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Ukraine plans to consult with and persuade international sports leaders against Russian participation in next year’s Olympics in Paris.

The Australian Open allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete without national affiliation, but fans continue to defy the ban of their national flags.

A Russian interpreter is also accused in the indictment.

A Russian interpreter is also accused in the indictment.

Poland’s prime minister says the government will ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki didn’t specify when the request will be made.

A Russian spy ship has been patrolling off the coast of Hawaii but so far has remained in international waters, the Pentagon said Thursday.

In a brief statement, the FSB service said the American is “suspected of collecting intelligence information on biological topics directed against the security of the Russian Federation.”

A Twitter account operated by the Russian Embassy in Sweden posted a map identifying Crimea as part of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s interior minister died Wednesday in a helicopter crash near the capital that killed at least another 15 people, including other government officials and three children, authorities said.

Ukraine’s first lady is pressing world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering to do more to help her country at a time when Russia’s invasion is leaving children dying and the world struggling with food insecurity.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. military’s new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces has begun in Germany.

A series of explosions has rocked Kyiv and minutes later air raid sirens started to wail as an apparent missile attack on the Ukrainian capital was underway.

The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan.

The White House says a private Russian military company has taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster its forces

Russia’s Foreign Ministry is warning that if the United States confirms reports that it plans to deliver sophisticated air defense missiles to Ukraine, it would be a “provocative move” that could prompt a response from Moscow.

A group of Russians and Americans secretly funneled millions of dollars worth of military and other sensitive equipment through New Hampshire and elsewhere in the country to evade U.S. sanctions, federal officials announced Tuesday.

The leader of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee concedes it would be “impossible” to monitor which athletes have supported the war in Ukraine if a plan is devised to allow some Russians to compete as neutrals in international competitions.

WNBA star Brittney Griner landed on U.S. soil Friday, arriving at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, after her release in a prisoner swap with Russia.

A plane believed to be carrying Brittney Griner has landed in the United States

Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian prison has highlighted the case of another U.S. citizen in the custody of Vladimir Putin’s government.