The ruble is hovering at a new low against the dollar today, with the Moscow stock market closed for a third day as pressure from Western sanctions on Russia’s financial system escalates. The ruble fell to 108.15 against the dollar, while it had reached 108.60 earlier, with losses of 7%, while since the beginning of […]
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France: Airbus stops sending spare parts to Russia
Airbus announced today that it has stopped sending spare parts to Russia and supporting Russian airlines, but is analyzing whether its Moscow-based engineering center can continue to provide services to local customers given Western sanctions. “Airbus has suspended support services for Russian airlines, as well as the supply of spare parts to Russia,” an Airbus […]
Ukrainian Diaspora mobilizes Silicon Valley in war with Russia
Ukrainians working for high-tech Western companies are rallying to help their besieged homeland by cracking down on misinformation sites, encouraging Russians to turn against their leadership and speeding up medical aid. Through online campaigns, they seek to persuade Internet security companies such as Cloudflare Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. to take more action […]
Kremlin: ‘We are ready for negotiations, we hope the Ukrainians will come’
A delegation of Russian negotiators is ready to resume talks today with a delegation from Kiev, a Kremlin spokesman said. “Around the beginning of the night, our delegation will be there, we will wait for the Ukrainian negotiators,” Dmitry Peshkov told reporters, adding that he “hopes” that they will enter the negotiations, without specifying where […]
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny calls for daily anti-war protests in Russia
Detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has called on Russians to hold daily protests against the Russian military operation in Ukraine, his spokeswoman wrote on Twitter today. “Alexei Navalny has called on the people to take to the streets and protest daily at 19:00 and on weekends at 14:00 against the war. In the central squares […]
Taiwan’s president and prime minister to donate their monthly salary to help Ukrainian refugees
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ying Wen said today that both she and Deputy Prime Minister William Lai and Prime Minister Su Zheng-Chang will each donate a salary to humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The war has sparked widespread sympathy for the Ukrainian people in Taiwan because of the threat the island says it faces from its giant […]
Formation of Ukrainian cyber warfare team – Targets Russian electricity grid and railway
A Ukrainian cyber-warfare group is planning to carry out digital sabotage attacks on key Russian infrastructure, such as railways and electricity distribution networks, in order to retaliate against Moscow for the incursion of Russian troops into Ukraine, according to a Reuters report. . Ukrainian Defense Ministry officials have approached Ukrainian businessmen and local cybersecurity expert […]
Spain to send ‘offensive military equipment’ to ‘Ukrainian resistance’
LAST UPDATE: 11.30 Spain has decided to send “offensive military equipment” to the “Ukrainian resistance”, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a speech to parliament today. “As I see that there are (political) groups questioning the government’s commitment to participate in providing military assistance to Ukraine, ‘I want to tell you that Spain will […]
Mexico will not impose economic sanctions on Russia
Mexico will not impose financial sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday. He also criticized what he called the censorship of state-funded Russian media by social media. “We will not take any financial measures because we want to have good relations with all the governments […]
Ukraine: On the way to Zaporizhia the convoy of Greeks from Mariupol
LAST UPDATE: 14.15 The operation to remove part of the staff of the Consulate General of Mariupol, as well as Greek citizens, is in progress, according to diplomatic sources. The procession, led by Ambassador Francisco Costelleno, is attended by 21 cars and 82 people. As the same sources pointed out, it is difficult to be […]
