Tag: Russia vs Ukraine
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Japan to impose sanctions on Russia
Japan will impose sanctions on Russia targeting semiconductor exports and financial institutions, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday after G7 leaders agreed to punish Moscow economically for invading Ukraine. The announcement came after Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale ground invasion and air assault on Thursday. Kishida said the world’s third-largest economy planned “asset…
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Pope Francis reacts to Russia-Ukraine crisis
Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis has lamented the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine. Pope Francis said the threat causes him great pains. The Pontiff spoke yesterday at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican in Rome. He condemned the “diabolic senselessness of violence” and asked the Madonna, “the queen of peace,…
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Russia Pegs back Ukrainian Armed Forces , Destroys Airbases
Russia’s ground forces on Thursday crossed into Ukraine from several directions, Ukraine’s border guard service said, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a major offensive. Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the frontier in several northern regions, as well as from the Kremlin-annexed peninsula of Crimea in the south, the agency…
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Ukraine Crisis : America moves F-35 fighter jets, more troops to Eastern Europe
The Pentagon is moving up to eight F-35 fighter jets and a slew of other warplanes to Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Poland to shore up support for NATO allies following what President Biden called the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the direction of the president, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III also…
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Moscow launches ‘full-scale invasion’ in Ukraine
Russia’s defence ministry says it has attacked military infrastructure at Ukrainian air bases and degraded Ukraine’s air defences, according to reports by Russian news agencies. The ministry denied reports that one of its aircraft had been shot down over Ukraine. Ukraine’s military said earlier that five Russian planes and one helicopter had been downed in…
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Ukraine set to declare state of emergency
A State of Emergency is to be introduced across all parts of Ukraine under government control, the country’s National Security and Defense Council announced Wednesday. The measure is expected to be approved by the Ukrainian Parliament within 48 hours and would last for 30 days, with the possibility of being extended for an additional 30…
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Russia dares America, invades Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to “maintain peace” in two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, hours after the Russian president recognised Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entities. In two official decrees, Putin on Monday instructed the country’s defence ministry to assume “the function of maintaining peace” in the eastern regions. America Reacts The United…