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The move came just two days after the country's Nato membership bid was approved.
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The Kremlin appears to have halt major attack operations in Donbas, Ukraine.
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From the United Kingdom to the Kremlin, Johnson's departure is noted.
'We haven't even started in earnest,' Putin warns Ukraine
The Russian leader said Kyiv should quickly accept Moscow's terms.
Josep Borrell: Are sanctions against Russia working?
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Russia decries breach of 'diplomatic etiquette' after secret call leaks
The call between Putin and Macron took place just days before Russia invaded Ukraine.
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New York Times: The Czarinas ruled the front row. Then Moscow invaded Ukraine.
'Get the stretcher!': Life and death on Ukraine's front line
New York Times: Between the cracks of mortar fire, medics help injured soldiers.
Prisoners offered $5400 and freedom if they serve in Ukraine - and come back alive
Russia will face a shortage of troops if it does not declare a mass mobilisation.
Russia claims key victory - but at what price?
After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory.
Vladimir Putin accused of killing top scientist
The son of a top Russian scientist has accused Vladimir Putin's men of killing his father.
Warning that Vladimir Putin could invade rest of Europe
Russia's Ukraine invasion shocked the world, there are fears Putin could strike again.
In Putin's Russia, the arrests are spreading quickly and widely
New York Times: Russians deemed insufficiently patriotic are being snatched up.
'Hell on earth': Ukrainian soldiers describe eastern front
Region is almost unrecognisable after what is being called a gruelling war of attrition.
Russia claims control of pivotal eastern Ukrainian province
Russia has claimed victory over the province of Lysychansk in Luhansk.
'In fear': Assassination plots rock Russian-occupied Ukraine
A US expert has claimed we're "watching Russia wither before our eyes".
Paul Catmur: Russian tips for nailing your next social media campaign
OPINION: The "Trolls of Olgino" offer a few lessons in the art of social media.
At least 21 dead in Russian missile attack on Odessa residential buildings
Images of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in Odessa.
Analysis: Western leaders stress unity but fail to map out endgame for Ukraine war
New York Times: G7 and Nato meetings this week underscored pressure on Western leaders.
New Zealand wins $1.8b trade deal with EU at eleventh hour
The deal took four years of often torturous negotiations.
Russian forces 'flee' Snake Island after relentless Ukrainian attacks
The island came to epitomise the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.
Russians fight to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold
Ukrainians believed to be fighting a withdrawal to seek more defensible positions.
'Macho war': Boris Johnson says Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman
Boris Johnson says war in Ukraine is 'a perfect example of toxic masculinity'.
Russia working on Taliban ties, Putin says in Tajikistan
Putin wants all ethnic groups to run Afghanistan, he says in first trip abroad since war.
'New war crime': Macron says Russia 'cannot and should not win' after mall attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Putin "terrorist", asks UN to expel Russia.
'He's dead': Expert shares brutal prediction about Putin's future
Former CIA Moscow chief claims the Russian leader's days are numbered.
Russian missile hits mall packed with 1000 people
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the number of victims was 'unimaginable'.
Satellite pictures reveal Vladimir Putin's grim new plan in Ukraine
ANALYSIS: Putin is weaponising food shortages in Ukraine by shipping stolen grain away.
Norilsk: Why people come to the 'most depressing city on earth'
The Russian town of Norilsk is closer to the North Pole than it is to Moscow.
Russia strikes Kyiv hours after Putin rushed to Kremlin
Rockets hit industrial complex, adjacent city centre apartments, targets across country.
Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east
Moscow-backed separatists are now in full control of chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk.
'Casualties grow every day': Rare defeat as Ukraine forces retreat from key city
After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat to avoid encirclement.
Russia-Lithuania tensions could cause all out war
Tensions are rising around the Kaliningrad exclave.