The Ukrainian president was speaking after his military bombarded civilian areas in Donetsk Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to “liberate” the Russian territory of Crimea and the independent republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR). He was speaking just hours after reports of the Ukrainian military shelling residential buildings, a marketplace and a maternity…

Russia became India’s second biggest crude oil supplier in May, as New Delhi stocked up on discounted Russian deliveries, Reuters reported on Monday, citing trade sources. According to the report, Indian refiners received around 819,000 barrels per day of Russian oil last month, compared to some 277,000 in April.

The defection of a key lawmaker has left PM Naftali Bennett’s government holding fewer than half of parliamentary seats Israel may be headed for its fifth election in three years as the ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett shows signs of unraveling and losing its grip on power.