WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon has turned down a proposal from Poland to transfer all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to a US airbase in Germany for backing Ukraine. “The prospect of fighter jets ‘at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America’ departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly […]
Organizations working with refugees have slammed French authorities for treating non-European refugees differently. At a time when Ukraine has re-focused attention on refugees, it’s important to remember…that people from many different countries are also here fleeing the most terrible conflicts and the fear of persecution. We should be welcomi...
KYIV, Ukraine- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that Ukraine wants direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “Putin is the one who makes the final decisions. We have long wanted a direct conversation,” Dmytro Kuleba said. Noting that Zelenskyy is “not afraid” of ...
WASHINGTON- Russia has become the world’s ‘most sanctioned country’ due to its war on Ukraine, according to recent data. Moscow has been subjected to 2,778 new sanctions in just under two weeks since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine, bringing the total to 5,532, according to the global sanctions mo...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU is preparing to consider the membership applications of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, EU term president France said Tuesday. In recent years both Georgia and Ukraine have had Russian-backed separatists on their territory, with Russian troops crossing into Georgia in 2008 and into Ukraine in 2014 and now, during th...
WASHINGTON- US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of 500 more troops to Europe to bolster NATO’s capabilities against Russia. The measure has been taken in order to “augment” forces that have already been deployed to Europe. “These additional forces are going to be positioned to respond to the ...
ISTANBUL – Poland has not sent any fighter aircraft to Ukraine to support its defense against Russia, said Maciej Wasik, a deputy interior minister. “A decision on this type of aid should be taken at the NATO level, and it should be uniform for all NATO countries. It should not be the case that one […]
ANKARA – The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country’s resistance against Russia will “decide the future of Europe.” Zelenskyy mentioned that he was having meaningful communication with Western leaders. He has also called on Western nations to impose new sanctions and to boycott Russian oil and...
MOSCOW – The Russian government has issued a list of countries “taking unfriendly actions”, referring to the sanctions imposed on it. The list includes Albania, Andorra, Australia, Great Britain and includes Jersey, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, EU member states, Iceland, Canada, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Mona...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine “will not forgive” Russia’s attacks against innocent people, the country’s president said late Sunday. “Today is Forgiveness Sunday…But we will not forgive the executions of unarmed people. The destruction of our infrastructure…Hundreds and hundreds of victims. Thousands and thousands of suffering. And God will not forgiv...
