![Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-03/81648430627_LVIV.jpg)
Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation
Ukraine is willing to become neutral and compromise over the status of the eastern Donbass region as part of a peace deal, Zelenskiy said.
Mon Mar 28 2022
![Putin says Russia to welcome volunteers from Middle East to fight Ukraine Putin says Russia to welcome volunteers from Middle East to fight Ukraine](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-03/71646991353_MOSCOW.jpg)
Putin says Russia to welcome volunteers from Middle East to fight Ukraine
Sergei Shoigu said there were 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East who were ready to come to fight with Russian-backed forces.
Fri Mar 11 2022
![Stocks dive, oil surges as Russia invades Ukraine Stocks dive, oil surges as Russia invades Ukraine](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/51645678514_stock.jpg)
Stocks dive, oil surges as Russia invades Ukraine
The market was always trying to judge if they would stop at Donbass, and it looks pretty clear that they are moving toward Kyiv, which was always one of the worst case scenarios.
Thu Feb 24 2022
![Russia's Lavrov brushes off Western sanctions over Donbass recognition Russia's Lavrov brushes off Western sanctions over Donbass recognition](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/81645524005_lavrov.jpg)
Russia's Lavrov brushes off Western sanctions over Donbass recognition
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov brushed off the threat of sanctions on Tuesday.
Tue Feb 22 2022
![Britain to sanction Russia 'hard' immediately, Johnson says Britain to sanction Russia 'hard' immediately, Johnson says](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/41645521295_boris.jpg)
Britain to sanction Russia 'hard' immediately, Johnson says
The sanctions, he said, would be "targeted not just at entities in Donbass and Luhansk and Donetsk, but in Russia itself.
Tue Feb 22 2022
![US slams Russian 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine as 'nonsense' US slams Russian 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine as 'nonsense'](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/51645511483_securitycouncil.jpg)
US slams Russian 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine as 'nonsense'
Putin also on Monday ordered the deployment of Russian forces to the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine "keep the peace".
Tue Feb 22 2022