Tag: Russia
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Zelensky, Ukraine, and lessons for Nigerian leaders – By Dakuku Peterside
In the past few weeks, the world has stayed focused on developments in Ukraine and Russia. The actions, inactions, and speeches of Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky is now of foremost importance to the world.
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Russia-Ukraine War: UN releases figure of dead civilians
The number of civillians killed in Ukraine as a result of the Russia invasion has been released by the United Nations United Nations High Commission for Human Rights,(OHCHR) stated that about 902 civillians have been killed whilst 1,459 are still injured. The Commission said that most of these civilians were killed by the use of…
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Putin complains of Ukrainian ‘war crimes’ in phone call with Scholz
Russian President Vladimir Putin has complained of Ukrainian attacks in eastern Ukraine during a phone call with German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on Friday, the Kremlin said in a statement. According to Moscow, Ukrainian missile launches targeted residential areas in the cities of Donetsk and
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Russia remains suspended from 2022 World Cup qualifiers
The Russian Football Union (RFU) has failed in a bid to stay the suspension of its national team from World Cup qualifying, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday. The RFU had wanted a decision from the ruling body FIFA frozen until a full decision from CAS on its appeal against a…
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Russia-Ukraine war: Mass media mightier than nuclear weapons – By John Araka
In the past three weeks , Russia has been pummeling Ukraine in a war generally classified as the most devastating since the Second World War, which ended in 1945. That the former has been having an upper hand in the conflict is quite understandable. Russian military budget, weaponry and personnel are more than 10 times…
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Russia rejects ICJ ruling on Ukraine
Russia has rejected an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt the use of military force in Ukraine.
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Russia ordered to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine
Russia must immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday in The Hague.
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Ukraine invasion: Russia expelled from Council of Europe
The Council of Europe, says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership due to Ukraine invasion. The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.
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War could be over by May, says Ukrainian presidential adviser
Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, on Tuesday said the war in Ukraine was likely to be over by early May when Russia would have run out of resources to attack its neighbour. Talks between Kyiv and Moscow in which Arestovich was not personally involved had so far produced very…
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Russian strikes in Kyiv kill 2, set aircraft factory ablaze
Ukrainian city authority reported that two people were killed when a Russian shell smashed into an apartment block after a missile strike on another part of the Ukrainian capital. Deputy Mayor Mykola Povoroznyk said three Russian rockets also hit the Antonov aircraft factory in Kyiv and firefighters “localised” a blaze at the plant. There were…