BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday that Russia is bombing Ukrainian cities like it did in Syria and Chechnya. Speaking to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Borrell said the Russia-Ukraine war “will leave a mark on history.” He explained that the Russian leader...
MARIUPOL – AA: A children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has been destroyed by Russian air strikes, local officials announced on Wednesday. The Mariupol city council said the Russian forces dropped several bombs and shared a photo on Telegram of the site where one of the bombs was dropped. No casualties have been [&he...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin on Wednesday repeated its warning against Ukraine’s combat aviation using foreign airfields, saying it is an undesirable scenario. “There was already an explanation from the Defense Ministry about the possibility of using (by Ukraine) some other airfields for combat aviation. This is a very undesirab...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has asked Washington to release “relevant details as soon as possible” regarding alleged US biological laboratories in Ukraine. “According to the data released by the US itself, the US has 26 biological laboratories and other related facilities in Ukraine which has indeed attracted great attention,” Foreign Ministry...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the early renewal of the NATO mission Operation Reassurance in Latvia. At a press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins, Spain and Canada recommitted to sendi...
PARIS (AA) – France will launch a sponsorship program to enable French families to provide accommodation to fleeing Ukrainian refugees. Since Feb. 25, border police have allowed 5,000 people to enter France and many more are likely to follow, Premier Jean Castex said, while announcing the launch of the “I am committed to Ukraine” program...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon has turned down a proposal from Poland to transfer all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to a US airbase in Germany for backing Ukraine. “The prospect of fighter jets ‘at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America’ departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly […]
GENEVA- The WHO head in Europe has said that 16 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities have been confirmed since Russia attacked it. “To date, we have 16 confirmed reports of attacks on health facilities in Ukraine, and more are being verified,” Hans Kluge told a news conference. “WHO strongly condemns these attacks on health...
KYIV, Ukraine- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that Ukraine wants direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “Putin is the one who makes the final decisions. We have long wanted a direct conversation,” Dmytro Kuleba said. Noting that Zelenskyy is “not afraid” of ...
Russia has become the world’s most sanctioned country due to its war on Ukraine. The international community has imposed 2,778 new sanctions on Moscow in just under two weeks since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. The total number of sanctions increased to 5,532, according to the global sanctions monitoring database Castellum.ai. By comparison,...