War in Europe

MK Avi Dichter elected to Inter-Parliamentary Union task force that is working to solve urgent humanitarian issues in the Russo-Ukraine war and eventually help broker a cease-fire.

State Department lambasts Moscow for labelings its war as a "denazification" operation. Russian parliament to hold extraordinary session. Fearing Russian aggression, Latvia reinstates military conscription.

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk urges civilians to evacuate Kherson says "they should not become human shields." With Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, the fate of the upcoming harvest in Ukraine is also in doubt.

Six people dead in Russian hit on five-story apartment building in eastern Ukraine, governor says. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raises concerns with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Beijing's alignment with Moscow.

Russian President accuses Western allies of fueling the hostilities, charging that "the West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian."

The declaration is "the first step of a long journey," Switzerland's President Ignazio Cassis says. Shelling continues in Ukraine's east, where at least nine civilians are killed and six wounded in 24 hours, Ukrainian officials say. Germany seeks to kickstart expansion of renewable energy.

An official in Prime Minister Yair Lapid's delegation to Paris says there is nothing standing in the way of a future meeting between Lapid and Russian President Vladimir Putin, "despite the deep divisions with Russia over the war."

"This is truly a historic moment for Finland, for Sweden and for NATO," says secretary general of the military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg. Russia's rout of the last remaining bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province come at a steep price.

US announces $820 million in Ukraine aid, including missile systems. Russian diplomats depart Bulgaria amid soaring tensions. Moscow blames Ukrainian missile attack for deaths in south Russian city.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local separatist militia "have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” a ministry statement said.