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EU countries failed Monday to finalise a deal that involved lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, Multiple diplomats said earlier that member states had reached a provisional agreement to take the pair off the EU's blacklist as part of a compromise to extend sanctions on almost 3,000 other individuals and entities over the Ukraine war. France 24's Dave Keating has more from Brussels.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia has “lost control” of its diesel oil industry due to the Ukraine war, as he presses Kyiv to agree to an energy truce.
Overnight missile and drone attacks hit several Ukrainian regions as world leaders gather in New York, US.
US President Donald Trump's first meeting with a foreign leader on the sidelines of the UN general assembly was with French President Emmanuel Macron. The French president said that the talks, which focused on Ukraine and the Middle East, were "quite constructive". Macron has been trying to convince Trump to take a harder line on Putin and support the sovereignty of Ukraine. Click on the video for more details.
World leaders are gathering at the United Nations this week against a backdrop of wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, rising fears over artificial intelligence and mounting economic and climate pressures. The annual General Assembly will test whether the 193-member body can still bring countries together to tackle crises that increasingly transcend borders.
Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin's hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular.
The use of the Pelican has provoked interest among military analysts as to whether it is a tactical ballistic missile.
Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds at the capital Moscow, in its largest attack of the war so far, officials said Sunday. The attack came as Russia wrapped up the final day of voting in tightly controlled parliamentary elections that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a large majority in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results published by state media Monday, in a vote held amid Ukrainian drone strikes, cyberattacks and a crackdown on anti-war opposition. The election was the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. France 24 International affairs editor, Oliver Farry, shares further insights from this election.
Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia on the State Duma election’s final day, including hundreds targeting Moscow.
The authorities reported at least two deaths and 20 injuries as a result of the bombing.
Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
The Russian Ministry of Defence stated on Monday that its forces had hit several targets in Ukraine, including two cargo vessels used for military purposes, a gas distribution station, port infrastructure in Izmaïl and a BDU Logistic company centre in the Kiev region. Follow our direct.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a large majority in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results published by state media Monday, in a vote held amid Ukrainian drone strikes, cyberattacks and a crackdown on anti-war opposition. The election was the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Kremlin wants the elections to showcase popular support for the war in Ukraine and legitimise its action.
Russia's ruling United Russia party on Sunday was projected to win the country's tightly controlled parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Moscow, killing three people, said city officials, on the third and final day of Russia's wartime vote.
Russia is completing its three-day vote for the Duma this Sunday – the first since its large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The election was organised for the first time also in the Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia, and it was marked by Ukrainian drone strikes at various areas - mainly Moscow. Details by Shirli Sitbon.
Russia holds parliamentary elections throughout the weekend, a first since the war in Ukraine began. The election is without question, the victory of the presidential side being assured, in the absence of any credible opposition. Elections taking place as Moscow continues to wage an active hybrid war against Europeans. Marie Jégo, reporter to the newspaper Le Monde, and former correspondent in Moscow, was the Invitation of Au Coeur de l'Info.
In Russia, voters are on the third and final day of casting ballots in the country's first wartime parliamentary election. Despite the voting however, Ukraine carried out what Moscow described as the "largest ever" drone attack on the Russian capital. Kyiv reportedly fired over 1.000 drones at the country, leaving two dead in the Moscow region and inflicting damage upon an oil refinery. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg.
On Sunday, 20 September, Russia suffered a massive attack by Ukrainian drones, denounced by the authorities as trying to "disturb" the legislative process, which should unsurprisingly lead to the victory of Vladimir Putin's party, more than four and a half years after the start of the war in Ukraine.
