BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The four NATO member countries in the Western Balkans expressed support for Ukraine and condemned Russia on Monday after a meeting in Bulgaria’s capital. The premiers of Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia attended NATO’s Multilateral Business Union meeting organized by Prime Minister Ki...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has refused to walk back his comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The US president made the remarks while on a four-day tour of Europe as Ukraine continues to defend against Russia’s assault. Biden’s comments drew criticism from some who said...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China said Monday that the West has applied “double standards” by catering to the human rights of people fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war but by ignoring those of refugees from countries in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. “I want to stress that the international community should not adopt a double standard [&hell...
KYIV – Ukraine’s northern Irpin city has been liberated from Russian troops, Mayor Alexander Markushin has said in a video message. “We have good news today, the city of Irpin has been liberated,” he noted, saying there is a “cleaning operation” going on in the city. The people are still not allowed to retur...
WASHINGTON – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Ukraine and Russia to immediately agree to a humanitarian cease-fire to allow for the parties to negotiate an end to the month-long conflict. Guterres said he is tasking Martin Griffiths, his humanitarian affairs coordinator, to work with Kyiv and Moscow on laying the groun...
WARSAW – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has strongly criticized Hungary’s policy on the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine. Duda said that Hungary’s high dependence on Russian energy supplies has made Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban cautious. However, he added, it is hard to understand Hungary’s policies given the deaths of hundreds a...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday called Russia’s war on Ukraine a “strategic failure” for Moscow. Biden spoke during a two-day visit to the Polish capital of Warsaw, Ukraine’s largest neighbor directly to the West. After calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher” earlier Saturday, Biden predicted Russia’s latest war will end in i...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia used high-precision weapons to hit a fuel depot near Lviv, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing in Moscow. It destroyed an airfield and a repair plant in Lviv and a missile depot near the capital Kyiv over the past day. “In total, since the beginning of the special […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The next meeting of Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams will be held in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul, the Turkish and Russian presidents agreed on Sunday. In a phone call, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and the negotiations, said a sta...
GENEVA (AA) – The number of civilians killed in Ukraine since Russia’s war on it began has climbed to 1,119, but is likely much higher, the UN said Sunday, as those fleeing the war have swelled to over 3.8 million. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that from Feb. […]
