Failed presidential candidate calls for more lethal aid to Ukraine to ‘end the bloodshed’ Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called for harsher sanctions against Russia over its attack on Ukraine, and ramping up pressure on Saudi Arabia, China and other countries to bring them into the anti-Moscow line.

Vucic claims to have won election as pollsters predict incumbent will dodge runoff Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has declared himself the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, as polls close and an early projection places him far enough ahead to avoid a runoff election. Analysis by the Center for Free Elections and Democracy has given Vucic…

Kiev has started to treat some issues “more realistically,” the chief Russian negotiator claims There’s been some progress in the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, but the draft deal isn’t yet ready to be submitted for a meeting at the highest level, Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the team of Russian negotiators, has said.