Ukraine Crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 27, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP).

'Relentless': Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east
Russian forces on Friday pounded the last Ukrainian strongholds in a separatist-controlled eastern province of Ukraine, including a city where authorities said 1,500 people have been killed and 60% of residential buildings destroyed since the start of the war.

Cars pass by destroyed Russian tanks in a recent battle against Ukrainians in the village of Dmytrivka, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. No matter where Ukrainians live, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far away. Those in towns and

Russian shelling 'kills six civilians' in Donbas region

Putin's 'despicable' blockade of Ukraine food exports condemned

Putin's 'despicable' blockade of Ukraine food exports condemned

Russian forces are bombarding a key city in eastern Ukraine with artillery and missiles in an attempt to take more of the Donbas region

Russian offensive turns to key Donbas city

Liz Truss wants to see both Ukraine and neighbouring

Moldova should be 'equipped to Nato standard' to guard against Russia - Truss

A view of a street in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, with the Azovstal steel plant in the background. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian PoWs from Mariupol

A woman stands next to a destroyed house in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Nearly 1,000 troops have left Mariupol steelworks, says Russia

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg displays documents as Sweden and Finland applied for membership in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday May 18, 2022. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic

Ukraine hopes to swap Mariupol steel plant fighters for Russian PoWs

FILE - People look at a crater created by a Russian rocket attack in a schoolyard in Dobropillya, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Despite the widespread damage and destruction to educational infrastructure, war crimes experts

Russia claims steel plant 'surrender' while Ukraine says 'mission accomplished'

FILE - People look at a crater created by a Russian rocket attack in a schoolyard in Dobropillya, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Despite the widespread damage and destruction to educational infrastructure, war crimes experts

Efforts launched to rescue last Azovstal defenders as 'mission completed'

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of Nato

Sweden signs formal request to join Nato

The declaration came after more than 260 fighters, including some badly wounded, were evacuated and taken to areas under Russia’s control

Ukraine says mission at Mariupol steel mill is complete

Ukrainian servicemen patrol in a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov).

Updated EU's Russia sanctions effort slows over oil dependency

Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson talks during the parliamentary debate on the Swedish application for NATO membership, in Stockholm, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sweden's lawmakers debate about applying for NATO membership, paving the way for a historic

Swedish legislators debate joining Nato as attitudes change

FILE - The oldest of Moscow's McDonald's outlets, which was opened on Jan. 31, 1990, is closed on Aug. 21, 2014. McDonald’s says it's started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000

McDonald's to sell its Russian business

US president Joe Biden pictured with First Miniser Nicola Sturgeon at a COP26 reception held at Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow last November.

PREMIUM Washington expert attacks Sturgeon's Indyref2 push ahead of her US visit

Members of Ukraine’s Azov National Brigade

Agenda: The BBC and Ukraine: the case for uncomfortable honesty

The general staff said Russian forces are pounding the eastern Donetsk region to ‘deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications’

Ukraine says Russian troops are withdrawing from around Kharkiv

A truck transports a platform with a Ukrainian self-propelled artillery vehicle in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Kremlin warns of retaliation after Finland seeks to join Nato

Ms Truss said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was ‘humiliating himself on the world stage’

Liz Truss: keep sanctions until all Russian troops have left Ukraine

Damage in Malaya Rohan, a village retaken by Ukrainian forces on the outskirts of Kharkiv (Felipe Dana/AP).

'Highly-motivated' Ukrainian forces win back towns near Kharkiv

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, at a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Picture date: Wednesday May 11, 2022. PA Photo. The visit comes as Sweden and Finland consider whether to apply for Nato membership in the wake

Finland's leaders advocate Nato membership 'without delay'

Speaking on LBC Radio, the Prime Minister promised that people fleeing from the conflict in Ukraine wouldn't be sent to Rwanda (PA)

Boris Johnson vows Ukrainian refugees will not be sent to Rwanda

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukrainians stop Russian gas at one hub and claim gains in east

Boris gives press conference today in Sweden amid Europe security agreement (PA)

Boris Johnson holds press conference after security talks amid war in Ukraine

An Ukrainian firefighter works near a destroyed building on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The Ukrainian military said Russian forces fired seven missiles a day earlier from the air at the crucial Black Sea port of Odesa, hitting

Russia strikes Ukraine's largest port in efforts to disrupt supply lines

A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to the body of a suspected Russian soldier, in the village of Vilkhivka, recently retaken by Ukraininan forces near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russia fires hypersonic missiles at Odesa as '44 civilians found dead in Izyum'

Russia marks Victory Day over Nazis amid intensifying attacks on Ukraine

Russia marks Victory Day over Nazis amid intensifying attacks on Ukraine

Activists shout slogans as Russian Ambassador to Poland, Ambassador Sergey Andreev, left, is covered with red paint in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, May 9, 2022. Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw

Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint by protesters

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9, 2022, marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin says Russian offensive in Ukraine is 'response to western policies'

The Scotland Act gave the Scottish Parliament the power to legislate on abortion

Letters: It is time Holyrood got involved in the abortion debate

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol

Fresh effort races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

If Vladimir Putin falls, it is not a given that he will be replaced by someone more favourable to the West

Letters: West must be ready to deal with a post-Putin Russia

FILE - Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, sits next to a plastic bag that contains the body of her son Vadym Trubchaninov, 48, who was killed by Russian soldiers in Bucha on March 30, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Amnesty

Amnesty International: Russia must face war crimes justice

The battle appeared increasingly desperate on Thursday

Defenders inside Ukrainian steel mill refuse to surrender

SURVIVORS from Mariupol try to take stock after arriving at a centre for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. How much should President Zelenskyy’s government concede in an effort to stop the war?

Letters: Ukraine must be persuaded to give ground to end the slaughter

Ukraine has urged the West to ramp up the supply of weapons

Russian strikes try to disrupt delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine

Thanks to the evacuation effort over the weekend, 101 people emerged from the bunkers

Ukraine hopes for more evacuations from besieged steel mill

Satellite image showing previous damage to the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Russian forces storm Mariupol steel plant, claim Ukrainian officials

Should Thursday's elections be all about local issues such as bin collections, or will they be seen as another test of feelings about the independence issue?

Letters: We all lose if we let the SNP continue to run councils into the ground

Home Secretary Priti Patel

Home Secretary could face legal action over Ukraine visa delays

Sturgeon: Ukraine war will not stop us ditching Trident

Sturgeon: Ukraine war will not stop us ditching Trident

Put away the 'struggle' for indy while Ukraine is being razed to the ground

Letters: Put away the woad and the Saltires and the 'struggle' for independence while Ukraine is being razed to the ground

Ukrainian forces have fought to hold off Russian attempts to advance in the south and east, where the Kremlin is seeking to capture the country’s industrial Donbas region (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)

Mariupol residents 'begging' to evacuate city, mayor says

People walk past the site of an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

Tribute paid to journalist killed in Kyiv missile strike as Putin accused of showing UN 'his middle finger'.

Votes are readied to be counted at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, in the 2017 local government elections

Letters: Be thankful for all the dull but honest council candidates

Tributes have been paid to Scott Sibley after the Foreign Office confirmed a British national had died in Ukraine

British military veteran ‘showed commando spirit until the end’ in Ukraine

More than 27,000 Ukrainian asylum seekers arrive in the UK

More than 27,000 Ukrainian asylum seekers arrive in the UK

Liz Truss said Russian forces must be driven

West must 'double down' with heavy weapons for Ukraine, says Foreign Secretary

Should Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar be doing more to win back Labour voters who have defected to the SNP?

Letters: If Sarwar wants Labour to win, he must back Indyref2

The Foreign Office has confirmed a British national has died in Ukraine and another is missing

British military veteran reportedly killed while fighting in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin announced last month that

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

There has been concern about what the impact would be if Russia turn off its supply of natural gas to Europe (PA)

What will Russia turning off gas to European countries mean for the UK?

MPs were given an update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russia loses 15,000 soldiers after 61 days of Ukraine invasion, MPs told