President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared that the liberation of Crimea is necessary for the end of the Ukrainian conflict. The president of Ukraine was speaking after several bombings targeted a nearby Russian airbase, resulting in one fatality. While avoiding mentioning the explosions from Tuesday, Mr Zelensky stated that “Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never … Read more
In its first verdict over Kosovo’s 1990s independence war from Serbia, a war crimes court in The Hague sentenced two Kosovo former separatist fighters to four and a half years in prison on Wednesday for intimidating witnesses. After receiving classified files from the court, Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj, the head and deputy head of … Read more
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed Russia’s “liberation” of Mariupol after Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told him Moscow managed the Ukrainian port city other than the giant Azovstal steel plant. Taking full management of Mariupol at the Azov Sea could be a chief strategic victory for Russia, assisting it to attach annexed Crimea to the … Read more
VELIKA KLADUSA: Huddled around cooking fires as winter looms in Bosnia, refugees are risking beatings and humiliation from Croatian police in the desperate hope of a new life in the European Union. Largely from Afghanistan, many of them have endured months or years of flight from war and poverty, only to be met by Croatian … Read more
