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January 7, 2025 11:41 AM

Battle rages in western Russia as Moscow reports gains in Ukraine

Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way. The Russian defence m...

January 2, 2025 10:42 PM

Oil spill in Black Sea smaller than first thought, Russia says

Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than initially thought, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday.   The oil leaked from two ageing tankers that were hit by a storm on ...

January 1, 2025 12:00 PM

Putin tells Russians at New Year that ‘everything will be fine’

President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine. At a time when many ordinary people are worried ab...

January 1, 2025 11:38 AM

Russia halts gas exports to Europe via Ukraine

Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday that gas exports via Ukraine to Europe had been halted from 08:00 Moscow time (0500 GMT) as the transit deal has expired. The shutdown of Russia's oldest gas route to Europe ends a decade of fraught re...

December 31, 2024 7:52 PM

What happens when Russian gas supply to Europe via Ukraine ends?

Russian gas supplies sent via Ukraine to Europe for more than 40 years are scheduled to end on January 1 after Ukraine's Naftogaz refused to renew its latest five-year transit deal with Russia's Gazprom.   Despite the war between the two countries...

December 13, 2024 6:46 PM

Assad’s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight

Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told reporters. Hou...

 

Last updated on: 17th Aug 2025