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 […]
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Ukraine: Protest in code in Russia and the rest of the world
And the Corriere della Sera to carry the phrase «Privet, eto Navalny», a greeting with the name of Alexei Navalny which is a secret message, a communication code for a common goal: the protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Protesting in Russia is dangerous. They tell it the 1,800 arrests on Thursday, on the […]
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 […]
Ukraine, Unhcr: “Our thanks to the countries that are welcoming refugees”
Millions of refugees. These are only estimates, but those made by the United Nations humanitarian agencies are very high figures regarding the number of men, women and children who could move to the countries bordering Ukraine, after the war that broke out following the Russian invasion. The information changes from hour to hour but the […]
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 […]
France seizes Russian ship suspected of violating trade sanctions on Russia
French authorities have stopped a merchant ship carrying vehicles to St. Petersburg suspected of belonging to a Russian company, which is being targeted by EU sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine. known to the French Agency and the Reuters news agency. A customs vessel, supported by a naval speedboat and a naval patrol […]
Zelensky: Ukraine still has control of Kiev
LAST UPDATE: 13:43 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that the capital, Kiev, and key cities around it remained under Ukrainian control following Russia’s invasion on Thursday. “We are resisting and successfully repelling the enemy’s attacks. The battle continues,” he said in a video posted on his social media account. “The invaders wanted to block […]
Russia: Launches from French Guiana space base suspended
Russia has suspended launches from the Kouros spacecraft in French Guiana in response to European Union sanctions against Moscow following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced today. “In response to EU sanctions on our companies, Roscosmos is suspending its cooperation with European partners in the organization of space launches from […]
Russia’s exclusion from Swift ” matter of days ” says eurozone central banker
LAST UPDATE: 17:51 A decision to cut Russia off from the global SWIFT payment system will be made within days, the governor of a central bank within the eurozone told Reuters on Saturday. “SWIFT is just a matter of time, very short time, days,” said the central bank governor, who asked not to be named. […]
