The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today warned of a “worst-case scenario” in Mariupol, a besieged city in southeastern Ukraine, if the war “does not reach a humanitarian agreement as a matter of urgency”. “The ICRC is ready to act as a neutral mediator to facilitate dialogue between the parties on these humanitarian […]
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El-Erian: Inflation in the US will exceed 10% due to the Ukrainian crisis
Allianz SE’s Mohamed El-Erian said the economic implications of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine were likely to include a further rise in US inflation, according to Bloomberg. US consumer prices rose 7.9% year-on-year in February, keeping inflation at a 40-year high. El-Erian said he estimated the rate would peak at “very close […]
Italian FM: Italy to buy more gas from Angola and Congo
Italy is set to buy more gas from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday as Rome stepped up efforts to secure new energy supplies and become less dependent on Russia in its light. crisis in Ukraine. Di Maio traveled to the Republic of Congo and […]
Russia says 180 foreign mercenaries “neutralized” at two facilities in western Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 18:40 Russia said today it had attacked a training facility in Yavoriv, ​​western Ukraine, adding that the strike had killed “up to 180 foreign mercenaries” and destroyed large quantities of weapons supplied by foreign countries, Reuters reported. Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement that Russia would continue its attacks on […]
US-China diplomats meet amid Russia-Ukraine war
The United States and China will hold the first high-level talks after Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine as the Biden government continues to try to persuade Beijing to exert influence over its neighbor to end the crisis, according to Bloomberg. The White House said that National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet in Rome on […]
US National Security Adviser: Russia will pay a “heavy price” if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 17:21 White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned Sunday that Russia would pay a “heavy price” if it launches a chemical weapons attack on Ukraine, and said any attack on NATO territory would provoke a full response from the alliance. Sullivan told CBS’s “Face the Nation” show that the United States and […]
Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine are seeing progress in the talks
LAST UPDATE: 16:26 Ukrainian negotiator and presidential adviser Mikhail Pontoliak said Sunday that he believed progress could be made in talks with Russia in the coming days, as the Russian side “has become more constructive,” Reuters reported. “We will not back down in the first place. Russia understands this now. Russia has already started talking […]
‘Stop the war,’ the Germans say in the streets
Mass anti-war demonstrations today in Germany, from Berlin and Leipzig to Hamburg and Munich. More than 123,000 refugees have arrived in Germany so far. “Freedom in Ukraine, solidarity with Ukrainians.” With these slogans, the Berliners once again take to the streets en masse to protest against the war in Ukraine. After the historic, massive demonstration […]
Ukraine-Irpin: Dead American journalist
LAST UPDATE: 17.30 An American journalist was killed and another was wounded by gunfire today in Irpin, northwest of Kiev, where Ukrainian forces are fighting against Russian troops, the French Agency reported, citing converging sources. The two men were hit by a car while traveling with a Ukrainian citizen, who was also injured, Danilo Sapovalov, […]
French Foreign Minister: President Putin is trapped in his maximalism
President Putin is trapped in his maximalism, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a French television station today. The French minister said he was pessimistic about what was to come in Ukraine because of what he said was Russian hypocrisy in both humanitarian aid talks and diplomatic consultations on a ceasefire. Referring to China’s […]
