Tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators took to the streets in cities globally over the weekend voicing protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In Germany, a sea of people carrying yellow and blue signs reading “Stop Putin” and “Stop the War” gathered Sunday at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Police estimated a turnout of between ...
The United Nations on Monday said that the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine has climbed to more than 2.8 million. It has become Europe’s fastest growing refugee crisis since World War Two. European Union officials say the number of refugees is likely to reach 5 million. Over one million Ukrainian refugees are in Poland, which […...
An American journalist was shot dead and another wounded Sunday in Irpin, a frontline suburb of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. The reporter was identified as 50-year-old video documentary shooter Brent Renaud (BRENT RENO) of New York. TIME magazine released a statement Sunday saying Renaud was in the region working on a TIME Studios project on the [...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday offered to help fighters from the Middle East, “who want to support” the rebel regions of Donbas to come to Ukraine. Putin explained his decision at a meeting of the Russian Security Council in Moscow. He added, Ukraine’s Western sponsors and its government “do not hide hiring mercenaries, they [&hel...
A mosque in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol (MARY OOPAL) remains intact amid clashes in and around the city, the head of the mosque association said Saturday. Ismail Hacioglu, (HAJI OGHLU) who heads the association of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Mosque, said the Russian army has surrounded the city and has been shooting at the city […]
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine said Sunday that the Russian army has suffered substantial material losses since launching the war on Feb. 24. “The total combat losses of the enemy from Feb. 24 to March 13 are approximately as follows: more than 12,000 soldiers, 374 tanks and 1,226 armored combat vehicles,” the General Staff of the […...
GENEVA (AA) – A “worst-case scenario” awaits hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol facing starvation or death unless a concrete humanitarian agreement is reached urgently, the Red Cross said on Sunday. “Hundreds of thousands of the city’s residents are now facing extreme or total ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss discussed the imposition of sanctions on Russia on Monday. “Call with @trussliz on next steps to apply more sanctions on Russia,” Kuleba said on Twitter. “Pressure must increase until Russia ceases its meaningless aggre...
LONDON (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “barbaric actions” are “testing not just Ukraine but all of humanity,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday. His remarks came during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to a government statement. Johnson and Zelenskyy “condemned the murders o...
LONDON (AA) – The UK is launching a fresh scheme to allow more people fleeing Ukraine into the country, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said on Sunday. Speaking to BBC on Sunday morning, Gove said more than 3,000 visas had been issued so far under the existing family scheme in which Ukrainians with family members […]
