KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine on Saturday denied Russian claims that it refused to negotiate with Moscow to deescalate tensions, Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency reported. “This is not true, we are open to realistic proposals to deescalate the conflict,” an official at the Ukrainian presidency was quoted as saying. Kremlin spokesma...
EIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said Saturday there are no safe paths out of Ukraine for Lebanese nationals stranded in the country. “The Lebanese who are currently present there are advised to stay in safe places until things clear up,” he said following his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati. He […]...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to defend Ukraine “until the end” in an address to his nation. Zelenskyy called on Russian people to oppose the war and invited all who want to defend Ukraine to his country. He said they stood upright against Russia’s attacks and successfully repulsed them, and denied the reports...
Russia’s war against Ukraine “will last” and the world must prepare for the crisis with determination, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned as he accelerated military deployment in neighboring Eastern European countries to support Kiev. “War has returned to Europe,” Macron told businessmen and industrialists at an agriculture event in P...
Russia on Friday accused Washington of trying to lure Finland and Sweden into NATO. The admission of the two Scandinavian countries would have serious security consequences for Russia that would demand reciprocal steps, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a weekly press briefing in Moscow. Singling out the US, among other coun...
US President Joe Biden welcomed a decision Friday to activate land, sea and air elements of NATO’s Response Force for the first time in the collective defense history. “I strongly welcome the decision to activate NATO’s defensive plans and elements of the NATO Response Force to strengthen our collective posture, as well as the commitments [&he...
The British government closed its airspace to all Russian aircraft late Friday. The closure to all Russian jets follows a similar ban by Moscow against UK aircraft and is intended to increase pressure on the Russian government following its invasion of Ukraine. “Putin’s actions are unlawful and anyone benefitting from Russia’s aggression in Uk...
Ukraine shot down two Russian fighter jets, an IL-76 aircraft and a helicopter, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. The head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration, Serhiy Borzov, said on social media that Ukraine shot down a Russian SU-25 fighter jet near Kalynivka in the Vinnytsia region. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Force...
The US placed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials on Friday for Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine. The White House said earlier that Washington would join the EU to sanction the Russian leader and its top diplomat as well as members of the Russian national securit...
Russian attacks in Ukraine “could constitute war crimes,” Amnesty International said Friday. The London-based right watchdog said in a statement that it documented “three incidents that it believes to have killed at least six civilians and injured at least 12 more.” The group’s Crisis Evidence Lab analyzed digital evidence, including photos, v...
