Yulia Svyrydenko was made Ukraine's new prime minister and Olga Stefanishyna got the plum role of U.S. ambassador (after Republican resistance in Washington helped push out her predecessor), while many of their colleagues were reassigned to new posts as the national parliament voted through the changes Thursday afternoon.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washin...

But using heavy tariffs to stop countries buying Russian oil would be a blunt tool – and while they could significantly squeeze Russia’s war funding, they could also unleash more havoc on the rest of...