2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (270+ words) Sept 2 (Reuters) – Ukrainian basketball player Kate Koval confirmed on Wednesday that she left Louisiana State University’s women’s program last month after the signing of Russian Anna Minaeva. LSU head coach Kim Mulkey said in an August 24 statement ​that Koval, 20, had…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (277+ words) MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was winning the war in Ukraine and portrayed the Ukrainian leadership as “terrorists” ​with whom it was not possible for ‌Moscow to negotiate. Putin, in his most detailed comments…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (511+ words) By Dan Peleschuk and Yuliia Dysa KYIV, Aug 26 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed two of Ukraine’s most prominent commanders to oversee the defence of the country’s eastern strongholds, as Kyiv struggles to beat back a Russian onslaught on a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Russia is open to listening to new proposals on how to reach a settlement on the Ukraine conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, but any proposals should reflect the “realities on the ​ground”. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (412+ words) (Removes reference to letter in para five after FIA clarification) Aug 18 (Reuters) – Ukraine has urged motorsport’s world governing body to reconsider lifting a ban on competitors from Russia and Belarus in international events. The ban on participants ​from the two…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck Moscow region overnight on Sunday in what the provincial governor ​said was one of the largest ‌attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said had left at least one person dead. In…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (409+ words) By Olena Harmash and Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE/KYIV, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Belgrade will support Ukraine’s independence and aims to improve economic cooperation between the two countries, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday, but he stopped short of any ​pledge to impose…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (293+ words) WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband discussed the importance of Europe taking a greater role in its ​security during a meeting in Washington on Wednesday, ‌the State Department said in a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) SEOUL, July 21 (Reuters) – North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held their third strategic dialogue in Moscow on Monday, North Korean state ​media KCNA said on Tuesday. The two sides “reached a consensus ‌on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (507+ words) MOSCOW/KYIV, July 16 (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on vessels in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, stepping up hostilities in a zone vital for grain exports that have triggered a rise…...