There is a “vital need” to protect women and girls suffering from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, humanitarian organizations warn today. The majority of the 1.7 million people who have left Ukraine are women and children. Conflict, crisis and displacement put women at increased risk of sexual and physical violence and abuse, the Disaster Management […]
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WHERE: Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals and ambulances escalate
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health facilities in Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent days and warned that the country is running out of vital medical supplies. The United Nations has confirmed that at least nine people have been killed in 16 attacks on medical facilities […]
What is Turkey achieving with the Lavrov-Kuleba meeting?
By Costas Raptis The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Sergey Lavrov and Ukraine, Dietro Kuleba, which will be coordinated on Thursday by their Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoγlu in his hometown, on the sidelines of the Diplomatic Forum of Antalya. to end the war in Ukraine. It is also an undoubted success of Turkish […]
Lviv Mayor: The city is struggling to feed and house 200,000 displaced Ukrainians
The mayor of Lviv said on Tuesday that the city, located in western Ukraine, was struggling to provide food and shelter to some 200,000 displaced Ukrainians who had fled there from war-torn areas, CNN reported. “About 200,000 Ukrainians have already arrived in Lviv. Women, children, the elderly have been forced to flee their homes. We […]
Japan has announced new sanctions against Russians and Belarusians
The Japanese Ministry of Finance announced today that it is freezing any resources of 32 other officials and oligarchs of Russia and Belarus in the Japanese jurisdiction due to the invasion of Ukraine. The new sanctions target 20 Russians, including officials and associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government, vice-speakers of parliament, the leader of […]
Rising fuel prices threaten higher freight costs
of Anastasia Vamvaka Concerns are being raised in the market about possible additional increases in port charges in European ports due to the new problems posed, even in the short term, by the Russian invasion. Rising fuel prices threaten higher costs of transporting goods, not so much by fare increases but mainly by oil prices. […]
US Embassy in Ukraine: Situation ‘unpredictable’
The U.S. embassy in Ukraine said Tuesday that the security situation across Ukraine “continues to be unpredictable,” warning U.S. citizens trying to escape that conditions at each border “could change very quickly.” Queues may also change without notice, the embassy said, according to CNN. Photos from various parts of the border have shown long lines […]
Bank of Portugal instructs the country’s banks to freeze accounts of Russian oligarchs
The Portuguese central bank announced on Monday that it had instructed the Iberian country’s financial institutions to freeze any accounts and other resources of individuals and entities that are being targeted by European and international sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine. The West is making moves to hit Russia’s economy and isolate its […]
Ukraine: Ceasefire in five cities – Second nuclear plant bombed
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday it had been informed by Ukrainian authorities that artillery shells had damaged a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s second largest besieged city, Kharkiv, but without “radiological consequences”. According to the international body, part of the Vienna-based United Nations system, Ukrainian authorities said the attack took place on […]
Italian minister: In three months, about 50% of imported Russian gas will have been replaced
The Italian Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Tsingolani, in his statements on Rai public television, referred to the strategy of the Draghi government in the field of energy, in the light of the latest developments in Ukraine. “We need to increase the number of countries from which we supply gas, strengthen alternative energy sources, but […]
