Ukraine crisis

US president denies intelligence sharing has stopped in row over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil plants

Ukrainian ex-military officer alleged to have led personnel in operation to destroy sub-sea gas infrastructure

‘This team need support and need emotion, because we are living under sirens and bombs,’ said director of football Darijo Srna

German prosecutors say a Ukrainian military officer led the operation that destroyed the Baltic Sea gas pipelines in 2022

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From the infamous ‘Hamster’ of Greggs to my local Sainsburys, Britain has seen a surge of low-level thefts

Residents of wartime Lviv feel the US president’s actions are undermining Ukraine’s struggle against Russia

Supreme Court rejects claim that law excluding temporary protection applicants in State accommodation from benefits is unconstitutional

US president cannot forgive Ukrainian leader for showing up his deal-making impotence

Officials from Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to discuss Ukraine as Russian attacks increase

Recent events would suggest otherwise

But US politicians warn agreement ‌with Putin may violate US law barring ​imports of Russian energy

The US president has again shown himself to be an unreliable ally for Europe

EU leaders are confronted with the limits of their own support for Ukraine as Washington pressures Kyiv

Zelenskiy says Russia continues to strike Ukraine’s power facilities despite Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ announcement

Inside Politics: Unions want shortfalls in pay to be addressed up front and a guarantee that wages will not slip behind inflation during any new deal period

Kyiv says it supports the proposal despite being blindsided, while Moscow’s silence casts doubt on whether a truce is viable

Britain and Canada say they would back an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv

A comprehensive energy ceasefire beyond oil refineries could perhaps follow and open the way to a full ceasefire before winter

Overall cost of protecting Moscow’s south Dublin mission since Ukraine invasion now several million euro

Extraordinary intervention came after Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region

‘Gifts to Putin will not bring peace ‌or ‌any ​benefit to the civilised world,’ says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

At least 30 die after aerial strike hits two passenger buses in frontline city of Kramatorsk

Ireland has unique opportunity to send clear message on value of humanitarian assistance

Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued

Friedrich Merz pledged €1bn in military aid and said his ⁠visit ‘demonstrates ​that we will not be intimidated’

Kulbergs pledged continuing support to Ukraine and to keep a hard line towards Moscow

Micheál Martin also confirms welfare recipients and pensioners can expect Christmas bonus

Six people were killed in latest attack on Ukraine’s capital

Pro-Ukrainian prime minister Andris Kulbergs is likely to hold on to power

MacGuill successfully defended an IRA escapee and the State’s first female genital mutilation prosecution, among other landmark cases

Ukrainian leader says Putin gave order in September, as Russia began hitting schools, hospitals and data centres

Ukraine says intercepted document shows Moscow wants to cripple the power grid using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones

Taoiseach, Cabinet Ministers and MEPs contacted by Russian-owned plant in Co Limerick

Monaghan council has applied ‘the stick’ – in the form of derelict sites levy and a compulsory purchase bid – to try to bring project to completion

Ukrainians expect a winter of attacks intended to plunge cities into cold and darkness

Bond yields worldwide are soaring as creditors are unnerved by inflation and growing public borrowing

‘Russia is deliberately expanding the boundaries of what it believes the world will tolerate,’ said foreign minister Andrii Sybiha

Worldview: Rightward-shifts in major EU states like Germany, France, Poland and Italy present a real threat

Sergey Lavrov says Moscow has regular talks with Trump administration, which describes conflict as ‘Biden’s war, not our war’