Tag: Ukraine
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EU to suspend all duties on imports from Ukraine
The European Commission has proposed suspending import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the European Union for one year. The proposal, which the Commission termed “an unprecedented gesture of support for a country at war.’’ It would also see the suspension for one year of all EU anti-dumping and safeguard measures in place on
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British defence minister backs Ukraine strikes on Russian sites
A British defence minister has backed Ukrainian strikes on military targets behind Russian lines, even if the weapons used had been supplied by Britain. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said on Tuesday that there was “every chance’’ that Moscow’s forces would be repelled with the support being supplied to Kiev by allies.
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War: Russia warns U.S. against sending more arms to Ukraine
Russia on Monday warned U.S. against sending more arms to Ukraine. The country’s ambassador to Washington warned that large Western deliveries of weapons were inflaming the conflict and would lead to more losses. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more and raised fears of a wider confrontation between…
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[Watch] Russian State TV declares World War III
Russian state television has declared that World War III has already started after the sinking of its naval vessel Moskva in the Ukraine war. Though Russia said this was damaged after a fire, Ukraine claimed the credit of destroying the flagship vessel of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet through its Neptune missile.
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Putin’s Hellish War Upon Ukraine Evokes Memories Of America’s Anti-War General Tecumseh Sherman – By Dennis Onakinor
As the Russian war machine continues to unleash death, destruction, and misery upon Ukraine, following President Vladimir Putin’s February 24th “Special Operation” that has so far witnessed thousands of civilian casualties (especially children, women, the elderly and infirm), humanity is once again reminded that war,
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2 Ukrainian helicopters shot down
The Russian military has shot down two Ukrainian combat helicopters, according to Defence Ministry spokesperson, Igor Konashenkov. Konashenkov said the Russian forces fired on 81 military targets on Thursday, with Moscow intensifying its attacks on Ukraine. On Thursday, the military reported the targeting of 29 objects the day before.
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Just In: 30 dead, 100 injured in missile attack on train station
At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured in a rocket attack on a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Friday. The Ukrainian Railway Chief, Alexander Kamyshin, said it was a deliberate attack on the passengers, infrastructure of the railway and the residents of Kramatorsk.
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Ukraine: FG condemns detention of Nigerians, other black students
The Federal Government has condemned the Polish Authority for detaining Nigerians and other African students who fled war-torn Ukraine due to their black skin. The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who said this in Abuja, expressed displeasure over the development, saying it was wrong and traumatic.
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Ukraine war: UN 2nd convoy reaches Sumy, Mariupol access impeded
The United Nations (UN) humanitarian agencies and partners on the ground in Ukraine, have arrived in the town of Sumy, in the country’s northeast on Thursday but access to the besieged and stricken city of Mariupol is yet to be reached. UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, while speaking with newsmen in New York, said the first…
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Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich suffers suspected poisoning
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month, according to Goal. The 55-year-old billionaire has since recovered from the alleged attack, which has been attributed to hard-line Russian agents who wanted to disrupt the peace process in the original report by the Wall Street Journal.