SHEGYNI (AFP) – Jean-Jacques Kabeya is enraged because, like other international students in Ukraine from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, he claims that border guards have prevented him from leaving the country. In interviews with AFP, he and numerous other foreigners said that both border guards and ordinary UkrainiansContinue Reading
Kharkiv(AFP): As Moscow’s military blasted the country’s second city and Western nations prepared to ratchet up sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out the criteria for ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Monday. Putin’s ultimatum came as Moscow and Kyiv had their first discussions since the conflict erupted last Thursday,Continue Reading
According to Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom organisation, Russia’s Antonov-225 freight aircraft, the world’s largest airliner, was destroyed by Russian attacks near Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion. “Russian invaders destroyed the AN-225, Ukraine’s hallmark aircraft,” the group said in a statement, referring to the Antonov airbase in Gostomel, nearContinue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he is ready for talks with Russia, but that he rejects Moscow’s proposal to hold them in Belarus, which he believes is a staging ground for invading forces. “Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, and Baku are all places worthContinue Reading
BERLIN (Reuters) – According to a German government official, Germany and its Western allies have agreed to remove Russia from the SWIFT global payment system. This is the third round of sanctions aimed at preventing Russia from invading Ukraine. The sanctions, imposed by the US, France, Canada, Italy, the UK,Continue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukrainian soldiers repelled a Russian assault on Kyiv, but “sabotage elements” penetrated the capital, officials claimed Saturday, as Ukraine recorded 198 civilian fatalities, including children, as a result of Russia’s invasion. Even as Russia claimed to have fired cruise missiles at military sites, Ukraine’s resolute PresidentContinue Reading
In an unusual geopolitical intervention for senior members of the British royal family, Prince William and his wife Kate delivered a personal letter of solidarity to “all of Ukraine’s people” on Saturday. In a tweet signed off with their initials, the pair expressed their support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Continue Reading
KHARKIV: The Pakistani embassy has successfully evacuated 35 trapped Pakistani students from the war-torn Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to Poland. The Pakistan embassy in Ukraine has stepped up attempts to rescue trapped citizens in the war-torn country. Following their efforts, 35 Pakistani students were able to go to Poland byContinue Reading
BRUSSELS: The EU sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the EU’s foreign policy leader, Josep Borrell. The action was agreed upon during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels to formally adopt a wideContinue Reading
BRUSSELS – French President Emmanuel Macron contacted Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday to “demand an urgent halt” to Moscow’s incursion in Ukraine, according to the Elysee Palace. “After speaking with the Ukrainian president and working with him, the president (Macron) contacted Vladimir Putin to urge an immediate halt toContinue Reading
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