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Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:04:33 +0000Mariupol, Donetsk Region’s Second Largest City, Remains Defiant While Calls for Help Persist
A high-ranking National Guardsman in isolated Mariupol released a video explaining the dire situation in the besieged Azov Sea coastal city of Mariupol in the eastern Donetsk region. Captain Svyatoslav Palamar, Deputy Commander of the National Guardâ...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:18:06 +0000
Russia’s War in Ukraine: March 18 – Update No. 3
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – None dead in theatre bombing: city – A Russian strike on a theatre sheltering civilians in Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol March 17 badly wounded one person but did not k...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:04:42 +0000
Russia calls Council of Europe a ‘Russophobic’ tool of the West
Russia’s outspoken foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, Friday accused the Council of Europe of being a “Russophobic” instrument serving Western interests. The pan-European rights body expelled Russia on Wednesday after ov...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:00:45 +0000
German minister races to find alternatives to Russian gas
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is set to travel to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this weekend as he races to find alternatives to Russian gas supplies in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Qatar is one of the world’s largest exporters ...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:36:06 +0000
Xi speaks out against ‘conflict’ in call with Biden on Russia
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said war is “in no one’s interest” during a phone call Friday with Joe Biden in which the US president aimed to pressure Beijing into joining Western condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:03:20 +0000
UN warns of ‘extremely dire’ situation in east Ukraine
The UN warned Friday that humanitarian needs are becoming ever more urgent across war-ravaged eastern Ukraine, with a potentially fatal lack of food, water and medicines in besieged cities. “The humanitarian situation in cities such as Mariupol...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:55:15 +0000
Update on situation in Mariupol
Here is an update from Mariupol from the deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Captain Svyatoslav Palamar, issued on March 18 pm. At the time when I am talking to you, street fights in the city are going on. Enemy aircraft and artillery are working ...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:15:09 +0000
EC To Ready Opinion on Ukraine’s EU Membership Within Months
The conclusion of the European Commission regarding Ukraine’s application for membership in the European Union will be prepared within a few months, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “Had substantive conversation with European ...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:58:22 +0000
Ukraine: World Lenders See ‘Extensive’ Economic Fallout
The International Monetary Fund, World Bank and other top global lenders warned on Friday, March 18 of “extensive” economic fallout from the Ukraine war and expressed their horror at the “devastating human catastrophe”. “...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:44:04 +0000
Russia’s War in Ukraine: March 18 – Update No. 2
– Aircraft plant destroyed in Lviv – Russian forces destroy an aircraft repair plant near Lviv airport but no one was hurt, Mayor Andriy Sadoviy says on the messaging app Telegram. The western city is just 70 kilometres (45 miles) from th...