The Irish Times

Ukraine says fierce fighting for Donbas may decide fate of country

Von der Leyen accuses Russia of ‘hoarding its own food exports as a form of blackmail’

Tue May 24 2022 - 20:22

The foreign volunteers training Ukraine’s new recruits

Kyiv’s forces still plagued by lack of equipment in war with Russia’s vast military

Fri May 20 2022 - 19:30

Bomb disposal in Ukraine: ‘It will take years to clear’

Sappers have already dealt with 100,000 shells, mines and other explosives left by the war

Wed May 18 2022 - 17:00

Fears grow for Mariupol soldiers branded terrorists in Russia

Moscow suggests steelwork defenders be treated as terrorists and subject to death penalty

Tue May 17 2022 - 19:03

‘This city is invincible’: Kharkiv breathes again after repelling Russian forces

People begin to return to formerly vibrant city disfigured by scarred buildings and shell craters

Mon May 16 2022 - 12:45

Ukrainian troops retaking territory in east as Russian forces focus on Donbas

US warns Moscow preparing for ‘prolonged conflict’ with western-allied neighbour

Tue May 10 2022 - 21:26

‘I’m terrified of going back there’: Ukrainians flee occupied Kherson

The journey to Odesa takes two or more days via scores of checkpoints manned by unpredictable Russian troops on backroads that snake through minefields and trenches

Fri May 06 2022 - 17:50

UN to ‘redouble’ efforts in Ukraine after missile strike on Kyiv

Call for powerful international response to attack while Russia takes ‘colossal losses’

Fri Apr 29 2022 - 20:47

‘This is my contribution’: A Lviv welder who prepares vehicles for war

Volunteers take used cars donated to Ukraine from abroad and prepare them for the front line

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 18:07

US officials pledge more military aid on visit to Kyiv

Kremlin vows West will fail in what it calls bid to split and ‘destroy Russia from within’

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 21:01

Soldiers besieged in Mariupol call to be evacuated with civilians

Metalworks is refuge for Ukrainian troops and locals as latest Russian deadline passes

Wed Apr 20 2022 - 21:33

Ireland wants Russia to answer for mass murder, Coveney says

State to continue to provide non-lethal equipment to Ukraine and offer safe haven

Fri Apr 15 2022 - 00:00

Kyiv and Moscow say compromise deal to end war possible as Biden labels Putin a war criminal

Kremlin insists invasion on track as US prepares $800m in arms for Ukraine

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 21:36

Cruelty of Putin’s invasion condemned by Taoiseach ahead of EU meeting

Inside Politics: European leaders meet as horrors of Ukrainian war continue unabated

Thu Mar 10 2022 - 09:04

Russia blamed for bomb strike that gutted a maternity hospital in Ukrainian port

West seeks to avoid clash with Russia as two weeks of war drive 2.2m Ukrainians abroad

Thu Mar 10 2022 - 00:04

Ukraine replaces Covid as top of the agenda for foreseeable future

Inside Politics: Housing and financial supports most pressing needs for refugees

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 07:57

Preparations ramped up to welcome thousands of Ukrainian refugees

Inside Politics: Taoiseach said to be ‘crystal clear’ Ireland would not be found wanting

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 08:15

Russia tells Kyiv residents to flee, warning of further strikes on Ukraine’s capital

Dead civil servants pulled from rubble of attack on regional government building in Kharkiv

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 01:00

‘We don’t want to leave’: Fear and defiance in Ukraine as country faces all-out war

Civilians given weapons and urged to make petrol bombs as Russian onslaught continues

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 20:14

Will Russian war games fizzle out or turn red hot?

Inside Politics: Tentative hopes Russia may be withdrawing troops from frontline

Wed Feb 16 2022 - 07:37

Government in unusual flurry of good news

Inside Politics: Central Bank predicts remarkable bounceback for economy

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 08:03

Ukraine's ex-president says treason case furore distracts from Russian threat

Petro Poroshenko returns to Kyiv as German foreign minister holds talks on security crisis

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 17:26

Russia and Belarus launch war games and agree deeper economic ties

Kremlin insists drills involving 200,000 troops are not a threat to any state

Fri Sept 10 2021 - 17:10

Romania plans to deliver vaccines to Ireland in coming weeks

Romanian vaccine offical plays down concerns deal may have struck trouble

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 01:00

Lukashenko under fire as Belarus downgrades EU ties

Bloc responds as Minsk recalls envoy and freezes participation in partnership project

Tue Jun 29 2021 - 17:56

Ireland must learn lessons from Estonia on cybersecurity

Expert says huge 2007 attack on his country’s websites changed its attitude to IT education

Fri May 28 2021 - 16:08

Global outcry after Belarus forces Ryanair flight to land and arrests activist

Belarus’s ‘unprecedented actions’ to detain activist spark widespread concern

Mon May 24 2021 - 01:00

Estonia at the fore of cyber security after major attack in 2007

Tallinn is headquarters of Nato’s cyber defence centre of excellence, which Ireland is now joining as a contributing partner

Sat May 22 2021 - 01:00

HSE cyberattackers tough to identify and even harder to catch

Strike highlights murky world where organised crime and state interests may merge

Mon May 17 2021 - 20:13

‘Lives are at stake’: EU urges Bosnia to act to shelter migrants amid freezing conditions

Some 3,000 people are living rough near border in situation dubbed ‘humanitarian disaster’

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 16:53

Moldova’s president-elect says incumbent wants to ‘set country ablaze’

Maia Sandu condemns corruption and record of Russian-backed president Igor Dodon

Sun Dec 06 2020 - 18:23

US and EU to host Kosovo-Serbia talks as push for breakthrough intensifies

Leaders to meet in Washington and Brussels amid impasse on normalising relations

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 17:26

Tensions high in Belarus as troops gather at protester meeting site

Defence minister warns army will be asked to deal with ‘violations of order and calm’

Sun Aug 23 2020 - 18:21

Lukashenko defies public fury over claims of rigged election

Brutal crackdown in Belarus as autocrat leader calls on Kremlin military backing

Sun Aug 16 2020 - 19:09