Liz Truss

Mircea Geoana, Nato Deputy Secretary General, arrives for an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2022. (AP/Michael Sohn)

May 15, 2022, 1:15 pm

NATO says ‘Ukraine can win this war,’ gears up for alliance expansion

Diplomats meet in Berlin to discuss new potential members and increasing Ukraine aid; Finland and Sweden already making moves toward joining

By Frank Jordans

Ukrainian serviceman install a machine gun on the tank during the repair works after fighting against Russian forces in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

April 28, 2022, 12:58 am

UK says Western allies must ‘double down’ and send Ukraine tanks, jets

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warns against inaction and says countries helping Kyiv must show ‘courage’ in the face of Russian threats of escalation

By Jill Lawless

Members of Israeli Zaka Rescue and Recovery team clean blood from the site of a shooting attack In Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

April 8, 2022, 11:52 am

Top foreign diplomats, envoys condemn ‘appalling’ terror attack in Tel Aviv

Antony Blinken says US ‘stands resolutely’ with Israel ‘in the face of senseless terrorism and violence’ after 2 killed, numerous others hurt; German FM brands assailant a ‘coward’

By TOI staff

A dead body lies on a street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, on April 2, 2022 (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

April 3, 2022, 12:38 pm

Israel envoy to Ukraine says killing of civilians in Bucha unjustifiable ‘war crime’

Michael Brodsky says he’s shocked by photos from Kyiv suburb that appear to show dozens of civilians massacred by Russian troops; UK says it’s collecting evidence for ICC probe

By TOI staff and AFP

The head of Russia's National Defense Control Center, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 16, 2018. (Vadim Savitsky, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

March 31, 2022, 3:20 pm

UK hits ‘butcher of Mariupol’ and 13 others in latest round of Russia sanctions

Among those targeted as ‘shameless propagandists’ is Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Centre, foreign ministry says

By AFP

Members of the Zaka emergency organization remove a body from the scene of a terrorist attack in Bnei Brak, March 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

March 30, 2022, 10:05 am

International community condemns Bnei Brak shooting, other recent terror attacks

US calls violence ‘unacceptable,’ UN chief says it can ‘never be justified’; EU ‘stands with Israel’; Germany urges strong condemnation from all to prevent ‘a new escalation’

By TOI staff and AFP

The scene of a car ramming and stabbing attack in Beersheba, March 22, 2022. (Flash90)

March 23, 2022, 1:26 am

US condemns ‘abhorrent’ terror attack in Beersheba: ‘This has to stop’

Washington calls killing of four Israelis ‘despicable,’ offers condolences; UN envoy to Mideast says ‘no justification’ for violence, and ‘no excuse for praising such acts’

By TOI staff

Britain's Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss delivers a speech during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, on March 1, 2022. (SALVATORE DI NOLFI / various sources / AFP)

March 19, 2022, 12:47 pm

UK warns Russia may be using talks with Ukraine as ‘smokescreen’

FM Liz Truss says Putin could turn to ‘more and more extreme actions’ after Russian forces failed to achieve the lightning victory Moscow sought

By AFP

Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich is seen at Ben Gurion Airport, March 14, 2022. (Screen grab/Walla)

March 15, 2022, 10:26 am

Abramovich arrives in Moscow, flying in from Israel via Turkey

Oligarch was spotted in Ben Gurion VIP lounge on Monday, in first sighting since he was sanctioned; UK welcomes Israel’s announcement it won’t allow oligarchs to bypass sanctions

By TOI staff

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on November 22, 2021; and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, on October 3, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90; AP Photo/Jon Super)

February 28, 2022, 7:53 pm

Lapid, British counterpart discuss ‘global consequences’ of war in Ukraine

Foreign minister touts ‘productive’ conversation with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has said says she ‘absolutely’ supports Britons joining the fight against Russia

By TOI staff

Armed civil defense men pose for a photo while patrolling an empty street due to curfew in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

February 27, 2022, 3:29 pm

Ukraine forms ‘international brigade’ of foreign volunteers to fight Russia

President Zelensky says fight is not just to protect his country, but also for the future of all of Europe; UK foreign minister says British nationals can join if they want

By AFP and TOI staff

Protesters hold placards demanding sanctions during a rally outside the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affair in Kyiv on February 21, 2022 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

February 22, 2022, 10:03 am

US, UK, EU set to impose sanctions after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

Washington said to have urged Ukraine’s Zelensky to move to west of country for safety; US envoy to UN: Putin’s ‘outrageous, false claims’ are creating pretext for war

By TOI staff and Agencies

Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in the Kharkiv region, on February 10, 2022 (Sergey Bobok/AFP)

February 14, 2022, 4:45 pm

Russia’s FM Lavrov sees ‘chance’ to agree with West on security

Amid raging Ukraine tensions, top diplomat indicates in meeting with Putin that Moscow is prepared to continue talks; UK leader Johnson warns invasion could come within 48 hours

By AFP

In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Feb. 10, 2022, combat crews of the S-400 air defense system drive to take up combat duty at the training ground in the Brest region during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills in Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

February 10, 2022, 1:49 pm

Russia launches Belarus joint military drills as West fears Ukraine invasion

NATO leaders condemn exercises, Kyiv denounces maneuvers as ‘psychological pressure’; Kremlin insists Russian troops in Belarus will go home after the drill

By Jonathan Brown and Dmitry Zaks

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on January 12, 2022. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

January 26, 2022, 12:57 pm

UK government on edge ahead of ‘partygate’ probe into Downing Street lockdown events

Britain awaits release of report into allegations Johnson and staff flouted COVID restrictions; public anger grows, with some Conservative lawmakers calling for PM’s resignation

By Jill Lawless