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WARSAW: Poland and its European Union partners stand ready to provide Ukraine with further help in the transportation of essential goods after Russia pulled out of a grain deal, the foreign ministryin Warsaw said on Sunday. Russia's…

KYIV: Ukraine's maritime grain exports were halted Sunday after Russia suspended its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed the vital shipments, blaming drone attacks on its ships in Crimea. The July deal to unlock grain…

WASHINGTON: Russia's halting of its participation in the United Nations-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative grain deal is weaponizing food by exacerbating humanitarian crises, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinkensaid on Saturday. "Any…

A top Ukrainian official on Saturday ruled out any deals with Russia as long as the war continued, saying Moscow would use a halt in fighting to regroup its forcesand gather resources. "For Russia, this is a war of destruction -- for…

MOSCOW: Russia's army on Saturday accused the UK of being "involved" in explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, alleging the same British military specialists helped Ukraine plan a drone attack on Moscow's Black Sea Fleet. Russia…

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) has frozen Russian assets worth around 17 billion euros ($16.9 billion) since Moscow invaded Ukraine, EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders said in an interview published Saturday. The figure has…

LONDON: Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised US B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the "nuclear threshold" and that Russia would take the move into account in its military…

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoiguon Friday said that the "partial mobilisation" of 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine that Russia announced in September was complete. Speaking at a meeting with Russian President…

UNITED NATIONS: The US and its Western allies on Thursday dismissed Russia's claims that banned biological weapons activities are taking place in Ukraine with American support, calling the allegation disinformation and fabrications.…

WASHINGTON: China remains the greatest security challenge for the United States despite Russia's war in Ukraine, and the threat from Beijing will determine how the US military is equipped and shaped for the future, according to a new…