President Putin has slammed the "flagrant violation" of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian force.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kiev is wasting an opportunity after Ukraine initially rejected Russia’s offer of talks in Belarus.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced the suspension of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia in response to Moscow's recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

The German chancellor noted that positions of the West and Russia on security guarantees diverge but the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO is not on the agenda.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is not after a war in Europe, as Moscow proposed holding negotiations on security across the continent and amid tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

Thousands of people in European countries rally against their governments over COVID-19 restrictions amid surge in fresh infections across the continent.

Thousands of people across Europe rally to protest against vaccination campaign as virus infections surge across the continent.

Retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU bloc faced its worst result since 1949.

Social Democrats’ leader Olaf Scholz says he plans to form a new three-way allied government with the Greens and Free Democratic Party (FDP).

Germans go to the polls in a national election too close to call, with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.