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VIDEO: Activists block Russian oil tanker in Norway.

Environmental activists in Norway block a Russian oil tanker from unloading its cargo near Oslo, saying the shipment is helping to finance Russian President Vladimir Putin's "war machine"

Russia warns of WWIII breaking out as Western allies prepare for summit on sending further arms to war-torn Ukraine

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War in Ukraine: Latest developments.

- 40 countries to meet on Ukraine security aid
- Russia warns of World War III
- Five killed in rail strikes
- No deal on Mariupol

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On the eastern front, Ukraine struggles to keep up morale.

After two months under Russian fire on this unforgiving frontline, it can be hard to sustain optimism

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#BREAKING Moldova convenes security meeting over blasts in Russia-backed region

#BREAKING UN more than doubles aid appeal for Ukraine to $2.25 bn

#UPDATE The president of ex-Soviet Moldova has convened a meeting of the country's security council after a series of blasts in the Russian-backed separatist Transnistria region

#UPDATE The United Nations said Tuesday that the worsening situation in Ukraine forced it to more than double its aid appeal for the war-ravaged country

#BREAKING UN expects over 8 million Ukrainians to flee as refugees

#UPDATE The United Nations says it is now projecting that 8.3 million people will eventually flee Ukraine as refugees, up from the some 5.2 million who have already fled the war

#UPDATE The president of ex-Soviet Moldova on Tuesday convened a meeting of the country's security council after a series of blasts in the Russian-backed separatist #Transnistria region
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#BREAKING UN chief in Moscow says wants Ukraine ceasefire 'as soon as possible'

#UPDATE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says during a visit to Moscow that he is looking to find ways to stop the fighting in #Ukraine as quickly as possible

#UPDATE The United Nations warned Tuesday that more than eight million Ukrainians could flee as refugees this year and doubled its aid appeal for those stuck inside the war-ravaged country
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Graphic showing the advance of Russian troops in Ukraine and major incidents in the past 24 hours, as of April 26, 0700 GMT
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#BREAKING Russian occupation of Chernobyl was 'very, very dangerous': IAEA chief

#UPDATE The head of the UN's atomic watchdog on Tuesday condemned the Russian forces' occupation of the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster for several weeks, calling it "very, very dangerous"