The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Nord Stream 2 halted: What you should know

Germany paused the controversial project after Russia recognised separatist areas in Ukraine. What could come next?

Al Jazeera · Feb 23, 2022

Turkey's Erdogan says cannot abandon ties with Russia or Ukraine - media

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could not abandon its ties with Russia or Ukraine, and he criticised Western diplomatic efforts with Moscow as achieving little, broadcaster NTV and others cited him as saying on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2022

Ukraine to declare 30-day state of emergency

The government also voted to allow ordinary civilians to carry firearms.

Axios · Feb 23, 2022

Andreas Kluth: Vladimir Putin has no time for your reality

So it has begun. Russian President Vladimir Putin, by recognizing two separatist regions of Ukraine as independent states and sending in Russian soldiers as “peacekeepers,” has made the overture for what could become war. What’s on the man’s mind? How does he see the world? Analysts and pundits everywhere have…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Donald Trump hails ‘genius’ Vladimir Putin

The former US President also claimed ‘China will be next to launch an invasion’ during the interview

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2022

Gene Collier: Behind the Russia-Ukraine story, plenty of madness to go around

The largest land war in Europe since 1945 was scheduled to start sometime Sunday or Monday — WITHIN HOURS — according to the consistently breathless cable news coverage that had just trimmed the tentative kickoff from WITHIN DAYS.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Ukraine crisis: World faces ‘moment of peril’ says UN as Russian troops ‘ready to go’ for full invasion

UN warns Ukraine crisis could be of a ‘scale and severity ... unseen for many years’

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Ukraine Approves Sanctions on Russians for Separatists Recognition

Ukraine's parliament approved sanctions on Wednesday against 351 Russians, including lawmakers who supported recognizing the independence of two separatist-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine and the deployment of Russian troops there. The sanctions impose restrictions including barring those sanctioned from entering Ukraine, and preventing their access to assets, capital, property and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 23, 2022

Man City's Ukrainian star Oleksandr Zinchenko speaks out on Russia crisis

Ukraine international Oleksandr Zinchenko played his club football in Russia before moving to the Etihad Stadium, and the Manchester City man has spoken out on social media

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022

Followed embassy advisory to leave Ukraine, say Indian students

Ukraine and Russia have come close to a war in the past few weeks as a result of which the Indian embassy in Kyiv asked Indian students to temporarily leave the country amid the rising tensions.

The Hindu · Feb 23, 2022