MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Defense Ministry accused the West on Thursday of sending mercenaries to Ukraine to support the Ukrainian armed forces. At a daily briefing in Moscow, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the employees of private military companies raid Russia’s military convoy, attack aviation, using US Javelin and UK ...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has expressed serious concern over reports of attacks on medical facilities and health workers in Ukraine. “WHO is deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian emergency in Ukraine,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a webinar. He said the agency has received several reports of ...
BRUSSELS – EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has said that the EU must prepare to host millions of Ukrainian refugees as the war in Ukraine continues. “It is a dangerous situation with the developments in Ukraine, we have to prepare for millions of refugees to come to the European Union,” Johansson said. She […]
ANKARA (AA) – Greece’s discriminatory policy towards its Muslim Turkish minority violates its obligations under European Union law, a European political party said Wednesday. In a letter to the European Commission, the president of the European Free Alliance (EFA), Lorena Lopez de Lacalle, asked about the steps they would take to ensure ...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The White House requested $10 billion in US aid Thursday to help Ukraine with humanitarian efforts in the wake of the attack by Russia. “This funding request is based on the Administration’s best information on resource requirements at this time,” White House Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda ...
MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has said that his country will pursue the goals of its military operation even after a peace agreement with Ukraine. Speaking on television in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov said that the military infrastructure of Ukraine that is a constant threat to Russia must be destroyed. “Demilitarization ̵...
Georgia is going to officially apply for EU membership, the country’s top officials have announced. The announcement was made on Twitter by Shalva Papuashvili, head of the Georgian Parliament, and Nikoloz Samkharadze, chair of the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee. Georgia’s aim to join the European bloc comes in parallel with Ukr...
MOSCOW (AA) – The goal of Moscow’s special military operation is to demilitarize Ukraine, Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Once Ukraine has been demilitarized, the Ukrainians “must decide themselves how they will live,” Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV channel. All people living in Ukraine must have a say ...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president said early Thursday that nearly 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the war on the country began a week ago. “About 9,000 Russians were killed in a week. In the direction of Mykolaiv, they had to take 200, 300 (Russian soldiers) 19-20 years old with dozens of helicopters,” Volodymyr […]...
GENEVA (A) – One million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched attacked the country, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said early Thursday. “In just seven days, we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” said Filippo Grandi on Twitter. “For many millions more inside Ukraine, ...
