The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Bars and liquor stores removing Russian drinks in protest at Ukraine invasion: ‘I guess this is our sanction’

‘Sorry Stoli lovers. No more’

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Putin ramps up Ukraine invasion pronouncing peace talks dead

Russian President Vladimir Putin snuffed out any immediate hope of diplomacy to end the fighting in Ukraine and ordered Russia’s military advance to proceed, as Germany joined Western nations in rushing aid to help the government in Kyiv defend itself.

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

Ukraine-Russia conflict: Kremlin restricts access to Twitter following mass protests

‘This message got through, but took a while,’ says BBC reporter

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy welcomes peace talks proposals in video message

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed proposals by Turkey and Azerbaijan to hold peace talks with Russia, and singled out his conversation with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi as key to agreements for more international support to Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Streets quiet in Kyiv, city reeling from night of fighting

Soldiers picking through charred debris scattered near the smouldering remains of a truck and a few civilians taking fresh air before a curfew were among scarce signs of life in Ukraine's capital on Saturday, after a second night of artillery barrages.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Germany to send thousands of weapons to Ukraine in major reversal

Germany had previously opposed arming Ukraine due to its "historical responsibilities."

Axios · Feb 26, 2022

US announces $350 million in additional military aid to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has committed an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including anti-armor munitions, small arms and other equipment, to help the former Soviet republic defend itself against Russia’s onslaught, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2022

Russia suspends cooperation with Europe on space launches from French Guiana

Russia's space agency Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on space launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine, Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Biden Approves $350 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden instructed the US State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from US stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 26, 2022

'We hear missiles all around us': South Shields couple kept apart as wife trapped in Ukraine under Russian invasion

Ludi has not been able to flee Kyiv because of Russian forces 'circling' the city as the invasion reaches it's third day

Chronicle Live · Feb 26, 2022