RUSSIA UKRAINE CRISIS: FULL COVERAGE

Sydneysiders are set to be impacted by more train delays tomorrow after the Fair Work Commission denied the state government's legal bid to halt planned industrial action from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).

Russia launched its attack on eastern Ukraine on February 24. World leaders have condemned the attack as "barbaric" and have rolled out major sanctions against Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, after Ukrainian forces withdrew.

Torched forests and cities burned to the ground. Colleagues with severed limbs. Bombardments so relentless the only option is to lie in a trench, wait and pray.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged further Australian military support for Ukraine during his visit to the war-torn country.

Russia has claimed control over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of Moscow's grinding war.

A trio of assassination attempts targeting pro-Russian officials over the past two weeks suggests a burgeoning resistance movement against pro-Russian authorities.

The participants wore blue and yellow swimming caps in honour of Ukraine as they raised money for UNICEF.

The actual impact of the hack, and what computer systems were breached, is unclear.

Russian missile attacks on residential areas killed at least 21 people near the Ukrainian port of Odesa.

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Russia pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island on Thursday, where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks.

Flood warning for Sydney with deluge on way; Teacher's strike underway in NSW; COVID-19 vaccine on way for under fives.

The man considered to be the wealthiest oligarch in Russia, who has been photographed with President Vladimir Putin, joins a growing list of those transferring — or, sailing — their prized assets to Dubai.

Russian forces battled to surround the Ukrainian military's last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province.

The military alliance meets to confront what NATO's chief called the biggest security crisis since World War II.

As the PM joined the world's most powerful leaders in Spain, he had stern words about the threat at home.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has thanked Australia for its military aid in a sweet video.

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A Russian missile strike targeted a crowded shopping centre, and survivors are now describing the moment of impact.

Turkey has agreed to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders' summit in Madrid amid Europe's worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine.

Albanese blamed tensions with France and international criticism of the country's climate change stance.

It was owned by a sanctioned oligarch, but the massive vessel proudly waved the US flag as it pulled into port.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the number of victims was “unimaginable."

The leaders are preparing to unveil plans to pursue a price cap on Russian oil, raise tariffs on Russian goods and impose other new sanctions.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he expects allies to make clear they consider Russia "as the most significant and direct threat to our security".

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

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Russia has shattered weeks of relative calm, in an apparent Kremlin show-of-force.

Huge bans on Russia's second largest export is a direct hit on "oligarchs and the heart of Putin's war machine".

A growing army of Ukrainian couples are speedily turning love into matrimony because of the war.

In Sri Lanka, people queue for kilometres to fill a tank of fuel. In Bangladesh, shops shut at 8pm to conserve energy.

In the face of Russia's invasion, Ukraine launched a series of clandestine, against-the-odds, terrain-hugging, high-speed helicopter missions.

The eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is "completely under Russian occupation," the city's head of military administration says, following months of grueling and bloody fighting.

Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from Severodonetsk, effectively ceding the city to Russia and putting the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk almost fully under Russian control.

Tengananese people on the island of Bali celebrate a month long ceremony called Usabha Sambah to demonstrate respect to the God Indra, the Hindu god of war.

Fighters are being forced to retreat from a key city in the eastern Donbas region.

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There has been a mass flight of multinational companies from Russia in protest at its invasion of Ukraine. Here are some of them.

The European Union has agreed to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership.

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A British man sentenced to death by proxy Russian court for fighting in Ukraine has been told the execution will proceed.

A drone strike has caused a fire at a refinery in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine.

Russian state TV commentator is accusing the West of brinkmanship that has set the clock ticking toward World War III.

A Ukrainian official overseeing the country's push to join the EU said she's "100 per cent" certain all 27 EU nations will approve Ukraine's EU candidacy during a summit this week.

Ukrainian forces have launched a major night-time operation to retake Snake Island, in the Black Sea.

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Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, auctioned off his medal for $148 million on World Refugee Day, with proceeds donated to help Ukrainian child refugees.