UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has requested a four-day humanitarian pause in Ukraine’s war beginning on Holy Thursday and lasting until Easter Sunday, April 24, to allow for humanitarian corridors, warning that the destruction and human loss thus far “could pale in comparison to the horror that lies ahead.” “Ukrainians and Russians will celebrate Easter in … Read more
As violence raged in the Donbas region, Russia’s defense ministry claimed Tuesday that it had launched dozens of air strikes across eastern Ukraine overnight. Russia’s top diplomat acknowledged that “new chapter” of the conflict had begun. “High-precision air-based missiles” targeted 13 Ukrainian locations in regions of the Donbas, according to Russia’s defense ministry, while additional … Read more
Denmark unveiled a plan on Tuesday to reduce its reliance on Russian gas by increasing renewable energy, biogas, and domestic gas production in order to become “free” of President Vladimir Putin. While the European Union has so far refused to impose a ban on Russian oil and gas as a result of the Ukraine … Read more
The tourist industry in Greece is hopeful that the situation in Ukraine will not derail its recovery, with hundreds of thousands of people cancelling trips as the country eliminates Covid restrictions in an effort to resurrect the important sector. The conflict in Ukraine erupted just as Greece’s tourism industry was reviving, with officials predicting a … Read more
Manuela Schwesig, the German regional premier, was under fire on Tuesday for her support for the Nord Stream 2 gas project, which has now been suspended. Critics have accused Schwesig of being a Russian “stooge” because she has been a vocal proponent of the pipeline for years, emphasizing the employment and investment it would … Read more
Russian forces opened a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian troops who agreed to lay down their arms and evacuate the besieged city of Mariupol on Tuesday, according to Moscow. The vital Sea of Azov port city has seen some of the most intense fighting in Russia’s military assault. “The Russian armed forces opened a humanitarian … Read more
From a muddied hideout on the edge of Kharkiv a Ukrainian officer peers on the horizon, tracing the Russian lines together with his outstretched finger. On the left, the land is in Ukrainian hands, he says. To the proper, the Russians are dug in, hammering Ukraine’s second metropolis with consistent bombardment. He stands at “point … Read more
On Sunday, a Russian ultimatum to the last standing Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol expired, putting Moscow on the verge of a decisive strategic triumph in the southeastern port city. Despite Moscow turning its military attention to capturing control of the eastern Donbas region and building a land corridor to already-annexed Crimea, continued Russian air … Read more
On Sunday, the Russian-Ukraine war entered its 54th day, with neither side exhibiting any signs of de-escalation. Russian forces are claimed to be reorganizing in eastern Ukraine in preparation for a decisive fight, while Ukraine has admitted for the first time that it has lost 3,000 soldiers in the seven-week conflict with Russia. According to … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has invited his French counterpart to visit Ukraine to look for himself proof that Russian forces have dedicated “genocide,” a time period President Emmanuel Macron has prevented. “I talked to him yesterday,” Zelensky told CNN in an interview recorded on Friday but broadcast on Sunday. “I just told him … Read more
Shuffling down the corridor of a refugee centre in Ukraine with his grey tracksuit sleeve rolled to his shoulder, 71-year-old Vladimir Loginov famous for the stays of a severed limb says he can nevertheless experience. “It was on the 21st of March, I went out to smoke. Then a shell hit. I misplaced my arm,” … Read more
Libya’s National Oil Corporation declared “force majeure” on Sunday, shutting down production at a major oil field in the country’s south. “On Saturday… the Al-Fil field was subjected to arbitrary closure attempts, due to the entry of a group of individuals and the prevention of the field’s workers from continuing production,” the NOC said on … Read more
The conflict in Ukraine overshadowed Friday’s “Way of the Cross” prayer session in Rome’s Colosseum, which drew tens of thousands of devout. Due to the Covid epidemic, the annual Good Friday ceremony at the Roman monument was postponed until this year. It was the first time the event has been staged there since then. He … Read more
According to reports, British SAS forces have been teaching Ukrainian troops in Kyiv on how to operate NLAW anti-tank missile launchers. This is the first time British personnel have trained Ukrainian equivalents since Vladimir Putin invaded on February 24. On two instances in the previous fortnight, two officers from separate battalions said British Special Forces … Read more
The Russian war on Ukraine has departed a chain reaction in the world economy with increases in energy and food rates that will make worse poverty and hunger and increase debt concerns, World Bank President David Malpass said Tuesday. Faced with these “overlapping crises,” the leader of the development lender urged advanced nations to keep markets … Read more
As the Russian taking over of Ukraine continues with no end in vision, how are Americans’ European evacuation plans being affected? It depends on whom you ask, but overall the answer seems to be somewhere between “not at all” and “slightly.” Travel app Hopper distinguished a drop in flight looking for the Continent as early … Read more
It all began with a Russian artillery round that sent the house crashing down around them. “We were buried in the basement under rubble. Aleksey told Sky News, “My son, my wife, and my mother.” “I broke through a brick wall with a crowbar.” It was a miracle we were able to escape.” When Russian … Read more
Roughly 4.14 million people have fled from Ukraine since Russia began the full scale invasion of the country, Ukrainians are running away for their lives in neighboring countries and every day the numbers are rising. The majority of people are children and women which make up to 90% of those who have left Ukraine. While … Read more
Concerns about human rights violations by Mali’s military in its fight against jihadists have prompted the UN Secretary-General to call on the West African country’s “bilateral partners” to follow their international duties. In a confidential report acquired by AFP on Thursday, Antonio Guterres warned the UN Security Council that Mali’s counter-terrorism measures had “disastrous effects … Read more
Russia has been accused of deploying lethal phosphorous bombs in Ukraine, raising worries that Vladimir Putin may resort to chemical weapons. Footage shows what seems to be white phosphorus blazing ferociously on the ground in Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s eastern metropolis, while additional shots show it lighting in the sky over Kyiv. White phosphorous causes damage and … Read more
A man who has known Vladimir Putin for 30 years and taught him body language believes his bizarre behaviour in Ukraine demonstrates how much his mind has degraded in only a few months. Allan Pease, a world-renowned body language specialist and popular author from Australia, first encountered Putin, then 39, in his native city of … Read more
Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” as he announced a new £600 million aid package for Ukraine, which includes armed drones. After Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, made a desperate plea to the US Congress for assistance in fighting Russia’s invading troops, Trump delivered a stinging rebuke. “We’re going to provide Ukraine … Read more
Heroic Olga Semidyanova, who was armed, was tragically wounded while fighting Russian soldiers after the majority of her battalion had been dead. Olga, who was killed during battle on March 3, was remembered on social media by sympathetic Ukrainians. Olga had adopted swarix orphans from her local orphanage in addition to her own six children. … Read more
According to Ukrainian officials, a FOURTH Russian general has been slain. Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, and seven members of an elite SWAT unit were killed in the assault of Mariupol, dealing a further blow to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko shared a photo of the deceased distinguished military … Read more
Ukrainian police in the city of Mykolaiv received an unexpected present in the form of a BMW 6 series, complete with Ukrainian flags and a machine gun turret. The sports vehicle was left outside the city’s police station, which has seen half of its inhabitants flee in less than a week due to Russian airstrikes. … Read more
Fears that Russia would initiate a nuclear war have prompted panic-buying of radiation-blocking potassium iodide in the United States and Europe, with the difficult-to-find tablets selling for more than ten times the average price on sites like eBay. After being inundated with demand, the major distributors of the tablets, which can reverse the effects of … Read more
Following heavy shelling in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, corpses are placed in body bags and dumped in mass graves, according to HARROWING images. Workers can be seen digging a 25m trench in one of the besieged port city’s old cemeteries, making the sign of the cross as they push the dead bodies into the … Read more
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the United States has initiated an economic war on Moscow, citing an avalanche of sanctions against the country in response to its military foray into pro-Western Ukraine. Read More: Fake propaganda? “The United States has declared economic war on Russia, and it is de facto conducting this … Read more
