Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Moscow.

ussian President Vladimir Putin has warned the leaders of France and Germany against ramping up arms supplies to Ukraine, saying they could further destabilize the situation in the former Soviet state.

Russia on Saturday said it has destroyed a major haul of Western weapons in Ukraine’s restive Zhytomyr region, west of Kiev, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles.

Iran will supply energy to Europe if governments in the region show lasting commitment to the issue.

Iraqi authorities indicate they have persuaded Tehran to increase gas supply to the Arab country.

The US and its Western allies have stepped up military support for Ukraine, sending a wide array of defensive weapons.

Iran’s state-run NIGC says natural gas will reach five more power plants in the country by March 2023.

Russia has given the Ukrainian soldiers still holding out in the strategic southern port city of Mariupol a new ultimatum to surrender, as Moscow pushes a new military offensive in Ukraine's east.

China has called on Western countries to refrain from sending offensive weapons to Ukraine, warning that such deliveries will only escalate the ongoing conflict and worsen the humanitarian crisis in the country.

Iraq’s PM Kadhimi orders the dispatch of a working team to Iran to discuss gas supply issues.