ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine is preparing to take official steps to prove that Russia’s presence on the UN Security Council is “illegal” and to have it removed from the body, Kyiv has announced. “Ukraine is now preparing for official steps that will prove Russia’s illegal presence in the UN Security Council and l...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has accused the UN high commissioner for human rights of being “cynical and unprincipled” over his position on footage showing Russian prisoners of war being shot in Ukraine. Commissioner Volker Turk only reacted to the incident after Western media outlets “made some fuss,” Russian deputy Fore...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The delivery of a US-made Patriot air defense system to Ukraine will “significantly” bolster Kyiv’s ability to defend its skies amid relentless Russian attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Speaking at the White House alongside President Joe Biden, Zelenskyy said the system i...
MOSCOW (AA) – Moscow has no positive expectations from a trip to Washington by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, a Kremlin spokesman has said. Asked at a press briefing in Moscow whether Russia expects that Kyiv’s position will become more constructive after Zelenskyy’s visit to the US and will change towards peac...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree stating that free land plots in the suburbs of Moscow, Crimea and Sevastopol will be given to veteran soldiers who participated in the war in Ukraine and received outstanding merit awards. The decree on additional measures to support the army was published on the […]
BERN (AA) – Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has suspended the resettlement program to take in refugees in need of special protection. The reason given by the Justice Ministry was that asylum capacity had been exhausted, according to the online news site Nau.ch. According to the report, the resettlement program has been suspend...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 31 of the crew members of a warship went missing after a Royal Thai Navy corvette sank in the Gulf of Thailand. A massive rescue operation involving warships and helicopters was launched in search of the crew members of HTMS Sukhothai warship which sank off Prachuap Khiri Khan province, south […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday proposed holding a Global Peace Formula Summit this winter. The summit will “unite all nations of the world around the cause of global peace,” he said in a video message. “We offered a Peace Formula to the world. Absolutely fair. We offered it because there are […]...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Power outages continued in Ukraine’s capital Sunday after Russian missile attacks damaged energy infrastructure. Problems with water supply and heating which Kyiv suffered for two days following the latest wave of attacks have been largely resolved. Residents of Kyiv, where temperatures were below freezing throughout...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has agreed on a ninth round of sanctions against Russia in yet another effort to force it to stop its war against Ukraine. The new sanctions, decided on Thursday, include blacklisting around 200 individuals and entities and three banks and restrictions on mining investments in Russia. Exports of dual-us...
