Russia Ukraine Crisis

Russia opens rebuilt Mariupol theater more than 3 years after Moscow airstrike killed hundreds there

December 29, 2025 11:43 pm

Moscow-installed authorities marked the rebuilding of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater with a gala concert on the building’s new main stage Sunday night.

Russia says 'Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence'. Then Zelenskyy responds

December 29, 2025 10:04 pm

Lavrov said that Ukraine attacked Russian president's state residence on December 28-29 in the Novgorod region with 91 long-range drones which were destroyed by the Russian air defences.

Putin says Ukraine not in hurry for peace, issues warning ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

December 28, 2025 7:31 pm

Zelenskyy, who is set to meet Trump in Florida on Sunday around 11:30am (IST), wrote on his Telegram app ahead of the meeting that Kyiv was doing everything to end the nearly four year old war.

'May he perish': Zelenskyy's death wish on Christmas for Putin as Russia launches fresh strikes

December 25, 2025 11:50 pm

In his traditional address to the Ukrainians, Zelenskyy said his companions had one wish as “the heavens open” this night and it was the death of Putin.

'Zelenskyy moves towards dimilitarised zones': US and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war

December 24, 2025 6:50 pm

Providing details of the 20-point peace plan sponsored by US President Donald Trump, Zelenskyy said the Russians would respond to the plan by Wednesday after the American delegation speaks to them.

'Russia lacks capability to conquer Ukraine or invade Europe,' says US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard

December 21, 2025 11:28 pm

Gabbard accused “deep state warmongers and their propaganda media” of trying to derail the efforts being led by President Donald Trump to bring peace in Ukraine.

Talks on US peace plan for Ukraine 'proceeding constructively,' says Russia as Zelenskyy alleges Moscow trying to cut Kyiv's Black Sea access

December 21, 2025 7:15 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated he is digging in on his maximalist demands on Ukraine as Moscow’s military has inched forward on the battlefield.

Peace proposal to end Ukraine war could be presented to Russia within days, Zelenskyy says

December 17, 2025 12:30 am

Following the latest discussions, US officials on Monday said that Washington has reportedly agreed to provide security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four-year war.

Russia indicates it's open to Ukraine joining EU as part of peace deal to end war, US officials say

December 16, 2025 12:34 am

The latest round of talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoys ended Monday as Kyiv faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal.

Latest round of talks between Ukraine, US conclude as Trump seeks swift peace

December 15, 2025 8:23 pm

Ukraine faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal in the face of an increasingly assertive Moscow.

Death and destruction: One year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in pictures

February 24, 2023 10:42 am

Biggest news of the week, in pictures

January 21, 2023 2:36 pm

From Swedish climate Greta Thunberg being detained in Germany to Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra reaching Jammu, here are some of the biggest news of the week in pictures.

Winter fast approaching, European Union leaders meet in Prague to discuss energy crisis

October 07, 2022 2:16 pm

In Pictures: After Russian occupation, traumatised Ukrainian city emerges

September 21, 2022 1:46 pm

Izium was among the first cities taken by Russian forces after the war started on Feb 24, and it became a command centre for them.

Death, destruction, displacement: six months of Russia-Ukraine war, in pictures

August 24, 2022 2:20 pm

Six months ago, on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine on a "special military operation" - a mass invasion on a scale unseen in Europe since World War Two.

As the Russia-Ukraine war drags on, refugees long to return home

August 22, 2022 2:06 pm

Blasts at Russian base in Crimea; first ship of grain leaves Ukraine

August 17, 2022 3:57 pm

Russia blamed sabotage for explosions at one of its military bases in Moscow-annexed Crimea while Kyiv hinted it was responsible as Ukrainian officials said their strategy was to destroy supply lines supporting Russia's invasion.

Check out these stunning pictures from the Moscow International Ballet Competition

June 15, 2022 7:49 pm

Nimble Feet: Glimpses from Moscow's International Ballet Competition, amid crisis with neighbouring Ukraine.

Ukrainian photographer creates stark graduation portraits in Chernihiv ruins

June 14, 2022 7:17 pm

Ukraine has been ravaged by war. A photographer by the name of Stanislav Senyk went about capturing in his camera some 40 students graduating from schools in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv, and the result is this haunting album.

Shattered dreams, scattered lives: Ukrainians pick up the pieces as war continues to ravage European nation

June 03, 2022 10:35 am

Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of Sievierodonetsk, the eastern Ukrainian city that is key to Moscow’s efforts to complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor said.