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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the geographical objectives of Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine are no longer limited to the eastern Donbas region but have expanded to other territories. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our live blog. All times are Paris…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for mediating talks on the export of grain from Ukraine, saying there was some progress. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Putin that Tehran and Moscow need to stay vigilant against "Western deception", calling for long-term cooperation…

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The suspension of Ukraine's domestic spy chief has laid bare Kyiv's battle away from the front lines to purge its powerful security agencies of collaborators and Russian agents.

Ukraine’s first lady has arrived in Washington for her highest-profile event since Russian troops invaded her country five months ago

Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, will deliver remarks to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said.

Russian missiles have killed 23 people in a town far from the Ukrainian frontline. Among the victims was a four-year-old girl and a boy aged seven.

A shy smile, a sunny day - a moment in the life of four-year-old Liza Dmitrieva posted online shortly before she was killed in a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia.