The Russian leader claims Moscow wanted to prevent the West from helping “nationalists” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he chose to attack Ukraine beyond the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) to prevent the West from “endlessly” supplying “nationalists and radicals” with various resources, such as weapons…

The head of Pioneer Natural Resources warns that the US won’t be able to replace Russia’s shortfall Global prices for crude may surge to $200 per barrel if Russian oil and gas are banned, warns Scott Sheffield, the chief executive of the US’ biggest shale oil operator, Pioneer Natural Resources.

The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha is unlikely to begin on Saturday Humanitarian corridors from the Azov Sea port city of Mariupol and the nearby city of Volnovakha are unlikely to open on Saturday and it’s still unclear when safe-passage operations might begin, a statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross…