Young Fridays for Future climate campaigners took to the streets worldwide Thursday to stand with the people of Ukraine. They called for a world that prioritizes peace and freedom from fossil fuels for all. It criticized people for ignoring wars in South Sudan, Iraq, Nigeria, and the many other southern regions affected by “imperialist and [&h...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution Wednesday supporting Ukraine and calling for a ceasefire amid Russia’s war. It cleared the House floor with a 426-3 vote. Republican Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Matt Rosendale of Montana cast the only opposing votes. The non-binding resolution also...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN issued a stark warning on Friday after Russian forces attacked Europe’s largest nuclear facility, and seized it from Ukrainian authorities. The attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant resulted in a fire erupting at a training complex at the site, which was extinguished by Ukrainian firefi...
KYIV (AA) – A senior Russian military officer has been killed in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv city, a Ukrainian official claimed on Friday. Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister, said on Facebook that Andrei Sukhovetskiy, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, has been ki...
BUDAPEST – Over 120,000 people fleeing Ukraine have taken shelter in Hungary since the onset of the Russian attack on Ukraine. Gergely Gulyas, the chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that the Hungary-Ukraine border gates are open and people are streaming in. Gulyas added that Budapest does not want to be […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Thousands of people have applied to the Ukrainian embassy in Washington D.C., expressing willingness to join the fight against Russia. A military official at the embassy said that they received more than 3,000 emails from those who wanted to go to Ukraine. The applicants included former military officials and civilians ...
KIEV (AA) – Ukraine has claimed that a total of 9,166 Russian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s attack. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff said that since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army has destroyed 33 Russian-owned aircraft, 37 helicopters, 251 tanks, 939 armored vehicles, 105 artillery systems and two lig...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Ukraine of not allowing foreign nationals to leave the country. The “course of the confrontation” shows that Russia fights against “neo-Nazis,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council in Moscow. Putin accused the Ukrainian authorities of taking fo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The war staged by Russia in Ukraine might force more than 10 million people to leave their homes, the UN warned Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, said “needs in Ukraine are growing and spreading by the hour,” citing his UN colleagues on the [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced Thursday that it is extending special immigration protections to Ukrainians as Russia continues its war against its eastern European neighbor. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said what is known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would be extended to Ukrainians for 18 months because of th...
