Ukraine has taken Russia to the International Court of Justice over its invasion. Ukraine’s ambassador warned the world that if his country is crushed, international peace is in peril. He was addressing the United Nations, General Assembly in a rare emergency session to discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine today. The meeting gives all 193...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova threatened “military and political consequences” against Finland and Sweden if they attempted to become NATO members. Finland has a 830-mile land border with Russia, which is the longest border shared by any EU member state and Russia. On Sunday, Sweden announced it would break its doctrine...
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Europe on Sunday denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They were dressed in the blue and yellow of Ukraine’s flag and carried posters reading “No World War 3” and “Russians go home.” Demonstrators chanted “shame” against Russian President Vladimir Putin while others waved ban...
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has claimed that nearly 5,300 Russian troops have been killed since the start of Russia’s large-scale military intervention in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar shared information about the estimated losses of the Russian army from February 24 to 28. Maliar claimed that the Ukrai...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that Ukraine deserves to be an EU member. He has called on the EU for Ukraine’s “immediate accession” to the bloc. “We call on the European Union for the immediate accession of Ukraine under a new special procedure,” Zelenskyy said during his address to the nati...
Russian forces have taken control of all administrative buildings in Ukraine’s city of Berdyansk, its mayor said Sunday. Oleksandr Svidlo said in a video message on social media that they had seen Russian soldiers and heavy military equipment entering the city hours ago and they began advancing throughout the city. “They informed us that...
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed its armed forced suffered casualties after its intervention in Ukraine, but did not specify a number. At a daily briefing in Moscow, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said “Russian servicemen showed courage and heroism while performing combat duties” but admitted that there were dead and wou...
The European Union will close its airspace to Russian planes, fund weapons supplies to Ukraine and ban pro-Kremlin media outlets, the bloc’s top official announced on Sunday. “We are shutting down EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian-registered or Russian-controlled aircraft,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a news...
The British government on Sunday announced an increase in aid to the government and people of Ukraine as they battled a Russian invasion for the fourth consecutive day. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a further increase of over $50 million in aid to Kyiv which will see the provision of much needed medical supplies and […]
Ukraine has taken Russia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the country’s president said Sunday. “Ukraine has submitted its application against Russia to the ICJ. Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter. “We request an urgent decision ordering...
