Discovery Network announced today that it will suspend the transmission of its channels and services to Russia, as it is added to the growing number of companies leaving the country in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fifteen of Discovery Inc. brands, such as HGTV, Animal Planet, TLC and Eurosport, are distributed through the […]
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Adviser Zelensky: ‘Ready to discuss neutrality, not Russian ultimatums’
“Ukraine will not agree to any unacceptable ultimatums set by the attacking Russia,” said Ihor Zhovkva, the deputy director of the presidential office, adding that Kyiv was ready to discuss issues such as Ukraine’s neutral status. Speaking to the German ARD, the Ukrainian official stressed that “the issue of the neutral regime can be discussed” […]
“The United States has declared an economic war on us – Ukraine was preparing biological weapons,” Russia said.
LAST UPDATE: 13.58 The Kremlin today denounced the “economic war” declared by the United States on Russia following the announcement by Washington of an embargo on US oil and gas imports, including sanctions. “The United States has declared an economic war on Russia and is waging this war,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peshkov told reporters. […]
Zelensky’s message to the West: ‘Send us the Polish fighters now’
LAST UPDATE: 14.40 Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West not to delay further the decision to transfer Mig-29 fighters from Poland to Ukraine, noting that the Russians “have already sent to our territory almost all the troops they had gathered to invade Ukraine.” . In his new speech, the Ukrainian president stressed that a brutal […]
Poland: NATO countries must work together to supply fighters to Ukraine
Any supply of fighter jets to Ukraine must be done through NATO, senior Polish officials said today, following Washington’s rejection of Poland’s offer to transport all MiG-29 jets it has at a US air base to be delivered to Kyiv. Ukraine has asked Western countries to provide it with fighter jets to counter the Russian […]
Ukraine: Chernobyl power outage completely – Danger of radioactive leakage
LAST UPDATE: 15.50 Ukrainian authorities do not know the level of radioactivity at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as they have no new ones after it was occupied by Russian troops, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Wednesday. In fact, according to the state administrator of the national power grid Ukrenergo, Russian forces appear to […]
Moscow: ‘We do not aim to overthrow the Ukrainian government’
LAST UPDATE: 14.00 Russia will achieve its goal of securing a neutral status for Ukraine and would prefer to do so through talks, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Moscow’s goals do not include the overthrow of the Kiev government and “we hope to make more significant progress in the next round […]
EU: The 27 ratified the new wave of sanctions against Russia – Belarus
LAST UPDATE: 13.05 The 27 decided today to extend the European Union sanctions against Moscow and Minsk, disconnecting three Belarusian banks from the international interbank trading system Swift, the French presidency of the European Council announced on Twitter. EU ambassadors have also approved new sanctions on shipping and cryptocurrencies, adding Russian officials and oligarchs to […]
China accuses West of ‘pushing Russia-Ukraine tension to extremes’
NATO moves have pushed tensions between Russia and Ukraine “to the extreme,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Chao Liziang said today. During a regular press briefing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called on the United States to take China’s concerns seriously and to refrain from undermining its rights or interests in dealing with the Ukraine issue […]
US-British Foreign Secretary’s meeting during the day in Washington
British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras is meeting today with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Washington to discuss what more can be done to help Ukraine reduce its energy dependence on Russia. The meeting with Britain’s closest ally comes as President Vladimir Putin’s Russian military invasion of Ukraine – the biggest attack on a […]
