On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden warned that Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine, repeating earlier allegations from the White House. The caution comes ahead of a series of summits in Europe on Russia’s war in Ukraine. The last time chemical weapons were used during a conflict was in Syria, when rebels sought to […]
BUDAPEST (AA) – Hungary on Wednesday summoned the Ukrainian envoy over “insulting” comments from Kyiv regarding Budapest’s stance on Russia. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that his country supports the Ukrainian territorial integrity and allows people who had to leave the country to enter Hungary. Stressing...
LONDON (AA) – The Ukrainian president addressed the Irish parliament on Wednesday and accused Russia of targeting his country’s agricultural sector and using hunger as a weapon. “Our new fuel storage depot was hit by Russia,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his address. “They are destroying things that are sustaining livelihoods to people – ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Reports and images of civilian deaths in Ukraine’s Bucha city are “very disturbing,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday. “The truth must be ascertained,” Zhao Lijian, a ministry spokesperson, said at a news briefing in Beijing. “Humanitarian issues should not be politicized and any accusations should be based ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Tuesday for a key meeting of NATO foreign ministers, saying that recent visual evidence made it clear the mass atrocities in Ukraine were not the “random act of a rogue unit.” “It’s a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. T...
ANKARA – Ukraine has said that some 18,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in the country as the war enters its 40th day. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said the Russian army lost 147 aircraft, 134 helicopters and 647 tanks. At least 1,844 Russian armored vehicles, 330 artillery systems, 107 rocket […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 161 children have been killed and 264 others injured since Russia launched its war on Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has claimed. The data is not yet complete, the office said in a statement, noting that work is underway to determine the casualties in several regions, […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan / ANKARA – Azerbaijani mine clearing experts have so far defused 55,000 landmines and explosive ordnance in regions liberated from the Armenian army in November 2020. Azerbaijan’s mine disposal teams continued to clear areas of landmines and live explosive devices in the Karabakh and neighboring regions. It is estimated ...
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has called for fresh sanctions against Moscow, holding the Russian army responsible for war crimes in Ukrainian city of Bucha. Macron described the pictures from Kyiv as “unbearable” and “extremely shocking,” saying that “there were very clear indicators of war crimes.” “What has just happen...
ISTANBUL – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into the killing of over 400 civilians in a Ukrainian city following the withdrawal of Russian troops there. “I am deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in Bucha, Ukraine,” Guterres said on Twitter. “It is essential that an independent investiga...
