Russia cuts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as Ukraine conflict escalates
Gazprom said it had cut natural gas deliveries to the two EU member states because they refused to pay in Russian roubles.
Gazprom said it had cut natural gas deliveries to the two EU member states because they refused to pay in Russian roubles.
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin convened a meeting of officials from around 40 countries at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany to pledge more weapons.
Meanwhile, two fires were reported at oil facilities in western Russia, not far from the Ukrainian border.
It is an apparent bid to eliminate the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the strategic city the Kremlin claims its military has otherwise seized.
Local officials said up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians had been killed by Russian forces.
Ukraine rejected the idea that a Russian victory in Mariupol was already achieved.
The Ministry of Defence said Russia likely wants to demonstrate significant successes ahead of its annual May 9 Victory Day celebrations.
The new taskforce of two to eight ships patrolling at a time aims to target smugglers, a US vice admiral said.
The Moskva had the capacity to carry 16 long-range cruise missiles, and its removal reduces Russia’s firepower in the Black Sea.
Artem Severiukhin has been dropped by his team, Ward Racing, following the incident.
Western experts and Ukrainian authorities said that Russia launched the missile which killed 52 people.
Dozens of people were also severely injured in the attack on Kramatorsk railway station.
About 4,000 civilians were in and around the station, the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor-general said.
The post showed photos of Mr Muratov and a train compartment drenched in red liquid.
Investigators have collected evidence documenting what appeared to be widespread killings of civilians.