Month: March 2022

Full developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine    …

In an impassioned speech Saturday at the end of his trip to Europe, U.S. President Joe Biden said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ and vowed to defend every inch of NATO territory. The speech in Warsaw came at the end of a frantic week of diplomacy with NATO, G-7 and European …

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The United States intends to provide Ukraine with an additional $100 million in civilian security assistance, the State Department said Saturday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the assistance would be to build the capacity of the Ukrainian ministry of internal affairs with a view to aid “border security, sustain …

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President Joe Biden aimed squarely at Vladimir Putin in an impassioned address in Warsaw directed at Ukrainians, Europeans and the global community, blaming the Russian president for the monthlong siege on Ukraine and saying, “for God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” By doing so, Biden finally drew a red line that Ukrainians have …

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More than 10 million Ukrainians, nearly a quarter of the population, have been displaced since Russia invaded the country a bit more than one month ago, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR says. An estimated 3.7 million people have fled to neighboring countries, while more than 6.5 million have been displaced inside Ukraine since the Russian …

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Relatives of Nigerian students trapped in the besieged Black Sea port city of Kherson are calling on authorities to do more to return them home safely. Over the past three weeks, some of the estimated 80 students trapped in Kherson have tried to reach safety in neighboring countries. But not everyone got lucky. Timothy Obiezu …

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Just days ago, Artem Gorelov was trying to survive in one of the most brutal parts of Ukraine, the Russian-occupied Kyiv suburb of Bucha. Now he stands in a quiet room in the late afternoon sunlight, hand-making hats for a local fashion brand worn by Madonna and Ukraine’s first lady. Gorelov has joined Ukrainians’ massive …

Read more “Ukrainian Fashion Brand in Bombarded City Picks Up and Flees”

Ukraine’s president made a surprise video appearance Saturday at Qatar’s Doha Forum, calling on the energy-rich nation and others to boost their production to counteract the loss of Russian energy supplies. Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the United Nations and world powers to come to his aid, as he has in a series of other addresses …

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand for Europe to pay for gas in rubles as he accused Moscow of trying to sidestep sanctions over its war on Ukraine. Macron told journalists after an EU summit in Brussels that the Russian move “is not in line with what was signed, …

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Full developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine    …

The United Nations says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion started a month ago, and Thursday the Biden administration promised to accept 100,000 Ukrainians displaced by the war in the United States.  Mike O’Sullivan reports from Tijuana, Mexico, where many Ukrainians are arriving to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. They …

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After the intense diplomacy of NATO, G-7 and European Union summits in Brussels, U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Poland on Friday to witness firsthand the humanitarian impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell reports from Warsaw. Camera: Henry Ridgwell …

Western defense officials say Ukraine has been employing agile insurgency tactics to disrupt Russia’s invasion, and in the suburbs northwest and east of Kyiv, to push their adversaries back.     Hitting and ambushing Russian forces behind the contact lines with fast-moving units, often at night, has proven among its most effective field tactics and …

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Police in Northern Ireland said they removed Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney from an event in Belfast on Friday because of a security concern.  Coveney was delivering a speech at a peace process event in the city when the alert was sounded, and the event venue was evacuated.  In a statement posted to its Twitter …

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U.N. human rights monitors in Ukraine are condemning the use of explosive weapons and indiscriminate attacks by Russian military forces on civilians and civilian infrastructure as a probable violation of international humanitarian law. Since Russia invaded Ukraine one month ago the United Nations human rights office reports at least 1,035 civilians have been killed and …

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U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Poland Friday, after meeting in Brussels with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Biden and von der Leyen announced formation of a joint task force to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the profits from its energy sales “to …

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Full developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine    …

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of U.S. big tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple. Meeting in Brussels, the lawmakers nailed down a long list of do’s and don’ts that will single out the world’s most iconic web …

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As NATO, G-7 and European Union leaders met behind closed doors Thursday in Brussels to discuss their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered outside demanding that the West take tougher action against Moscow. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had called for a day of protests in support of his country, exactly one month after …

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U.S. and British officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of running a yearslong campaign to hack into critical infrastructure, including an American nuclear plant and a Saudi oil refinery. The announcement was paired with the unsealing of criminal charges against four Russian government officials, whom the U.S. Department of Justice accused of carrying out …

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As NATO, G-7 and European Union leaders met behind closed doors Thursday in Brussels, protesters gathered outside, demanding that the West take tougher action against Russia. Henry Ridgwell reports from the Belgian capital. Camera: Henry Ridgwell …

A consequential day in not just diplomacy, but in history, with US President Joe Biden meeting with NATO, European and G-7 leaders to announce more measures aimed at stopping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with military, economic and humanitarian interventions. VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell reports from Brussels. …

There will be a Western military response if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday. “It would trigger a response in kind,” Biden replied to a reporter’s question during a news conference. “Whether or not you’re asking whether NATO would cross (into Ukraine to confront Russian forces), we’d make that …

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Turkey is paying a heavy economic price for its dependency on Ukrainian and Russian wheat, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sees wheat exports drying up.  The shortages are raising further concerns in Turkey about skyrocketing inflation, as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul. …