Ukraine

A rescuer putting out a fire in a building as a result of falling debris after a massive drone attack mainly targeting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Picture: Pavlo Petrov/State Emergency Service of Ukrai/AFP via Getty Images

Kyiv hit by largest Russian drone attack since start of war

A damaged residential building in Dnipropetrovsk region, which was targeted by Russian forces earlier this week.

One killed and 15 injured in Ukrainian hospital attack

Andrew Ness, Portfolio Manager, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust

Emerging Markets are weathering macro headwinds - Andrew Ness

Sophie Ellis-Bextor eyed for Eurovision 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin in Moscow in April.

Analysis: Do not overlook trouble brewing in Belarus and Moldova

A general view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Picture: Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty Images

Europe's largest nuclear power plant forced to switch to emergency generators

Charlotte Blackler tends her bees at the apipod.

The UK's first 'bee therapy' retreat has been launched in Scotland

Staff at The Stand comedy venues in Edinburgh were said to feel MP Joanna Cherry's views on gender were far too upsetting to be aired (Picture: Kate Chandler)

Readers' Letters: If you're that upset, get out there and change the world

John McGinn in action for Scotland during the 2-0 win over Spain at Hampden in March. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

'Park the excuses' - John McGinn insists Scotland lessons will be learned

Wind turbines are unsightly and inefficient, says reader (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Dig deep to find answer to Scotland's energy needs

Anti-nuclear campaigners at Faslane on the Clyde in 2020 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK support of Ukraine could bring nuclear nightmare

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greets Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo: Twitter/Rishi Sunak)

Sunak vows 'support' for Zelensky as leaders share warm embrace at Chequers

Duncan Laurence performs "You'll Never Walk Alone" on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest. Groups of singers from Ukraine joined in via video link, while all entrants in the competition also joined him on stage.

Why Ukraine has made it difficult for Eurovision to remain politically neutral

Ukraine Entry Tvorchi performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest.

Home city of Ukraine's Eurovision entry attacked by Russia ahead of performance

Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina and English actress Hannah Waddingham present the first semi-final of the 2023 Eurovision Song contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Eurovision: Why Russia, North Macedonia & Bulgaria aren’t competing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni following their meeting (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky barred from addressing Eurovision's global audience

Mum's the Word. Pic: Adobe

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - Youngest enjoys a holiday, whatever the reason

Refugee children from Ukraine perform aboard the MS Victoria ship in Leith, where many families fleeing the war lived after arriving in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Criticism as refugee support payment slashed by UK Government

Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine

Donald Trump is sending the 'wrong message' about US support for Ukraine, according to his own former defence secretary, Mark Esper (Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As UK sends more weapons, Trump signals he could abandon Ukraine

President Zelensky barred from addressing Eurovision Song Contest

Ben Wallace making a statement on Ukraine, to the House of Commons in London on May 11, 2023.

UK to send long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine

Bank of England impose another interest rate hike

Eurovision semi-final 2: When is it, what time does it start, presenters, musicians & can the UK vote in it?

Full guide to Eurovision semi-final 2 - how to watch & how to vote

Singer Mae Muller outside BBC Wogan House in London, after she was confirmed as the UK's act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, performing the track I Wrote A Song.

What time is Eurovision 2023? Who will represent the UK? How can I watch it?

Eurovision Song Contest presenters Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina and Hannah Waddingham on stage during the first dress rehearsal for the first semi-final.

Everything we know about Graham Norton's new Eurovision role

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

A further interest rate rise now would send out the wrong signal - David Alexand...

A woman carries her child past residential buildings in Uman, Ukraine, after they were damaged by Russian missile strikes (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Three scenarios for the Ukraine war's next phrase and what each means for China

Eurovision 2023 acts and songs confirmed - Credit: Getty

Eurovision 2023: List of singers, songs and participating countries

The solitary Soviet era T-34 tank parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow at the weekend.

The biggest irony of Russia’s Victory Day event? Where its parade tank was made

A car hit by the remains of a Russian drone shot down over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is loaded onto a truck (Picture: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe Day and Eurovision provide an eloquent response to Putin's 'Victory Day'

Eurovision 2023 venue The M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool - Credit: Eurovision / M&SBA

Eurovision semi-final 2023: Full guide to event including timings

The report warned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is challenging Europe's commitment to openness, diversity, freedom, and solidarity.

Russian invasion is challenging Europe's ‘openness, diversity and freedom’

Eurovision 2023 venue The M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool - Credit: Eurovision / M&SBA

Eurovision to open with ‘Welcome to Liverpool’ starring Paul O’Grady

United Kingdom's Eurovision entrant Mae Muller at the National Lottery's Big Eurovision Welcome Party at St George's Hall, Liverpool.

How Eurovision voting works and the new changes for this year

Kalush Orchestra, Eurovision winners from Ukraine, performing their first UK gig at Shangri-La's Truth Stage, during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset.

Why can’t Ukraine host Eurovision 2023? Who will represent Ukraine this year?

A broken window of a heavily damaged flat can be seen in the high-rise residential building hit by remains of a shot down Russian drone in Kyiv. Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine shoots down 35 drones over Kyiv as Russian attacks kill four

Swedish superstar Loreen is the bookmakers' favourite. Picture: PA

What are the odds for who wins at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool?

Australia's 2023 Eurovision Song Contest representatives Voyager during the Liverpool Opening Ceremony Turquoise Carpet. Photo: Getty Images

Why is Australia in Eurovision and what would happen if they won?

Liverpool Cathedral, where the English National opera will perform as part of the EuroFestival. Pic: Alamy/PA.

Celebrate Eurovision in host city Liverpool - Scotland on Sunday Travel

Tinder owner Match has become the latest global firm to exit Russia.

More than 20 global firms quit Russia in past month, report reveals

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands next to Dutch Senate president Jan Anthonie Bruijn and Dutch House of Representatives president Vera Bergkamp ahead of a meeting, in The Hague, as part of his first visit in Netherlands.

Attacks on Ukraine amid Kremlin 'assassination attempt' row

Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin in a drone attack

Russia accuses Ukraine of Kremlin drone strike

Tinder will cease operating in Russia

Dating app Tinder to stop operating in Russia following Ukraine war

Just Dance have announced a collaboration with Eurovision

Just Dance announce collaboration with Eurovision ahead of competition

Scotland has no shortage of luxurious places to stay.

These are the 10 most highly-rated luxury hotels in Scotland in 2022

The UK government is facing renewed criticism over taxation of oil and gas drillers as BP reports global profits of nearly £4bn for the first three months of this year, while households struggle to pay rocketing energy bills

‘Obscene’ profits spark call for ‘generational’ reform of oil and gas taxes

Is it finished or not….well, the answer is almost!

Peterhead's Drum is finished......welll, not quite!

Men carry the coffin of eight-year-old Uliana Troichuk, killed during the Russian attack on a residential building in the village of Apolyanka, outside Uman, Ukraine.

Russia's frontline defences 'most extensive' in world, MoD says

Scottish Conservative party leader Douglas Ross delivers a keynote speech on the first day of the Scottish Conservative party conference at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow

Ross says government will 'look at' opening route to UK for Sudanese refugees

Dr Steven Main at his Russian Military Studies Office. Picture: John Devlin

The Russian military studies expert studying Putin from his Bathgate archive

Rescuers work in the rubble of a damaged residential building in Uman, south of Kyiv, after Russian missile strikes targeted several Ukrainian cities overnight. - Ukraine and Russia have been fighting since Moscow's February 2022 invasion and Ukraine says it has been preparing for months a counter-offensive aimed at repelling Russian forces from the territory they currently hold in the east and south. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Child among 12 dead in first major Russian assault on Ukraine in weeks

Satellite imagery shows the once flourishing city turned into a wasteland, with landmark buildings reduced to rubble.

Google Earth reveals desolation in Mariupol after relentless bombing

Ukrainian artillery fire towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut in Donetsk (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine has just six months to win the war for the West – Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Man travels 2,000 miles from the UK to Ukraine via bike

Edinburgh International Festival director Nicola Benedetti hopes to promote greater understanding of different perspectives (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Edinburgh International Festival brings a message of hope with lessons for all

The Scotsman Top Stories

Kinloch Castle, the Grade A Listed Building on the Isle of Rum, which the Scottish Government has been unable to sell and lies in a state of slow decay. PIC: NatureScot.

Castle at the heart of island's future as millionaire speaks out on failed sale

Capital Theatres has released a flythrough digital animation giving an artist’s impression of the redevelopment of the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh

Succession star Brian Cox voices video flythrough of King's Theatre revamp

Charities say more affordable homes need to be built to help manage Scotland's housing crisis.

Over 300,000 people on social housing waiting lists in Scotland