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European Union leaders have agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by year-end as part of new sanctions on Moscow.

Ban on seaborne oil aims to cut off funds for Kremlin war machine, but some warn it could help Moscow in short term

European Union leaders have agreed to ban more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports, tightening economic screws on the country even as Moscow's forces press their offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. The compromise deal reached late Monday, meant to punish Russia for its invasion three months ago, cuts "a…

With Russia marshalling all its forces and firepower towards targets in eastern Ukraine, the battle in the Donbas has intensified — and citizen soldiers are on the frontline. Tom Mutch reports

Bahrain's King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received in Manama on Monday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Talks focused on the latest regional and international developments, most notably the situation in Ukraine. King Hamad stressed to his guest the importance of resolving the conflict in Ukraine in a way…

Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia had taken control of most of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a bombed-out wasteland whose capture Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion.

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Russian forces now control "most" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after days of fierce fighting, the regional governor of Luhansk said Tuesday. Governor Sergiy Gaiday said "90 percent" of the city was destroyed and there was now no possibility of leaving Severodonetsk. Read our live blog to see…

Russian forces have seized control of about a third of the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, but their assault was taking longer than they had hoped, according to a Moscow-backed separatist leader quoted in a TASS news agency report.