LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced a new package of trade sanctions worth £1.7 billion ($2.09 billion) targeting Russia and Belarus. A statement from the British government said the move was “designed to further weaken (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s war machine,” bringing the total value of products under sanctions since Russia’s “illega...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Canada’s prime minister made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday, where he accused Russia’s president of being behind “heinous war crimes.” “It is clear that Vladimir Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes. There must be accountability,” Justin Trudeau told a press conference alongside Ukrainian President Vol...
ANKARA (AA): In its latest military aid package to Ukraine, the US has announced weapons and equipment worth $150 million. President Joe Biden signed the new weapons package for Ukraine as the Russian war continues, saying it will include additional artillery munitions, counter-artillery radars and other equipment. “We are sending the we...
GENEVA (AA): Ukraine is facing “a child protection crisis of extraordinary proportions” which may not have been seen before, a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official has said. “Hundreds of children have been killed, and many more injured. Nearly 200 attacks have been reported against health care facilities, and schools co...
MOSCOW (AA): Russia has no intentions to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman has said. Asked about the allegations by the Western media about a possibility of using nuclear weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war, Alexey Zaytsev recalled that such speculations come from the West. He added that these ...
BERLIN (AA): Germany will continue its military support to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. Speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Scholz said the two countries will expand their defense cooperation, and supply Soviet-made heavy weapons to Ukraine. ...
WASHINGTON (AA): A third evacuation from the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Mariupol is underway, UN-Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday. Guterres told the Security Council that two prior safe passage agreements resulted in “a measure of success” with 480 civilians being able to escape the strategic port city th...
ISTANBUL (AA): As many as 324 Ukrainians have been rescued in nine prisoner exchanges with Russian forces since the start of the war in February, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Thursday. “All this has been achieved as a result of systematic and complex work of the Joint Center for Search and Release of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA): Ukraine needs “a strategic international support plan” similar to the historic Marshall Plan for rebuilding the country when the war ends, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday. Speaking via video link at an international donors’ conference hosted by Poland and Sweden in Warsaw to raise funds for Ukraine, Zelenskyy no...
MOSCOW (AA): The Russian president and the Israeli prime minister during a phone call discussed the situation in Ukraine and the May 9 celebrations in their countries that mark the end of World War II. Vladimir Putin and Naftali Bennett spoke in favor of further development of bilateral ties and maintaining contacts, the Kremlin said […...
