The federal government has welcomed a decision by the United Nations aviation agency to hear a case brought by Australia and the Netherlands against Russia for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.Â
The Pentagon has released a video it says provides evidence a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a US spy drone and caused it to crash into the Black Sea this week, despite Russia's denial.
Ukraine's future hinges on the outcome of battles in the east, including in and around Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says, with both sides describing brutal fighting as Russia intensifies a winter campaign to capture the small city.
Ukraine's military says it has managed to push back intense Russian attacks on the city of Bakhmut despite a Russian claim of control over its eastern half and the NATO chief's warning the city could soon fall.
The European Union has vowed to increase pressure on Russia "until Ukraine is liberated" as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia, a day after the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.
Canberrans from all walks of life joined the local Ukrainian community at a peaceful vigil outside the Russian embassy in Canberra today marking one year since Russian troops began Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
To keep the invasion at the forefront of Canberrans’ minds, the Ukrainian community are hosting a vigil outside the Russian embassy on the one-year anniversary, 24 February.
Germany won't stand in the way if Poland wants to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Berlin's foreign minister says, in a possible breakthrough for Kyiv, which wants the tanks for its fight against Russia's invasion.
Eighteen people including Ukraine's interior minister, other senior ministry officials and three children have been killed when a helicopter crashed near a nursery outside Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.
Up to 70 Australian military personnel are being deployed to Britain to help train Ukrainian troops in an effort to strengthen Kyiv's defence against Russia.
Russia has unleashed a major missile attack on Ukraine, smashing a nine-storey apartment block in the city of Dnipro, killing at least five people and striking vital energy facilities across the country, officials said.
Ukraine has dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire, as US and German leaders say they are sending armoured fighting vehicles in a boost for the Kyiv government.
