examine Russian Red Cross links to Putin's war in Ukraine
March 12, 2024 - Putin claims landslide and scorns US democracy
March 17, 2024 - Over 1m Ukrainians without power after major Russian assault on energy system
March 22, 2024 - Russia and China veto draft resolution; Israeli PM says he hopes for US support, but will go into Rafah without it
March 22, 2024 - At least 133 dead after Moscow terror attack ISIS claims responsibility for the attack at a popular concert venue. All four suspects have been arrested, authorities say
March 23, 2024 - Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism
March 25, 2024 - Russia protects North Korea in the UN with veto of resolution to investigate sanction violations
March 29, 2024 - UN body urges restraint after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant hit
April 7, 2024 - Ukraine air defences overwhelmed as Russia pounds power stations
April 13, 2024 - Russia's meat grinder soldiers – 50,000 confirmed dead
April 17, 2024 - US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
May 2, 2024 - Putin removes Sergei Shoigu as Russia's defence minister
May 13, 2024 - Putin signals he's open to peace talks, but Ukraine is right to be wary
May 25, 2024 - Georgia parliament overrides president to pass Kremlin-style 'foreign agents' bill, defying Western pressure
May 28, 2024 - Russia-Ukraine war live: police search European parliament over possible Russian interference
May 29, 2024 - OpenAI says Russian and Israeli groups used its tools to spread disinformation
May 31, 2024 - Russia targets Paris Olympics with deepfake Tom Cruise video
June 4, 2024 - French military instructors in Ukraine would be 'legitimate target', Russia says
June 5, 2024 - Putin praises North Korea for Ukraine support ahead of visit to Pyongyang
June 18, 2024 - Russia and North Korea sign mutual defence pact
June 20, 2024 - Astronauts take cover as defunct Russian satellite splits into nearly 200 pieces
June 28, 2024 - Hungary's PM meets Putin for talks on Ukraine
July 5, 2024 - Kyiv children's hospital hit as Russian daytime strikes on Ukraine kill dozens
July 8, 2024 - 'Huge disappointment': Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital
July 9, 2024 - Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya
July 9, 2024 - US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine
July 12, 2024 - NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers operating together near Alaska in first such flight
July 25, 2024 - Hugs and tears as Evan Gershkovich and other US citizens return home
August 2, 2024 - Russian submarine sunk in Crimean port, Ukraine claims
August 4, 2024 - Ukraine and Russia trade blame over fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
August 12, 2024 - key bridges destroyed in Kursk as Ukraine 'leaves trail of destruction'
August 17, 2024 - Zelensky says Ukraine 'getting stronger' in Kursk as his troops blow up second bridge
August 18, 2024 - Ukraine aims to create Kursk 'buffer zone,' Zelensky says, as Kyiv's forces blow up second Russian bridge
August 19, 2024 - Quit dating apps, Russia tells border region citizens over security fears
August 21, 2024 - India's Modi arrives in Ukraine for talks with Zelensky weeks after Putin meeting
August 23, 2024 - Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
August 25, 2024 - Fires at Russian energy plants after Ukraine drone attacks
September 1, 2024 - Beluga whale alleged to be Russian 'spy' found dead in Norway
September 2, 2024 - Alarm in UK and US over possible Iran-Russia nuclear deal
September 14, 2024 - Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons
September 25, 2024 - Woolly rhino found preserved in Russian permafrost after 32,000 years
September 25, 2024 - North Koreans deployed alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, sources say
October 10, 2024 - Kremlin confirms reports Donald Trump sent Vladimir Putin Covid tests
October 11, 2024 - Russian cash-for-votes flows into Moldova as nation heads to polls
October 20, 2024 - Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
October 25, 2024 - Sweden and Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears
October 30, 2024 - Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world
October 31, 2024 - Moldova votes for president in runoff election as Russia hovers
November 3, 2024 - Maia Sandu wins second term in Moldovan election in rebuke to Kremlin
November 4, 2024 - Trump speaks with Putin and advises him not to escalate Ukraine war
November 11, 2024 - Russia denies Trump call with Putin urging restraint in Ukraine
November 11, 2024 - Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea
November 16, 2024 - Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles, as Russian attack kills 10 in Sumy
November 18, 2024 - Ukraine fires US-supplied long range missiles into Russia, defence ministry says
November 19, 2024 - Russia gives N Korea million barrels of oil, breaking sanctions
November 22, 2024 - Power cuts in Ukraine after Russia's biggest drone attack yet
November 26, 2024 - North Koreans joining assaults on Kursk front, says Zelenskyy, urging fresh allied response; Ukrainian drones hit oil facility in Russia's Oryol region. What we know on day 1,026
December 15, 2024 - Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces killed by bomb in Moscow
December 17, 2024 - Moscow says Uzbek suspect arrested over killing of general
December 18, 2024 - Russia's Christmas Day missile attack across Ukraine is 'inhumane', says Zelensky
December 25, 2024 - Russia seeks to play down speculation over Azerbaijan Airlines crash
December 26, 2024 - Early indications suggest Russian involvement may have downed Azerbaijani jet, US official says, as another flight recorder is found
December 27, 2024 - Putin apologises over plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
December 28, 2024 - Ukraine ends supply of Russian gas to Europe
January 1, 2025 - Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages
January 18, 2025 - Roman Abramovich could owe UK £1bn over tax dodge that helped bankroll Chelsea FC
January 29, 2025 - Moscow bomb kills pro-Russia paramilitary leader
February 3, 2025 - Putin orders revival of Soviet-era Eurovision rival
February 4, 2025 - Russia withdraws North Korean troops in Kursk after losses, Seoul says
February 7, 2025 - Three NATO members still rely on Russia to manage their electricity grid. They're about to pull the plug
February 7, 2025 - Trump says he has spoken with Putin about ending Ukraine war: Trump tells the New York Post that he has a plan to end the war but declined to go into details
February 9, 2025 - Ukraine 'may be Russian someday', Trump says ahead of Zelenskyy meeting with Vance
February 11, 2025 - After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start 'immediately'
February 12, 2025 - Chernobyl radiation shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says
February 14, 2025 - Russian and US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for peace talks, without Kyiv
February 18, 2025 - Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine, Lavrov says after talks with US
February 18, 2025 - Russia launches largest drone attack on eve of third anniversary of invasion
February 23, 2025 - Macron suggests Ukraine-Russia truce could be weeks away after talks with Trump
February 25, 2025 - US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on Ukraine
February 25, 2025 - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88
February 27, 2025 - Zelensky tells Trump there should be 'no compromises' with Putin as they meet at White House
February 28, 2025 - US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say
February 28, 2025 - Hegseth orders pause in US cyber-offensive against Russia
March 3, 2025 - Trump 'considering large-scale sanctions and tariffs' on Russia after wave of strikes on Ukraine
March 7, 2025 - Three UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for Russia
March 7, 2025 - Trump says Putin launching massive strike on Ukraine is 'what anybody would do'
March 8, 2025 - Ukraine says talks with US 'very constructive' hours after Moscow drone attack kills three
March 11, 2025 - Russia claims Kursk operation in final stage as US team heads to Moscow for Ukraine talks
March 13, 2025 - Kremlin says 'much to be done' on Ukraine ceasefire deal as Zelenskyy warns Putin will manipulate plan
March 14, 2025 - Starmer warns Putin not to 'play games' as UK hosts meeting of world leaders on Ukraine
March 15, 2025 - Trump says he and Putin will discuss land and powerplants in Ukraine ceasefire talks
March 17, 2025 - Poland and Baltics to quit landmine treaty over Russia fears
March 18, 2025 - Vladimir Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukraine energy targets for 30 days, the Kremlin says, after a phone call with Donald Trump
March 18, 2025 - Russia and Ukraine launch air attacks after Putin-Trump call
March 19, 2025 - Zelensky accuses Putin of breaking pledge to Trump by striking energy targets
March 19, 2025 - Russia and Ukraine agree to Black Sea ceasefire, US says
March 25, 2025 - North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia's war on Ukraine, South Korea says
March 27, 2025 - European leaders agree now 'not the time' to lift sanctions against Russia
March 27, 2025 - JD Vance says US needs control of Greenland to fend off China and Russia
March 29, 2025 - Donald Trump says he is 'very angry' with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine
March 30, 2025 - Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
April 1, 2025 - Finland to exit landmines treaty and hike defense spending given Russia threat, prime minister says
April 1, 2025 - Zelensky confirms Ukraine troops in Russia's Belgorod region
April 8, 2025 - Former Russian minister found guilty of breaching UK sanctions
April 10, 2025 - Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after second world war, says US envoy
April 12, 2025 - Russian missile strike kills dozens in Ukrainian city of Sumy
April 13, 2025 - Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
April 15, 2025 - Rubio warns if it's not possible to end the war in Ukraine, US needs to 'move on'
April 18, 2025 - Trump denies being 'played' by Putin as Russia launches overnight attack
April 19, 2025 - Putin suggests Russia open to direct talks with Ukraine as strikes continue
April 22, 2025 - Vance says US will 'walk away' unless Ukraine and Russia agree to proposals
April 23, 2025 - Russia launches deadly strikes on Ukraine's capital as Trump accuses Zelensky of harming peace talks
April 24, 2025 - 'Vladimir, stop!' Trump criticises Putin over attack on Kyiv
April 24, 2025 - Russian general killed in car blast hours before US envoy's Kremlin meeting
April 25, 2025 - Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says
April 26, 2025 - Putin announces 72-hour May ceasefire in Ukraine war
April 28, 2025 - US and Ukraine sign minerals deal that solidifies investment in Kyiv's defense against Russia
May 1, 2025 - Vance says war in Ukraine 'not going to end any time soon,' hours after US signs minerals deal with Kyiv
May 3, 2025 - Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian fighter jet using seaborne drone
May 4, 2025 - Ukrainian drone attacks shut Moscow airports, while Russian strike kills one in Odesa
May 6, 2025 - Putin's 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it
May 8, 2025 - Slovakian and Serbian leaders defy EU to attend Russian military parade
May 9, 2025 - European leaders demand unconditional Ukraine ceasefire by Russia
May 10, 2025 - Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
May 10, 2025 - Vladimir Putin rejects ceasefire ultimatum proposed by European leaders
May 11, 2025 - Zelensky says Russia considering end to war a 'positive sign' after Putin's call for talks
May 11, 2025 - Zelenskyy to wait for Putin in Turkey, saying: 'If he does not arrive, he does not want to end war'
May 13, 2025 - Kremlin tight-lipped for third day on whether Putin will meet Zelenskyy
May 14, 2025 - Putin not on Kremlin list of officials attending Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
May 14, 2025 - First direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in three years set to begin in Turkey
May 15, 2025 - Russian team a 'theatre prop', says Zelenskyy as Putin fails to attend Turkish talks
May 15, 2025 - The first direct talks with Russia since 2022 yielded no major breakthroughs, as Moscow plays for time ahead of a possible summer offensive.
May 17, 2025 - Russia launched war's largest drone attack ahead of Putin-Trump call, Ukraine says
May 18, 2025 - Trump says Russia and Ukraine to 'immediately' start ceasefire negotiations after two-hour call with Putin
May 19, 2025 - Titan of Russian ballet Yuri Grigorovich dies at 98
May 20, 2025 - Trump and Putin hold phone call but Kremlin refuses Ukraine ceasefire
May 20, 2025 - Ukraine and Russia exchange 800 PoWs in largest prisoner swap of war so far
May 23, 2025 - Russia launches one of biggest drone attacks on Kyiv since start of war
May 24, 2025 - Deadly missile and drone strikes batter Kyiv for second night
May 25, 2025 - Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness'
May 25, 2025 - Trump warns attempts to conquer all of Ukraine will lead to 'downfall' of Russia
May 26, 2025 - Germany and other allies lift restrictions on Ukraine firing long-range missiles after Russia's record aerial assault
May 27, 2025 - Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says
June 2, 2025 - Crimea bridge reopens after Ukraine says it carried out underwater explosion
June 3, 2025 - Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb
June 6, 2025 - Desperate to get its illegally detained civilians out of Russia, Kyiv offers Ukrainian collaborators in exchange
June 8, 2025 - Western guests including Elon Musk's father to speak at pro-Putin oligarch's Moscow forum
June 9, 2025 - Denmark deploys 'saildrones' in Baltic to protect undersea cables from Russia
June 19, 2025 - Ukraine war briefing: Russia 'on verge of recession', Putin minister tells economic showcase
June 20, 2025 - Russian naval ship 'disguised' itself while passing through English Channel
June 24, 2025 - 'Basically impossible to get them back': Russia's mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
June 27, 2025 - Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
July 1, 2025 - Russia launches record 550 drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv in night-time raid
July 4, 2025 - China tells EU it can't accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says
July 4, 2025 - Trump threatens extra 10% tariff on nations siding with Brics
July 7, 2025 - Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say
July 7, 2025 - Russia launches major attack on Ukraine after Trump's criticism of Putin
July 9, 2025 - North Korea's Kim Jong Un restates unconditional support for 'all' Russian actions in Ukraine
July 13, 2025 - Putin's friend Gergiev set to conduct as Italy breaks ban on pro-Kremlin artists
July 13, 2025 - Trump threatens 'very severe' tariffs against Russia if no Ukraine deal within 50 days
July 14, 2025 - Concert by Putin ally Gergiev cancelled in Italy
July 21, 2025 - Ukraine and Russia set for fresh peace talks, Zelensky says
July 22, 2025 - Zelenskyy defends bill stripping anti-corruption bodies' independence amid protests
July 23, 2025 - Gabbard releases more Russia documents to accuse Obama of 'manufacturing' intelligence
July 24, 2025 - Trump cuts deadline for Putin to reach Ukraine peace deal to '10 or 12 days'
July 28, 2025 - Major earthquake off Russia triggers widespread tsunami warnings
July 30, 2025 - Trump to hit India with 25% tariffs – plus 'penalty' for trade with Russia
July 30, 2025 - Trump says he's ordered nuclear submarines repositioned after Russian official's 'highly provocative' remarks
August 2, 2025 - Russian volcano erupts for first time in more than 500 years
August 3, 2025 - US attorney general orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe
August 5, 2025 - Trump threatens India with 50% tariff as negotiations fizzle and Modi keeps importing Russian oil
August 6, 2025 - Trump and Putin to meet in coming days, Kremlin says
August 7, 2025 - Ukraine will not give up land, Zelenskyy warns ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
August 9, 2025 - Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks next week
August 9, 2025 - North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia
August 12, 2025 - Lithuania to give children drone training to counter Russia threat
August 13, 2025 - Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam, spy chief says
August 14, 2025 - Putin ready to make Ukraine deal, Trump says before Alaska summit
August 14, 2025 - Putin ready to make Ukraine deal, Trump says before Alaska summit
August 15, 2025 - Trump says he's not going to Alaska to 'negotiate for Ukraine'
August 15, 2025 - No deal, and no answers, after brief Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in Alaska
August 16, 2025 - Putin demands full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as condition for ending Ukraine war
August 16, 2025 - Russia complicating end to war, Zelensky says as Trump pursues peace deal
August 17, 2025 - Trump tells Zelensky to give up Crimea and agree to never join NATO
August 18, 2025 - Zelensky says he and Trump discussed Ukraine security guarantees in 'best' talks yet
August 18, 2025 - Trump pushes for meeting between Putin and Zelensky
August 19, 2025 - Trump rules out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of peace deal
August 19, 2025 - Kremlin yet to commit to meeting after Ukrainian and European leaders seek US security guarantees for Kyiv as part of any deal
August 19, 2025 - Kremlin plays down Zelensky talks as Trump warns Putin may not want to make deal
August 20, 2025 - Russia rules out European troops in Ukraine as Trump makes veiled threats
August 21, 2025 - Trump again gives Putin 'a couple of weeks' with no sign of Ukraine peace talks underway
August 23, 2025 - North Korea's Kim Jong Un to join Putin at China military parade
August 28, 2025 - UK and EU summon top Russian diplomats after strikes hit British Council and EU offices in deadly attack on Kyiv
August 28, 2025 - India's Modi to meet Xi and Putin on first China trip in seven years as US tariffs bite
August 29, 2025 - Zelensky rejects proposals for buffer zone to end Ukraine war
August 29, 2025 - EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming
September 1, 2025 - Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality
September 3, 2025 - Moscow rejects Western security guarantees for Ukraine
September 5, 2025 - Putin says western troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets' as European countries pledge security support
September 5, 2025 - Zelensky condemns 'ruthless attack' after Russia hits main government building in Kyiv
September 6, 2025 - Poland shoots down Russian drones after 'unprecedented airspace violation'
September 10, 2025 - Emergency UN security council meeting convened after Russian drone incursion into Poland
September 11, 2025 - Romania reports Russian drone in its airspace as Poland scrambles jets again
September 14, 2025 - Russian drone incursion into Poland 'was Kremlin test on Nato'
September 15, 2025 - Russia and Belarus carry out military drills amid rising tension
September 15, 2025 - Tests show Navalny was poisoned in jail, his widow says
September 17, 2025 - Estonia seeks Nato consultation after Russian jets violate airspace
September 19, 2025 - Poland scrambles jets as Russia launches massive aerial assault on Ukraine
September 20, 2025 - German jets scrambled after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea
September 21, 2025 - Kyiv can win all of Ukraine back from Russia, Trump says
September 24, 2025 - Kremlin bans fuel exports until the end of the year as Russia's supply is disrupted by Ukrainian drones
September 26, 2025 - Russia has no intention of attacking EU or Nato states, foreign minister says
September 27, 2025 - Putin preparing to attack another European country, Zelenskyy says
September 27, 2025 - Zelensky condemns 'vile' Russian strikes lasting 12 hours
September 28, 2025 - Pro-EU party in Moldova set to win vote mired in claims of Russian interference
September 29, 2025 - France investigates Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones
October 1, 2025 - Putin says Russia will respond quickly if it believes Europe is provoking it
October 2, 2025 - Russia may be helping China prepare for Taiwan invasion, leaked documents suggest
October 7, 2025 - Putin says Russian air defenses responsible for Azerbaijani jet's crash last year, killing 38
October 9, 2025 - 'Massive' Russian attack on Ukraine capital triggers blackouts and sets high-rise alight
October 10, 2025 - Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil
October 15, 2025 - Putin-Trump call a curveball for Zelensky ahead of White House meeting
October 17, 2025 - Zelensky ready to join Trump-Putin talks after 'frank' White House meeting
October 20, 2025 - Poland threatens Putin with arrest if he flies through its airspace on way to Hungary
October 21, 2025 - Plans for Trump-Putin meeting shelved days after Budapest talks proposed
October 21, 2025 - Trump says Putin talks 'don't go anywhere' as he imposes new sanctions
October 23, 2025 - Zelenskyy to meet Starmer and 'coalition of the willing' to discuss further military support and how to pressure Russia
October 24, 2025 - Russian drones hunt civilians in crime against humanity, UN inquiry finds
October 28, 2025 - US lifts sanctions on Putin-backed Bosnian Serb strongman after Trump allies' lobbying
October 30, 2025 - Orbán to visit White House to try to broker Trump-Putin summit for peace in Ukraine
November 7, 2025 - Trump-Orbán meeting: US gives Hungary exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas
November 8, 2025 - Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to 'zero' by Russian attacks
November 9, 2025 - Western powers accuse Russia of posing a threat in space
November 9, 2025 - Putin opponents criticise EU ban on multi-entry visas for Russians
November 13, 2025 - Russia attacks 'every district' of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
November 14, 2025 - Two Ukrainian men believed to be working with Russia identified as suspects in Polish rail sabotage attacks
November 18, 2025 - Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots
November 19, 2025 - US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv
November 19, 2025 - Trump's 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine would require land concessions and military reduction
November 21, 2025 - Reform's ex-Wales leader read pro-Russia MP's 'script' in European Parliament, Nathan Gill is being sentenced for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign
November 21, 2025 - Trump gives Ukraine days to accept his plan to end war as Zelensky warns of 'difficult moment in history'
November 22, 2025 - US insists it authored Ukraine peace plan after claims of Russian 'wish list'
November 23, 2025 - Polish PM says it would be 'good to know' who wrote plan to end war in Ukraine, amid concerns over Moscow involvement
November 23, 2025 - British navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity
November 24, 2025 - Ukraine talks gain momentum as US and Russian officials meet in Abu Dhabi
November 25, 2025 - Ukraine says 'understanding' reached with US on peace plan, as Trump says his envoy will meet Putin
November 25, 2025 - Trump envoy Witkoff reportedly advised Kremlin official on Ukraine peace deal
November 26, 2025 - Putin insists Ukraine has to surrender territory for any deal to be possible
November 27, 2025 - Putin insists Ukraine has to surrender territory for any deal to be possible
November 28, 2025 - Ukrainian naval drones strike two Russian oil tankers in Black Sea
November 30, 2025 - Zelenskyy meets with Macron, as US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Moscow
December 1, 2025 - Putin and Trump's envoy set for key Ukraine talks in Moscow
December 2, 2025 - Kremlin signals no Ukraine breakthrough after Putin talks with US
December 3, 2025 - 'Pretty obvious' Putin does not want peace in Ukraine, Nato foreign ministers warn
December 3, 2025 - European Commission plans 'reparations loan' to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
December 3, 2025 - Ukraine and US negotiators to meet in Florida after Moscow talks, White House says
December 4, 2025 - Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means, as Ukrainians prepare for fresh US peace talks
December 4, 2025 - Putin is 'morally responsible' for British woman's novichok death, inquiry finds
December 4, 2025 - Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force or Ukraine's troops will withdraw
December 4, 2025 - Swedish navy encountering Russian submarines 'almost weekly' – and more could be on the way
December 6, 2025 - Russia bombards Ukraine as US says progress made in talks with Kyiv
December 6, 2025 - Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London for talks on ending Ukraine war
December 8, 2025 - Germany accuses Russia of 2024 cyber-attack and disinformation
December 12, 2025 - EU backs indefinite freeze on Russia's frozen cash ahead of loan plan for Ukraine
December 12, 2025 - Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
December 13, 2025 - Putin calls European leaders 'little pigs' and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force
December 17, 2025 - UK will transfer £2.5bn of Abramovich cash to Ukraine fund, Starmer says
December 17, 2025 - Putin rejects compromise on Ukraine despite Trump's push for peace
December 17, 2025 - EU leaders agree €90bn loan, but without use of frozen Russian assets
December 19, 2025 - Ukraine attacks Russian 'shadow' tanker off Libyan coast
December 19, 2025 - Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, officials say
December 22, 2025 - Russian opposition leader sentenced to six years in prison
December 26, 2025 - Poland preparing €2bn anti-drone fortifications along its eastern border amid Russian threat
December 27, 2025 - Bulgaria prepares to join eurozone amid fears of Russian-backed disinformation
December 28, 2025 - Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus
December 30, 2025 - By mid-January, Putin's conflict in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front during WWII
December 31, 2025 - CIA assesses Ukraine was not targeting a Putin residence in drone attack, contrary to Kremlin claim, sources say
January 1, 2026 - Russia sends navy ships to guard oil tanker being pursued by US forces
January 7, 2026 - White House holding briefing after US seizes Russian-flagged tanker in Atlantic
January 7, 2026 - Russia strikes Ukraine with Oreshnik ballistic missile, one of its most advanced weapons
January 9, 2026 - Trump says US needs to 'own' Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
January 10, 2026 - Estonia leads with entry ban on Russians who fought in Ukraine
January 14, 2026 - Putin invited to join Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza, Kremlin says
January 19, 2026 - France seizes suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker in the Mediterranean
January 22, 2026 - Ukraine, Russia and US to hold talks after Kremlin reports 'useful' meeting with Trump envoys
January 23, 2026 - Russia launches deadly strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv ahead of day two of peace talks
January 24, 2026 - After years of Russian denials, court accidentally admits Black Sea battleship sunk by Ukraine
January 26, 2026 - Russian drone strike on Ukrainian passenger train kills five
January 28, 2026 - Russia's 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says
January 28, 2026 - Russia 'trying to bomb and freeze' Ukrainians to submission, EU's foreign policy chief warns
January 29, 2026 - Trump says Putin will not attack Ukraine cities during cold week
January 30, 2026 - Russian attacks on Ukraine energy sites 'particularly depraved', UK PM Starmer says
February 4, 2026 - Ukrainian Defense Ministry says Starlink terminals used by Russia in Ukraine have been ‘cut off’
February 5, 2026 - Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners as peace talks end without breakthrough
February 5, 2026 - Russian general shot several times in Moscow
February 6, 2026 - Zelenskyy says US has set June deadline for Ukraine-Russia peace deal
February 7, 2026 - Russia says man suspected of shooting general detained in Dubai
February 8, 2026 - Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says Russian energy sites are legitimate targets
February 9, 2026 - Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says
February 14, 2026 - Prime Minister Orbán says the EU – not Russia – is Hungary’s real threat ahead of vote
February 15, 2026 - France releases suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker after multimillion-euro fine, as Ukraine peace talks begin in Geneva
February 17, 2026 - Russia ‘not ready for peace’ with ‘no tangible signs’ of serious engagement, EU says
February 19, 2026 - Russia fires scores of missiles at Ukraine as Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions
February 22, 2026 - New Russia sanctions on hold as Hungary blocks EU package ahead of fourth anniversary of Ukraine war
February 23, 2026 - Suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker seized in North Sea
March 1, 2026 - Putin accuses Ukraine of attacking gas tanker that exploded and sank off Libya
March 4, 2026 - Russian flag met largely by silence at opening ceremony of Winter Paralympics
March 7, 2026 - Russia agrees to stop recruiting Kenyans in fight against Kyiv
March 17, 2026 - Concerns raised over ex-Putin interpreter’s key role in monitoring Hungary vote
March 19, 2026 - Robert Mueller, special counsel who investigated Trump-Russia ties, dies at 81
March 22, 2026 - Russia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over 24-hour period
March 24, 2026 - Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas
March 26, 2026 - UK armed forces authorised to board Russian tankers in British waters
March 26, 2026 - Rubio stridently denies US is demanding Kyiv give up eastern Donbas to Russia
March 28, 2026 - Trump suggests US will allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba
March 30, 2026