Leaders of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday urged the West not to drop its guard against Russia. Moscow signaled it would scale down fighting around the Ukranian capital Kyiv and another city. “I had a meeting with the heads of state of four allies in NATO: France, Germany, the United […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – The Ukrainian General Staff said Wednesday that the Russian army was continuing to withdraw from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. The General Staff in a post on Facebook evaluated the 34th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. The statement said the Russian army could not fulfill the task of besieging Kyiv and […]
WASHINGTON – A group of US senators – both Republicans and Democrats – is demanding Russia’s removal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following Moscow’s “unprovoked, inhumane, and illegal invasion” of Ukraine. Led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, the la...
LONDON (AA) – Britain has seized the first Russian superyacht in British waters as part of sanctions against Moscow, the transport secretary said on Tuesday. The superyacht is called Phi, and is worth an estimated £38 million ($49.9 million), Grant Shapps said. The 58-meter (190-feet) superyacht was banned from leaving Canary Wharf, east...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. The fresh round of negotiations lasted for three hours. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators later held separate press briefings to inform the world about the outcome. Ukraine has called for eight countries, including Turkiye, to be guarantors in a p...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The four NATO member countries in the Western Balkans expressed support for Ukraine and condemned Russia on Monday after a meeting in Bulgaria’s capital. The premiers of Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia attended NATO’s Multilateral Business Union meeting organized by Prime Minister Ki...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has refused to walk back his comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The US president made the remarks while on a four-day tour of Europe as Ukraine continues to defend against Russia’s assault. Biden’s comments drew criticism from some who said...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China said Monday that the West has applied “double standards” by catering to the human rights of people fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war but by ignoring those of refugees from countries in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. “I want to stress that the international community should not adopt a double standard [&hell...
KYIV – Ukraine’s northern Irpin city has been liberated from Russian troops, Mayor Alexander Markushin has said in a video message. “We have good news today, the city of Irpin has been liberated,” he noted, saying there is a “cleaning operation” going on in the city. The people are still not allowed to retur...
WASHINGTON – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Ukraine and Russia to immediately agree to a humanitarian cease-fire to allow for the parties to negotiate an end to the month-long conflict. Guterres said he is tasking Martin Griffiths, his humanitarian affairs coordinator, to work with Kyiv and Moscow on laying the groun...
