Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, has urged Josep Borrell, the EU’s top diplomat, that a Russian oil embargo must be included in the bloc’s next wave of penalties. Kuleba tweeted, “the next round of EU sanctions on Russia which must include an oil embargo.” He says, “As long as the West continues buying Russian gas … Read more
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will take members of his authorities coalition to Ukraine this week amid an ongoing row over balloting on military resources for Kyiv that has shaken his cupboard. A coalition council late Tuesday confirmed that Petkov and representatives of three of the four events within the ruling coalition — all besides … Read more
Irish foreign and defense minister Simon Coveney is to travel to Kyiv on Thursday, said spokesperson, He will have a meeting with two of his Ukrainian counterparts. Coveney’s visit is the first by a foreign minister from a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to Kyiv since Russia’s attack started. His talks with Foreign … Read more
KYIV: Russian forces stepped up the pressure on Kyiv on Saturday and pummelled civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities, including hospitals in Mykolaiv and a mosque in Mariupol, the port city already devastated by two weeks of siege. Russian strikes destroyed the airport in the town of Vasylkiv on Saturday morning, about 40 kilometres (25 … Read more
KYIV: A mosque in the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where 80 civilians were taking shelter, has been shelled by Russian forces, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. “The mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxolana (Hurrem Sultan) in Mariupol was shelled by Russian invaders. More than 80 adults and children are hiding … Read more
A video of a Russian missile striking an administrative building in Kharkiv was uploaded on Twitter by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Russia has started targeting residential and administrative buildings in Ukraine’s two main cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, and the situation appears to be worsening. In particular, Russia’s assault on Ukraine is now on its … Read more
