About 30.3 million tonnes of grain have been exported from Ukraine under the Black Sea deal to countries suffering from insecurity.

• May 17, 2023

Fluent Russian speaker Li Hui is the most senior Chinese official to visit Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

• May 16, 2023

US newspaper report, denied by mercenary group’s leader, says locations were offered in exchange for a withdrawal near Bakhmut.

• May 16, 2023

Zelenskyy secures pledges of further arms as Ukraine prepares to step up assaults against Russian occupiers.

• May 16, 2023

Russia’s Victory Day celebration on Tuesday was the last time the Belarusian leader was seen in public.

• May 16, 2023

By Benyamin POGHOSYAN, PhD, Chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies

As Armenia – Azerbaijan negotiations entered a more active phase after a months-long limbo with marathon discussions in Washington, an upcoming trilateral meeting at the level of foreign ministers in Moscow, and a possible Pashinyan – Aliyev summit in Chisinau on 1 June 2023, the key contested issue remains Armenia's demand for a long-term international presence in Nagorno Karabakh and the establishment of an international mechanism for Azerbaijan – Nagorno Karabakh negotiations.
In his 5 May 2023, interview with Radio Liberty, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan stated that the rights and security of Nagorno Karabakh Armenians remained the main issue, where the sides still had divergent views. The concept of "rights and security of Nagorno Karabakh Armenians" came into centre stage in early 2022, as the Armenian government dropped its demand for autonomy for Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan. Since Spring 2022, Armenia has avoided the terms of status and self-determination in its rhetoric on Nagorno Karabakh, instead emphasizing the necessity to protect rights and provide security for Nagorno Karabakh Armenians. READ MORE

• May 12, 2023

Drone attacks come as UN nuclear chief also warns of ‘dangerous situation’ around Zaporizhzhia power plant and Wagner chief appeals for relief in Bakhmut.

• May 8, 2023

Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says the group has been promised as much ammunition and weaponry as needed to carry on the offence.

• May 8, 2023