OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain is in the process of evacuating its ambassador to Ukraine and the remaining Spanish citizens in the country, the Spanish foreign minister said on Friday. As Russian forces advanced to Kyiv, around 100 Spanish citizens, including embassy staff, are being escorted out by authorities, Jose Manuel Albares said, adding an...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s nuclear agency on Friday reported a rise in radiation levels from the site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine said in a statement that increasing radiation levels were recorded at “a significant number of observation points”. The authority also said it is “curren...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia will return to negotiations with Ukraine as soon as the Ukrainian armed forces surrender and lay down their weapons, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, day two of Russia’s military intervention in its smaller western neighbor. Russia’s goal is to free Ukraine of “external management̶...
On the second day of the Russian intervention in Ukraine, gunfire was heard in the government quarter of the capital Kyiv, the Ukrainian army reported. Russian ‘sabotage teams’ were seen some 7.5 kilometers from the center of Kyiv, the army added, but were ‘eliminated’ in Obolon, a northern residential district of the c...
Vehicles of civilians who are fleeing Russian aggression in Ukraine formed long queues at a border to cross Poland on February 25. Russian soldiers have seized several Ukrainian army vehicles and are heading towards the center of the capital Kyiv. On social media, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said Russian soldiers had seized two Ukraini...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree early Friday on a general mobilization of the population as Russian attacks continued. The general mobilization was announced “in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and in order to ensure the defense of the state, maintaining combat and mobil...
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone late Thursday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, according to presidential sources. “Putin gave an exhaustive explanation of the reasons and circumstances for the decision to conduct a special military operation,” the Russian Presidency said in a statement. It was a serious and frank ex...
President Joe Biden has no intention of sending US troops to fight in Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Thursday. “That has not changed,” Psaki said at a press conference. She said Washington will respond to Russia with strong economic measures due to its military intervention in Ukraine. Asked about the possibility o...
Ukraine’s president said Friday that “enemy sabotage groups” have entered the capital Kyiv and called on the public to be careful and follow curfew rules. In a video message on Facebook, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian army has managed to protect almost the entire territory, Ukraine’s official Ukrinform news agency reported. Zelen...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed “grave concern” Thursday over the situation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant amid Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. The IAEA’s statement came after Ukraine announced that Kyiv had lost control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the country’s north after a fierce battle w...
