Russian airstrikes have destroyed a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, local officials said Wednesday. The Mariupol city council said the Russian airforce dropped several bombs. People and children were under the wreckage of the Mariupol maternity hospital. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on Telegram calling the strik...
ISTANBUL – Japan has lodged a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russia for “war crimes” perpetrated in Ukraine. A Foreign Ministry statement said that “the situation in Ukraine” was referred by Tokyo to the ICC in The Hague on March 9. “The military actions by Russia in Ukraine this time are...
ANKARA (AA) – British PM and Ukraine’s President have expressed their determination to further tighten sanctions against Russia. Boris Johnson outlined the work the UK is doing to provide the military equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself and Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked him for “the UK’s ongoing military support, alongside tough...
LONDON (AA) – The British army has confirmed that a number of its active soldiers have gone to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces. An unnamed spokesperson was quoted by Sky News as saying that they were “aware of a small number of individual soldiers who have disobeyed orders and gone absent without leave and […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – While denying possessing chemical or biological weapons “anywhere”, the US has warned Russia could use such weapons in Ukraine. In a series of tweets, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Russia falsely claimed that the US has biological weapons labs and chemical weapons development facilities in Ukraine, ...
GENEVA (AA) – The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday she is “horrified” by an attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. “We do not yet know the number of casualties but fear the worst,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “This attack, if confirmed, underscores...
MOSCOW- The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has claimed that documents suggest “components of bioweapons were being developed in Ukraine.” Speaking at a weekly briefing in Moscow, Maria Zakharova said the Russian armed forces received evidence of the development of biological weapon components by Ukraine under US guidance. She...
ANKARA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to send another shipment of “highly-specialized” military equipment to Ukraine. Following his phone talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trudeau said on Twitter: “I let him know that Canada will send Ukraine another shipment of highly-specialized military equ...
More than 2 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion less than two weeks ago, the United Nations refugee agency or UNHCR said. Poland alone has received nearly half of those Ukrainians seeking refuge. Tuesday’s figures show 1.2 million people have crossed into the country in the past 13 days. Hungary [&hel...
Poland on Tuesday said it is ready to hand over all of its MIG-29 jets to the U.S., as part of efforts to provide Ukraine with fighter aircraft to defend against Russian attacks. Poland called on other NATO allies that have MIG-29 jets to follow its example. The British government said it will back up […]
