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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he accepted an apology from Russian President Vladimir Putin for controversial remarks about the Holocaust made by Moscow’s top diplomat

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he accepted an apology from Russian President Vladimir Putin for controversial remarks about the Holocaust made by Moscow’s top diplomat.

The invasion of Ukraine means fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory in World War II.

The Kremlin deepened its unusual rift over World War II history with Israel on Tuesday by endorsing falsehood-riddled comments made by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov about the supposed collaboration of Jews during the Holocaust with their own Nazi killers.

Israel has voiced support for Ukraine after Russia launched its invasion, but has refrained from directly criticizing the Kremlin and joined the Western effort to sanction Russian oligarchs.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cited an often-debunked claim about Hitler's ancestry. Here's where that story comes from.

"This is an unforgivable and outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake and we expect an apology," Israel's foreign minister said.

"This is an unforgivable and outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake and we expect an apology," Israel's foreign minister said.

Israel said the comments by Russia's foreign minister, which suggested Jews were to blame for their own murder in the Holocaust, were "unforgiveable."

Israeli officials are calling for an apology after Sergey Lavrov said the Hitler "had Jewish origins." It's the strongest condemnation of Russia by Israel since the war in Ukraine began in February.

Israel has summoned the Russian ambassador over comments made by the Russian foreign minister about Nazism and antisemitism

Israel has summoned the Russian ambassador over comments made by the Russian foreign minister about Nazism and antisemitism.

Russian news agency TASS is reporting that Russia's Defense Ministry says more than 1 million people have been taken to Russia from Ukraine in the past two months.

An operation to evacuate civilians from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is under way.

Citizens are "begging to get saved" from a steel plant that has become Mariupol's last defense stronghold.

Citizens are "begging to get saved" from a steel plant that has become Mariupol's last defense stronghold.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Russian troops not to fight in Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces are fighting village by village to hold back a Russian advance in their country's east, while the United Nations works to broker a civilian evacuation from the ruins of the city of Mariupol.

Russia says that Turkey gave it advance notice before moving to bar Russian planes from flying to Syria over its territory.

Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export as an attempt to punish and divide the West for its united support of Ukraine.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian presidential office advisor says Russian forces have tried to storm a steel plant that is the last defense stronghold in the strategic port city of Mariupol.

The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week to make an urgent, face-to-face plea for peace in Ukraine

The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to meet separately with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine next week to make an urgent plea for peace.

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday promised to ramp up “the scale of missile attacks” on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s “diversions on the Russian territory.”.

President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to speak virtually on Monday.

President Joe Biden has asked India’s Narendra Modi not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil as the U.S. and other nations try to cut off Moscow’s energy income following the invasion of Ukraine.

India's neutral stance in the war has raised concerns in Washington and earned praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The United Kingdom is going after what it calls the "lavish lifestyles" of the daughters of Russia's president and foreign minister.

Ukrainian authorities say a missile hit a train station where thousands of Ukrainians had gathered.

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief says he is not optimistic about securing a ceasefire to halt the fighting in Ukraine.

The Biden administration has newly targeted Vladimir Putin’s adult daughters in the sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is appealing to NATO to provide his war-torn country with weapons to help avoid further atrocities like those reported in the town of Bucha this week.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The United States and allies are again escalating sanctions against Russia after evidence that Russian troops murdered Ukrainian civilians in a town near Kyiv.

The mayor of the besieged port city of Mariupol has put the number of civilians killed there at more than 5,000.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.

Top leaders around the world have responded to gruesome evidence of civilian death and torture found after Russian troops retreated from areas around Kyiv with resounding calls for justice

Ukrainian authorities at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say Russian forces have left the damaged plant.

Russia's top diplomat, visiting Beijing for the 1st time during his country's war in Ukraine, said the allies would "move towards a multipolar, just, democratic world order."

Putin's war in Ukraine has brought an unprecedented "economic blitzkrieg" down on his own country. This is an effort at "retaliatory" measures.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday took aim at the sanctions the United States and other countries have imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, saying he believes that the West has declared "total war" on Russia.Lavrov made his comments during a meeting in which he described actions that Western nations have taken in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "a real hybrid war," adding that "total war was declared on us,"...

Russia has sought to justify its assault on Ukraine with allegations of foreign encroachment near its borders.

While Russia has sought to justify its assault on Ukraine with complaints about NATO's eastward expansion, it has also claimed that foreign actors have encroached on its religious turf in Ukraine — even alleging the United States helped instigate an Eastern Orthodox schism there. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said both the West and a rival patriarch were “pursuing the same end” of seeking to weaken Russia and “make the brotherly peoples — Russians and Ukrainians — enemies.” “You cannot call it a religious war, but it has a religious dimension,” said the Rev. Cyril Hovorun, an Orthodox priest, native of Ukraine and professor of ecclesiology, international relations and ecumenism at University College Stockholm.

After three weeks of bitter and barbaric fighting in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov praised the coverage of the war from one American media outlet: Fox News.

In talks between Russia and Ukrainian towards a possible cease-fire after three weeks of intense fighting, negotiators are exploring prospects of a future “neutrality” for Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that had been moving closer to NATO in hopes of membership — to Moscow’s chagrin

In talks between Russia and Ukrainian towards a possible cease-fire after three weeks of intense fighting, negotiators are exploring prospects of a future “neutrality” for Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that had been moving closer to NATO in hopes of membership — to Moscow’s chagrin.

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the ruins of a theater ripped apart by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day, according to the local governor.

As the war in Ukraine rages on, diplomats trying to salvage the languishing 2015 Iran nuclear deal have been forging ahead with negotiations.

The decision comes on the heels of weeks of condemnation of Russia's actions in Ukraine.

The decision comes on the heels of weeks of condemnation of Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Putin's relentless assault on Ukrainian cities continues to take a devastating toll, but both Moscow and Kyiv are hinting at possible progress in negotiations.

The Council of Europe has expelled Russia from the continent’s foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over its invasion and war in Ukraine

The United Nations’ top court has ordered Russia to stop hostilities in Ukraine, granting measures requested by Kyiv, although many are skeptical that Russia will comply.

European stocks closed higher on Wednesday amid renewed optimism of progress in talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Russian forces are raining fire on Kyiv and other major cities, with Ukrainian authorities saying an airstrike destroyed a theater where hundreds of people were sheltering in Mariupol.

As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, it is getting a helping hand from China in spreading inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that the U.S. is financing biological weapons labs in Ukraine.

Negotiations aimed at restoring Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers have gone on what its European hosts describe as “a pause.”.

Russia's airstrike on a children's and maternity hospital in Ukraine is stirring memories of the Kremlin's past aerial campaigns waged in Chechnya and Syria.

U.K. says whether it was deliberate or indiscriminate Russian fire, "it is a war crime," as Russia's foreign minister dismisses it all as lies and propaganda.

Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hit back at claims made Thursday by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying the leadership in Moscow "live in their own reality."

Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers are meeting in Turkey, two weeks after Russia began its onslaught of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce Friday that the U.S., along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has launched a second reconnaissance satellite into space.

A top Iranian official says his country is seeking “creative ways” to restore its nuclear deal with world powers after Russia’s foreign minister linked sanctions on Moscow over its war on Ukraine to the ongoing negotiations.

A top Iranian official said Monday that his country is seeking “creative ways” to restore its nuclear deal with world powers after Russia's foreign minister linked sanctions on Moscow over its war on Ukraine to the ongoing negotiations. The tweet by Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme National Security Council, offers the first high-level acknowledgment of the demands of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

At the same time, Ukrainian officials blamed Russian shelling for breaching a cease-fire arranged in two cities to evacuate civilians.

At the same time, Ukrainian officials blamed Russian shelling for breaching a cease-fire arranged in two cities to evacuate civilians.

Prospects for meaningful diplomacy between the United States and Russia on any number of fronts are grim with the two countries locked in their worst confrontation since the Soviet-era Cuban missile crisis.

The General Assembly is expected to overwhelmingly support a nonbinding resolution that demands Russia immediately remove its forces from Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during the invasion of Ukraine with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm.

As Russia's top diplomat during the invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin's defiant posture with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm. While President Vladimir Putin single-handedly shapes the country’s foreign policy, Lavrov delivers Moscow’s message with a bluntness uncharacteristic of a diplomat. In the role for nearly 18 years, the 71-year-old Lavrov has seen relations with the West shift from near-friendly to openly hostile, plummeting to a catastrophic new low with Russia's war against Ukraine.

In the 1990s Ukraine ditched its nukes in return for Russian guarantees of territorial integrity. By breaking that deal, Vladimir Putin has increased the risk of  nuclear war.

Country after country, from Europe’s economic powerhouse to a tiny Pacific island nation, have lined up to lash out at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urge support for a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate halt to Moscow’s offensive and withdrawal of all Russian troops

The U.N. General Assembly has voted to demand that Russia stop its offensive in Ukraine and withdraw all troops, with nations from world powers to tiny island states condemning Moscow’s actions.

The Russian ruble dived around 29% against the dollar on Monday morning, as markets digested the effects of sanctions on Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Video call by Ukraine’s wartime leader prompted jaded European leaders to act.

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine's force have halted the Kremlin's push to capture Kyiv and oust him and urged Russians to pressure leader Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion.

Finland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining NATO would trigger “serious military-political consequences” from Moscow.

Russia on Saturday warned it could react by opting out of its last remaining nuclear arms pact and cutting diplomatic ties.

Russia on Saturday warned it could react by opting out of its last remaining nuclear arms pact and cutting diplomatic ties.

Russia has unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in what appears to be the next phase of an invasion that has been slowed by fierce resistance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the latest target of international sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the latest target of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is aware of requests by Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador and others to repatriate the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in action in Ukraine but has no numbers.

EU ministers said that further sanctions are possible, including booting Russia out of SWIFT, the dominant system for global financial transactions.

The United States will impose a slate of sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the White House said Friday.

In a phone call with his Russian counterpart, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasizes dialogue and negotiation in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

The United States and European allies are stepping up sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by adding measures directly targeting President Vladimir Putin and his top diplomat.

The European Union has agreed to slap sanctions on Russia's defense minister and a top presidential adviser.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine, and he is warning other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in the Ukraine standoff by recognizing the independence of rebel regions in the country’s east.

The White House is calling Russia’s troop deployments in eastern Ukraine an “invasion” after initially hesitating to use the term.

In a fast-moving political theater, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved quickly to recognize the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine in a show of defiance against the West amid fears of Russian invasion in Ukraine.

The U.S. and Russian presidents have tentatively agreed to meet in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to stave off Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

A long-feared Russian invasion of Ukraine appears to be imminent, if not already underway, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.

President Biden has accepted "in principle" a meeting with Russia's Putin in what could be a last-ditch effort at diplomacy over tensions surrounding Ukraine.

President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as long as that country holds off on what U.S. officials believe is an imminent assault on Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and seek a resolution to the crisis.

As the U.S. and other NATO members warn of the potential for a devastating war, Russia is not countering with bombs or olive branches -- but with sarcasm. It’s a tool that officials in Moscow have long used to belittle their rivals and to deflect attention from actions seen as threatening to the West or Russia’s neighbors. Laconic quips dovetail with the Kremlin’s domestic agenda by making Russia and its all-powerful president look more cool-headed and clever than countries in the panicky, democratic West.