LAST UPDATE: 19:13 Germany has approved the delivery of 400 anti-aircraft missiles (RPGs) from the Netherlands to Ukraine, the Berlin Defense Ministry said, confirming a policy change following criticism from Berlin for refusing to send weapons to Kiev as opposed to others. allies, Reuters reported. “The approval has been confirmed by the chancellor,” a defense […]
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Adviser Zelensky: Ukraine does not refuse to negotiate, but is not ready for Russian ultimatums
Ukraine today rejected allegations that it was refusing to negotiate a ceasefire with Russia, but said it was not ready to accept ultimatums or unacceptable terms. Mikhail Pontolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, told Reuters that Ukraine had prepared a negotiating position but was facing unworkable negotiating terms from Russia. “Just yesterday […]
Foreign Minister: 10 Greeks dead and six injured in bombings in Eastern Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 23:20 Another four expatriates lost their lives in an air strike in the village of Sartana, as announced by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing the total number of dead to 10. “The airstrikes against civilians, which continue in the village of Sartana and which resulted in the death of four more […]
Kremlin: Attack on Ukraine resumes today
LAST UPDATE: 17:50 Russian troops resumed their offensive in Ukraine on Saturday after President Vladimir Putin halted the attack a day earlier in anticipation of talks with Kiev that never took place, the Kremlin said, according to Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov also said in a statement that Russia was awaiting Western sanctions in response […]
Reuters: Greece will support European sanctions on Russia, including the Swift system
Greece will support any European Union line on sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, including measures to cut Moscow off from the global SWIFT payment system, a senior government official told Reuters on Saturday. “Greece will support the EU sanctions line, including SWIFT,” the official said, declining to be named. Such a move, […]
Germany: Soltz is under pressure from his party to block Swift
Chancellor Olaf Solz (SPD) has met with opposition within his party to a no-blockade of Russia from Swift’s banking network, according to a Welt report. The president of the German “New Socialists”, the youth of the SPD (JUSO), Jessica Rosenthal, on Saturday called for the way to be opened for this particularly harsh sanction. “We […]
Cyprus: The Embassy of Cyprus in Kiev is suspended
The suspension of the operation of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Kiev was decided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. The Cypriot Foreign Minister calls on the Cypriot citizens who are still in the country, to stay in their homes, in safe havens or other safe places, until the situation […]
Mayor of Kiev: Any person who walks on the street after 17.00 will be treated as an enemy
LAST UPDATE: 17.18 The Kyiv municipal authority imposed a curfew, which will last from this afternoon until Monday morning without a break, was announced by the mayor’s office, clarifying a statement issued earlier. Kiev had earlier said that the curfew would last from 17.00 in the afternoon until 08.00 in the morning, daily. “For the […]
Ukraine’s State Security Service denies reports of Russian attack on Lviv
Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) denied earlier on Saturday that Russian helicopters had landed in the Lviv region, a development that would signal the escalation of the Moscow invasion, Reuters reported. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said Russia had landed three helicopters near the town of Brody in western Lviv and that Ukrainian forces had repulsed […]
Britain: The bulk of Russian forces are 30 kilometers from the center of Kiev
The British Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that the bulk of the Russian forces that took part in the advance in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, is now 30 kilometers from the city center. Britain, which had previously denied Russian reports that Russian forces had occupied the southeastern city of Melitopol, said the Ukrainian […]
