GENEVA (A) – One million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched attacked the country, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said early Thursday. “In just seven days, we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” said Filippo Grandi on Twitter. “For many millions more inside Ukraine, ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has said that 498 of its soldiers have been killed and 1,597 others wounded since its forces entered Ukraine. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that more than 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers and “nationalists” have also been killed. Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began on February 24, ha...
PARIS (AA) – Soldiers from the French army’s foreign legion have been detained in Paris for attempting to join the Ukraine war to fight Russian forces. Fourteen legionnaires of Ukrainian origin were arrested March 1 on board a bus leaving for Poland. According to military sources, some of the passengers were suspected to have mater...
ANKARA (AA) – Cooperation with regard to arms control and disarmament has become more crucial as Europe faces its worst crisis since the Cold War. Turkiye’s deputy foreign minister Sedat Onal said this while speaking on the second day of the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD) meeting. Sedat Onal reiterated Turkiye’s ...
ANKARA (AA) – Several Africans attempting to flee Ukraine have claimed they experienced racist treatment at the border because of their race. Eswatini student Vkile Dlamini, who crossed to Romania from Ukraine, said that she undertook the most difficult journey of her life. “We were exposed to a lot of racism. Police pointed guns a...
ANKARA (AA) – More than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russia’s attack, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. According to data on the UNHCR website, Poland has welcomed 453,982 people from Ukraine. Hungary and Moldova have accepted 116,348 and 79,315 refugees, respectively. Slovakia and ...
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine. Bombing innocent civilians “already fully qualifies as a war crime,” Johnson said during Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament. “What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin’s regime in the use of th...
As US Congress considers spending $6.4 billion or more, and President Joe Biden commits military aid to Ukraine, some U.S. experts on Tuesday suggested prioritizing diplomacy and humanitarian assistance over military aid. William D. Hartung, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, urged U.S. lawmakers not ...
Nigeria’s government and the African Union on Monday condemned reports that Africans had been mistreated and, in some cases, denied the right to cross Ukraine’s borders to safety. “South Africa endorses the statement issued by the African Union Commission expressing concern at the treatment given to African nationals and people of...
In his first State of the Union, President Biden outlined a unity agenda consisting of policy where there has historically been support from both Republicans and Democrats. His speech came at the heel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and unprecedented sanctions on Russia. As part of this unity agenda, he announced a strategy to […]
