May 2, 2022
Americans favor more support for Ukraine, despite potential economic consequences
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this weekend told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that additional U.S. support “is on the way.” “We are here to say to you that we are with you till this fight is over,” Pelosi said during their meeting in Kyiv,…
April 16, 2022
Russian warship, Moskva, sinks in Black Sea
A Russian warship that was damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk, Russia's defence ministry has said. Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was being towed to port when "stormy seas" caused it to sink, according to a ministry…
April 16, 2022
Blood money being paid for Russian oil
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused European countries that continue to buy Russian oil of "earning their money in other people's blood". In an interview with the BBC, President Zelensky singled out Germany and Hungary, accusing them…
April 7, 2022
EpicGames and Xbox has raised $144m USD to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
The Fortnite maker announced on 21 March it would donate all proceeds from in-game sales, including cosmetic in-game items and virtual currency bought in a shop or online, until 3 April. And Xbox, part of Microsoft, is also donating the fee it would…
April 7, 2022
Ukraine investigates alleged execution of civilians by Russians
Ukraine has started a war crimes investigation after bodies of civilians were found strewn on the streets as Russian troops pulled out of areas around the capital Kyiv. Bucha and Irpin were symbols of resistance to the Russian invasion, but they are…
April 7, 2022
The US has imposed sanctions on Putin’s inner circle and daughters
The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks. The measures follow new revelations of atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine, including images of bodies of civilians scattered on the streets of Bucha, near the…
April 1, 2022
Dreadful evidence on road outside of Kyiv points to war crime
Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world. Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen has been to see the grim…
April 1, 2022
French intelligence chief, Gen Viduad, fired for inadequate predictions
The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say. Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for "inadequate briefings" and a "lack…
March 27, 2022
Ukraine war is our war, proclaimed by 3 Brit ex-soldiers
The road to war for CJ, Elliott and Kieran ran through Facebook, a cheap flight to Poland, and a cold night sleeping outside a railway station. We meet the former British soldiers in Ukraine just outside a school, a couple of kilometres from the…
March 27, 2022
The US and the EU have announced a major deal on liquified natural gas
The agreement will see the US provide the EU with extra gas, equivalent to around 10% of the gas it currently gets from Russia, by the end of the year. The bloc has already said it will cut Russian gas use in response to Russia's invasion of…