LAST UPDATE 23:45 With Vladimir Putin giving the order to suspend exports of sugar, wheat, barley and corn for a few months, but also Volodymyr Zelensky to submit a bill for voting The 19th day of the war waged by the Russian president against the Ukrainian territory has ended in the Ukrainian parliament, which calls […]
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Ukraine: Two people killed in bombings in Kyiv
Two people have been killed in Russian bombings in Kyiv today, targeting a residential building and the Antonov aircraft factory, the Ukrainian capital’s city hall said today. “Rocket fragments fell on the road in the Kourenifka area, in the western part of the capital,” causing one death and six injuries, “the city council told the […]
Britain is determined to continue supplying defense weapons to Ukraine
Russian missile strikes on a Ukrainian base near the Polish border are deeply troubling, but will not deter Britain from continuing to supply Ukraine with defense weapons, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today. The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack hit “foreign mercenaries and a large quantity of foreign weapons.” “These blows […]
Russia: Threatened Payment Arrears evokes memories of 1998
Russia has accused the West of seeking to “artificially” bankrupt Russia through sanctions freezing Moscow’s assets abroad, evoking memories of the 1998 default. Statements that Russia is unable to meet its debt obligations “do not correspond to reality”, the Russian Ministry of Finance insists, adding that “the freezing of foreign currency accounts of the Bank […]
Pfizer donates all its profits from Russia to Ukraine’s relief efforts
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced that it will donate all of its Russian subsidiary profits to Ukraine’s international relief efforts, and will now supply only humanitarian drugs to Russia, making it one of dozens of multinationals to sever or change ties with Ukraine. Russia after the invasion of its neighboring country. In particular, according to […]
Ukraine: Russian attacks in the west increase refugee flows
People fleeing to escape the relative security of western Ukraine until recently joined thousands of others arriving in western Europe as Moscow stepped up its attacks, sparking fears of an even bigger exit. Moscow expanded its operations yesterday, Sunday, with an attack on a base near the border with Poland, a NATO member. According to […]
Ukraine: High voltage line at Chernobyl nuclear power plant hit by Russian forces
LAST UPDATE: 15.16 Ukraine today blamed the Russian military for a new power outage at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant north of Kiev, which has been occupied since the early days of the Russian invasion. Ukrainian authorities announced yesterday the restoration of electricity at the nuclear power plant, which needs electricity to maintain safety conditions […]
Russia: Putin’s official admits delay in invasion of Ukraine
One of Putin’s most loyalists, National Guard leader Viktor Zolotov, has admitted that the Russian “military operation” in Ukraine is not progressing as quickly as the Kremlin wanted, in the first official public acknowledgment that the Russian offensive is not progressing accordingly. shots of the Kremlin. Speaking during Patriarch Kirill’s Sunday service, Viktor Zolotov attributed […]
What do Europeans think about the Russo-Ukrainian war and its consequences?
A survey in 6 European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and the Netherlands) was conducted by the network of public opinion polling companies Euroskopia. An independent research network built on the belief that European citizens nowadays play an extremely active role in shaping the issues on the public agenda at national and European level […]
Ukraine: At least 23 civilians killed in Donetsk by Ukrainian bombing, according to Moscow
LAST UPDATE: 17.35 Moscow today claimed that 23 people had been killed by a Ukrainian missile in the city of Donetsk, which is controlled by pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of a “war crime”. According to a recent report by the Russian Investigative Committee, “at least 23 civilians (…) including children were […]
