Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said in a fiery speech on Sunday evening that the Ukrainians will never forgive Russia: “We will find any bastard who shoots at our people.” Zelensky referred to Russian soldiers who targeted fleeing civilians last weekend. On the Irpin River near the capital Kyiv, […]
The death toll from airstrikes on Thursday in a residential area in the northern Ukraine city of Chernihiv has risen to 47, local authorities said Friday. In an earlier report, authorities spoke of nine dead. Rescue teams have had to suspend assistance to victims of the airstrikes due to […]
Twitter will abide by European Union sanctions against Russian state-affiliated media RT and Sputnik once those sanctions are in place. That said, the social network on Wednesday. “The sanctions are likely to oblige us by law to withhold certain content in EU member states,” a Twitter spokesperson told Reuters […]
Delegations of Ukraine and Russia have started negotiations in Belarus. The government in Kyiv is sceptical but aims for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops, President Volodimir Zelensky’s office said. Russia did not want to give up its objective in advance. The Ukrainians arrived by helicopter at […]
Russia gathers troops at Gomel airport in Belarus for an attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukraine’s army chief of staff said Friday. Russian troops are advancing towards Kyiv from multiple directions. For example, there is fierce fighting in cities that are tens of kilometres away from Kyiv. Ukraine […]
The European Union will freeze Russian banks’ access to European financial markets, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. Also, the EU will use all means to prevent Russia from getting technology to modernise the country further. “Our punishment for the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be composed […]
Plans for a meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are currently on hold. The White House announced this on Tuesday evening (local time). According to spokeswoman Jen Psaki, President Biden is generally open to diplomatic talks, but now, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates, is […]
Several Russian troops near the border with Ukraine are returning to their permanent army bases due to the completion of exercises, the Russian news agency Interfax reported based on the Ministry of Defense. The announcement comes at a time when other countries are deeply concerned about the threat of […]
By banning the anti-corruption organization and political network of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Russia is going further than ever before, says the European Union. The ban is “the most serious attempt to date” by the Russian government “to suppress independent political opposition and investigations into corruption”. Brussels sees the […]
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia nominate four Russian diplomats as a sign of solidarity with the Czech Republic. The Prague government dismissed 18 Russian diplomats last week after two Russian spies were allegedly behind a fatal explosion in an ammunition depot in 2014. The Czech Republic then asked other EU […]
