Tag: Russia-Ukraine war
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Criminal Court to Open War Crimes Cases against Russians
The International Criminal Court will open two cases against Russian officials over the invasion of Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Monday. A spokeswoman for the office of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said it “offers no comment about this story.” In its report the New York Times said the first case involved Russia’s alleged…
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UK Seeks more German Support as it Confirms Challenger Tanks for Ukraine
Britain’s defence secretary has called on Germany to release Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine after he confirmed that the UK would send 14 of its own Challenger 2 tanks, the first time a western nation has given its own heavy armour to Kyiv. Ben Wallace said the UK would allow Ukrainians to start training with…
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Ukraine War: Celebrations as Kyiv takes back Kherson
Ukrainian soldiers have been welcomed into Kherson by jubilant residents, after Russia said it had fully withdrawn from the key southern city. Video showed locals on the streets, flying Ukraine’s national flag and chanting as Kyiv’s troops arrived. Some sang patriotic songs around a large camp fire well into the night. Kherson was the…
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Russia Halts Ukraine Black Sea Grain Exports, Biden Outraged
Russia on Saturday suspended participation in a U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal after what it said was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea, dealing a blow to attempts to ease the global food crisis. U.S. President Joe Biden denounced the move as “purely outrageous” and said it would increase starvation.…
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Putin Declares Martial Law in Occupied Ukrainian Regions
President Vladimir Putin introduced martial law on Wednesday in four Ukrainian regions he says Russia has annexed as some residents of the occupied city of Kherson left by boat following warnings of a looming assault. The images of people fleeing Kherson were broadcast by Russian state TV which portrayed the exodus – from the right…
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Russia Launches New Strikes on Ukraine Power Plants
Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities, with strikes on Kyiv and other major cities. Presidential aide Kyrylo Tymoshenko said there had been three explosions in Kyiv, and BBC journalists saw plumes of smoke rising on the city’s left bank shortly after 09:00 (6:00 GMT). Two facilities were seriously damaged in the central…
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Multiple explosions rock Ukraine
A series of loud explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Monday morning, a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine for a deadly blast on the bridge linking Crimea to Russia. The explosions hit Kyiv around 8:15 am local time (0515 GMT), and an AFP journalist in the city saw numerous ambulances appearing to head toward…
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Putin’s Nuclear Threat brings Risk of ‘Armageddon’, Biden Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to “Armageddon” than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden said. With his seven-month invasion unravelling, Putin celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday with fawning praise from some officials but little public…
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BREAKING: Putin Declares Four Regions of Ukraine as Russian Territories
President Putin has announced the illegal seizure of four areas of Ukraine – saying they are now Russian territories In an angry speech decrying the West, he claimed people living in the regions had made their choice – but “referendums” held there have been labelled shams The territory being seized is in Russian-held Donetsk,…
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Putin to Proclaim Rule over Seized Ukrainian Land in Speech
President Vladimir Putin will sign documents on Friday proclaiming Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Moscow rushes to lock in territorial claims that the Ukrainian army is threatening to reverse on the battlefield. The move, one of the legal steps Russia says will lead to formal annexation of 15% of Ukraine’s territory, confirms…