ISTANBUL- Intel has announced the suspension of its business operations in Russia joining a growing number of Western firms to exit the country over its war on Ukraine. In a statement, the US chipmaker said it already halted its sales and deliveries in Russia and Belarus in early March. “Intel continues to join the global […]
WARSAW – Citing the “massacre” in Bucha, near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Poland’s premier has strongly criticized the European Commission for failing to do more to prevent Russian attacks on Ukraine. “Was it really necessary to wait for the massacre in Bucha? Was it necessary to wait for the images of innocents murdered, revealing Russian b...
MOSCOW – Russian forces hit five large fuel depots in Ukraine with high-precision weapons last night, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. These were crucial supply facilities for the Ukrainian military in the cities of Kharkiv and Mykolaiv and the Donbas region, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a daily briefing in Moscow. Russian...
BERLIN (AA) – German police conducted coordinated raids against neo-Nazi groups in multiple cities early on Wednesday. Hundreds of police officers searched dozens of buildings in 11 federal states, targeting suspected members of neo-Nazi groups Combat 18, Atomwaffen Division, Knockout 51 and Sonderkommando 1418, public broadcaster ARD reported...
BUDAPEST (AA) – Hungary on Wednesday summoned the Ukrainian envoy over “insulting” comments from Kyiv regarding Budapest’s stance on Russia. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that his country supports the Ukrainian territorial integrity and allows people who had to leave the country to enter Hungary. Stressing...
LONDON (AA) – The Ukrainian president addressed the Irish parliament on Wednesday and accused Russia of targeting his country’s agricultural sector and using hunger as a weapon. “Our new fuel storage depot was hit by Russia,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his address. “They are destroying things that are sustaining livelihoods to people – ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Reports and images of civilian deaths in Ukraine’s Bucha city are “very disturbing,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday. “The truth must be ascertained,” Zhao Lijian, a ministry spokesperson, said at a news briefing in Beijing. “Humanitarian issues should not be politicized and any accusations should be based ...
JERUSALEM – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned a Ukrainian prisoner to take part in his country’s war against Russia. Herzog responded to the prisoner’s wish to fight for Ukraine “after the Ministry of Justice supported his release in the light of the extraordinary humanitarian justification.” The broadcaster said the Ukra...
VIENNA / ANKARA – The European Commission head will visit Kyiv this week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During her visit to the war-torn country, Ursula von der Leyen will be accompanied by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. The EU chief will meet with Zelenskyy “prior to the pledging event #StandUpForUkraine o...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The 1992 Bosnian War, which started with Serbian troops’ siege of Sarajevo and left over 100,000 people killed, has still its traces alive though decades have passed. Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia following the referendum on March 1, 1992. Shortly after the Balkan country beca...
