Last week, Ukrainian Defence Ministry's spokesman Olexandr Motuzyanyk said Russia is preparing to hold a "referendum" in the Kherson region on joining Russia
Since Russia launched its military operation in February, the US has provided at least $3.7 billion to support Ukraine's defenses
The bill would expand Ottawa's sanction regime, which until now was limited to freezing assets and banning financial activity of the sanctioned individuals in Canada
Britain's Ministry of Defense said despite their increased activity Russian forces have made no major gains in the last 24 hours as Ukrainian counter-attacks continue to hinder the efforts
India has not condemned the invasion outrightly -- and abstained on two votes in the UN Security Council -- but it has made clear its disapproval of it
The Ukrainian President said the first step was immediate support for Ukraine, "so that the Russian leadership knows that the war will not allow them to realise any of their aggressive goals
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby clarified that Ukraine was given spare parts that enabled them to fix aircraft that previously were not operable
Some predict Russia also may try to use its forces north of Crimea to try to capture the industrial hubs of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro on the Dnieper River, effectively cutting Ukraine in half
Serbia voted in favor of three United Nations resolutions condemning the Russian aggression against Ukraine but it has not joined international sanctions against Moscow
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said an airstrike on Russian soil by a pair of helicopter gunships caused fires and wounded two people
As the culprit and leading instigator of the Ukraine crisis, the US has led NATO to engage in five rounds of eastward expansion in the last two decades after 1999: Chinese FinMin
Russia promised during talks in Istanbul on Tuesday that it would de-escalate operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv to increase mutual trust and create conditions for further negotiations
On his final day in Europe, President Joe Biden on Saturday sought to reassure Poland that the United States would defend against any attacks by Russia
You're in the midst of a fight between democracies and oligarchs, the president told members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division as he visited their temporary headquarters
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also accused Russia of deploying phosphorus weapons
The White House announced the initiatives as US President Joe Biden and world leaders gathered in Brussels for a trio of summits in response to the Russian invasion
Badly out-gunned by Russia on land, in the air and at sea, the information war is the one arena in which Ukraine is clearly winning
The most prominent target of the sanctions is Imperial College graduate Polina Kovaleva, a glamorous 26-year-old who lives in a 4 million piund home in Kensington
Brussels was the centre of a flurry of diplomatic activity, with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg opening an emergency summit that brings together Biden and other leaders
Brussels is hosting an emergency NATO summit as well as a gathering of the Group of Seven industrialised nations and a summit of the 27 members of the European Union