Tag: Ukraine
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Heavy Russian barrage on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure cuts off water for Kyiv, others
A massive barrage of Russian strikes on Monday morning has hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation. Moscow alleged that there was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet over the weekend. Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s power plants and…
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Russia declares end of mobilisation for Ukraine war
Russia says it has finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands of people in a month, with more than a quarter of them already sent to the battlefield.
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Stoltenberg warns Russia not to ‘use false pretexts’ for escalation
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that “Russia must not use false pretexts for further escalation” in the Ukraine conflict. “Russia now falsely claims Ukraine is preparing to use a radiological ‘dirty bomb’ on its own territory,” the NATO boss said.
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German President Steinmeier makes surprise visit to Kiev
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday arrived in Kiev in a surprise visit. Steinmeier, who arrived in Kiev by train on Tuesday morning, was set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later in the day. This is Steinmeier’s first visit since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, but his third attempt to…
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Remove Iran from World Cup- Ukrainian club, Shakhtar Donetsk tells FIFA
Following Iran’s alleged military support to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the latter’s top football club, Shakhtar Donetsk, on Monday, urged FIFA to remove the former from the World Cup. Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive, Sergei Palkin, accused Iran of “direct participation in terrorist attacks on Ukrainians,” suggesting his own country’s team should play in Qatar…
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Zelensky raises alarm over Russia’s plan to blow up dam in Kherson region
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is planning to blow up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in the Kherson region where Ukrainian troops are making advances. “Russia is deliberately creating the basis for a large-scale disaster in the south of Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a video address.
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Putin declares martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed last month as its own territory. but is struggling to defend itself from Ukrainian advances. In televised remarks to members of his Security Council, Putin boosted the powers of Russia’s regional governors and ordered…
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Ukraine war pushed 4m children into poverty – UNICEF
The war in Ukraine and rising inflation has pushed an addition four million children across eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty. The United Nations Children’s agency UNICEF said in a report released on Monday. The figure, representing a 19 per cent increase since 2021, showed that children were “bearing the heaviest burden” of the…
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Ukraine crisis: Russia’s president, Putin warns of global catastrophe
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any direct clash of Nato troops with Russia would lead to a “global catastrophe”.
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Russia can’t erase sovereign state from map, says Biden
U.S. President said the UN resolution against Russia’s annexations in Ukraine, passed with a historic majority, was a message to Moscow that it can’t erase sovereign state from the map. “Today, the overwhelming majority of the world nations from every region, large and small, representing a wide array of ideologies and governments voted to defend…