Hundreds of thousands have fled to countries such as Kazakhstan, Georgia and Finland. Many more remain in Russia and are hiding from military recruiters, praying they won't be summoned or hoping for exemptions from service.
Officials meet to discuss supporting Israeli companies and their collaboration in ventures with European funding and signing a data roaming agreement that will dramatically reduce communications costs, among other things.
Government approves 90-million-shekel budget as thousands are expected to arrive to Israel.
Russia withdraws troops after Ukraine encircles key city in east, day after Putin announces annexation.
“America and its allies are not going to be intimidated by Putin and his reckless words and threats," President Joe Biden tells reporters.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that four regions of Ukraine – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – would be folded into Russia during a Kremlin ceremony.
Zelenskyy warns that Russia's "sham referendums" and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory rule out any talks with Moscow as long as Putin remains president, and calls for Russia's "complete isolation" and tough new global sanctions.
President Volodymr Zelenskyy says government won freedom from Russian custody for 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens, with the help of Turkish and Saudi mediation efforts.
The Foreign Ministry as well as the El Al airline begin preparations ahead of an expected increase of immigrants from Russia after President Vladimir Putin mobilizes 300,000 troops to fight in the war in Ukraine.
“It’s not a bluff," Russian leaders says in televised address, vowing to counter the West's "nuclear blackmail."
