Category: Ukraine
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1.5 million refugees leave Ukraine in “fastest growing refugee crisis”
The number of people fleeing Ukraine – Russia conflict has crossed the figure of 1.5 million, making it Europe’s “fastest-growing refugee crisis” since World War II, the United Nations said. “More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighboring countries in 10 days — the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World…
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Putin publicly speaks about Ukraine and Russia’s financial situation
Russian president Vladimir Putin while meeting with female pilots and flight attendants on Saturday, publicly spoke about the war in Ukraine and Russia’s financial situation. Putin said that there are no plans to introduce martial law, insofar as martial law is introduced in response to external aggression, and at this moment there is no area…
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Putin: Ukrainian Forces are holding Chinese and Indian students “hostage”
In a broadcast address to Russia’s Security Council on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused “nationalists and foreign mercenaries” in Ukraine of using civilians as “human shields”. Putin further claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the “nationalists” are holding Chinese and Indian students “hostage.” Putin has announced that the families of Russian servicemen killed…
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Putin vows to continue the fight in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to keep fighting against what he described as Neo-Nazis in Ukraine and said the Kremlin could add to its demands at negotiations if Kyiv stalls talks. “Russia intends to continue the uncompromising fight against militants of nationalist armed groups,” Putin said, as per a readout of a call with…
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Zelensky wants Russia to pay for reparation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday promised that damage to infrastructure that took place in their war with Russia would be repaired and that Moscow would foot the bill. “We will restore every house, every street, every city and we say to Russia: learn the word of reparations and contributions. You will reimburse us for…
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Nearly 700,000 refugees fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war
About 677,000 refugees have fled the conflict in Ukraine for safety in neighboring countries since the beginning of the war, according to the United Nations on Tuesday. About a million people have been internally displaced, the United Nations added. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister earlier said there are no restrictions on foreign citizens leaving Ukraine, and…
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European Parliament accepts Ukraine’s application for EU membership
One day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted an application for Ukraine’s membership to the European Union (EU), the European Parliament has just accepted the request. The development came soon after Zelensky’s address to the Parliament. Zelensky on Monday had signed the application for Ukraine to become a part of the European Union. The move took…
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Freedom for Ukraine strange, says Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov told western politicians who advocate freedom of choice for Ukraine but say this must be pro-European choice have a strange interpretation of freedom in a security conference in Munich. Lavrov contended the Ukrainian Government’s right to stop the violence specifying a 1966 international treaty on basic political rights which has been adopted by…