Tag: Ukraine
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UN condemns Russian strikes in Ukraine
Senior UN officials on Sunday condemned the deadly Russian missile strikes in the Ukraine city of Odesa which damaged several historic buildings.
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Russian strikes on Ukraine ports, blow to food security – UN official
UN political affairs chief, Ms Rosemary DiCarlo says Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea could have far-reaching impacts on global food security.
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G7 to announce long-term security arrangements for Ukraine
Leaders of the G7 group of Western industrialised countries are to jointly announce their intentions to offer long-term protection to Ukraine, according to information from the U.S. and Britain. “We can never see a repeat of what happened in
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No timetable set for Ukraine’s membership, says NATO chief
NATO leaders said Tuesday that they would allow Ukraine to join the alliance “when allies agree and conditions are met,” hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted the organization’s failure to set a timetable for his country as “absurd.”
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Russia-Ukraine conflict: NATO unity to be tested at annual summit in Lithuania
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, NATO’s much-celebrated unity faces fresh strains when leaders gather for their annual summit this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Moscow has taken 700,000 children out of Ukraine conflict zones- Russian lawmaker
Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday. “In recent years, 700,000 children have found refuge with us, fleeing the bombing and shelling from the conflict areas in…
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3 Children among 8 dead after Russia missile strike hits Ukraine restaurant
Death count from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to eight on Wednesday, as Kyiv played down the effect of a brief mutiny by the head of the Wagner mercenary group on the conflict. The blast at the Ria Pizza restaurant also killed three children and wounded at least 56…
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EU tops up military aid for Ukraine, others with €3.5bn
European Union (EU) foreign ministers decided on Monday to top up the fund for military aid for Ukraine and other partner countries. The top-up fund would amount to another 3.5 billion euros (3.82 billion dollars), an EU spokeswoman has said.
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EU’s von der Leyen says frozen Russia assets will rebuild Ukraine
A proposal for the European Union to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine will be put forward in the coming weeks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. The European Commission will put forward a plan to do so before the summer break, von der Leyen said while attending a conference on Ukrainian…
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The war must end in Ukraine-South African president, Ramaphosa tells Putin
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is in Russia as part of a peace-seeking delegation, on Saturday, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the conflict in Ukraine had to stop.