eastward

Moscow is demanding that what it calls the "root causes" of the Ukraine war be addressed: an all-encompassing phrase with which Russia broaden its demands to include a halt to Nato enlargement eastwards.

The city now stretches as far eastwards as far as Bingerville, which was the first capital of the French colony in the early decades of the last century.

And towering plumes of smoke and acrid odors drifted eastward with the onshore winds.

While the fire initially burned eastward, firefighters soon reported that it was spreading “everywhere all at once” with wind gusts between 70-90 MPH.

In response to Russia's incursions into Poland and Romania, Nato has pledged to move troops and fighter jets eastwards.