Tag: Ukraine
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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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Ukraine invasion: Olympic medalist who fled Belarus forced into exile again
After bolting to Ukraine to escape political persecution in her native Belarus, Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia never thought she would again be forced to flee. She was forced this time to flee to save her family from the Russian attack.
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Ukraine war: UK suspends student, work, family visa applications in Nigeria
The United Kingdom Embassy in Nigeria has announced the temporary suspension of study, work and family visa applications. It explained this was because the priority has been placed on applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme.
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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…
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US journalist killed In Ukraine
As the hostilities between Ukraine and Russia rages on, Brent Renaud, a United States journalist, was gunned down in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, on Sunday. Renuad was shot dead in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. The head of police in the Kyiv region said Renaud had been…
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How we’re preventing World War III – Joe Biden
The United States President, Joe Biden, says there are measures in trying to prevent World War III by not fighting a war against Russia in Ukraine. Biden, in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter account, said a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III.