Russia invaded Ukrainian territory on 24th February 2022. Internationally considered an act of war, the invasion has triggered Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 10 million Ukrainians leaving the country and a quarter of the population displaced.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ukraine needs financial support to rebuild in light of the war — and Russia should foot the bill. “Ukraine’s financial needs are huge, the needs for the rebuilding are huge, and it is entirely appropriate for the aggressor to help pay for that rebuilding,” Freeland told reporters on call from […]
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a “rehearsal” for a larger conflict with the countries that make up NATO, according to a Russian political scientist. Alexei Fenenko, a research fellow at the Institute of International Security Studies, made the remarks on Thursday while speaking on the Russian-state TV talk show “60 Minutes,” according to Daily […]
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Maria Alyokhina spoke to The New York Times about how she escaped Russia and Belarus to Lithuania. “If your heart is free, it doesn’t matter where you are,” she told the outlet. The oft-jailed leader of Pussy Riot — the Russian feminist performance and protest group that has long been a thorn in Vladimir Putin’s […]
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There are currently seven nations in the world with large nuclear arsenals: The United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France, India, and Pakistan. The government of these nations are well aware that they are all capable of destroying an enemy nation with nuclear weapons and are themselves subject to destruction by nuclear weapons. Because of […]
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Since Russian troops crossed into ukraine on Feb twenty four, wartime Zelensky has gained international praise and been repeatedly compared to the period of time leader winston churchill for a way he has handled the country’s invasion so far. Mr Zelensky posts nightly adresses to Ukrainians via Facebook and has delivered speeches to legislators across […]
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Russia’s decision to stop delivering gas to customers in Europe is “an instrument of blackmail”, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says. The move is “unjustified and unacceptable” and shows the unreliability of Russia as a gas supplier, she adds. She says EU member states have contingency plans in place for this scenario and […]
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More than 5.2 million Ukrainians have fled the country since Russia launched its invasion two months ago – with over 45,000 joining their ranks in the past 24 hours, the United Nations’ refugee agency has said. In total, 5,232,014 people have left Ukraine as refugees since 24 February, according to the UNHCR. That marks an […]
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U.S. Secretary of State Mark Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are expected to make a trip to Kyiv on Sunday and hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian leader said on saturday. He told a news conference in Kyiv that he would discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine has […]
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen led a walk-out today of a meeting of finance officials from the world’s richest countries when Russian officials spoke. It was the first meeting of G20 ministers and central bank governors since President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. British, French and Canadian officials joined the boycott, officials confirmed. […]
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President Biden has approved military aid close to a billion dollars to be transfer to Ukraine. Also note that United states has sent several defensive military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion by Russia. Russia has also stepped up air strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, killing at least one person at a […]
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