The government of Brazil He lamented this Saturday the “non-constructive”, “nor useful” criticism of the White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, about the president’s trip Jair Bolsonaro to Russia in full escalation of international tensions over Ukraine. “Brazil’s positions on the situation in Ukraine are clear, public and were repeatedly transmitted to the authorities of friendly […]
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France recommends its citizens to leave Ukraine
Updated on 02/19/2022 11:30 am The french government advised this Saturday to its citizens in Ukraine to leave the country given the tension that exists due to the concentration of troops Russian on the border and the resurgence of ceasefire violations in the east of the country. The Foreign Ministry recommended those in Kharkov and […]
Germany asks its citizens to leave Ukraine “urgently”
Updated on 02/19/2022 10:59 am The german foreign ministry reiterated this Saturday his call for German citizens to abandon Ukraine and ordered them to do so “urgently”, since a military confrontation “is possible at any time”. “Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have continued to rise due to the presence and movements of Russian troops near […]
Russia will face economic sanctions if it invades Ukraine, warns Kamala Harris
Updated on 02/19/2022 09:21 am The vice president of United States, kamala harriswarned on Saturday Russia that it will face “unprecedented” economic sanctions if it invades Ukraine and predicted that such an attack would bring European allies closer to Washington. Harris spoke at the Munich Security Conference a day after US President Joe Biden warned […]
Vladimir Putin Oversees Military Exercises Amid Ukraine Attack Fears
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched large-scale military exercises on Saturday, hours after the United States warned it was certain of an imminent invasion of Ukraine, where clashes between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in the east are on the rise. Despite this increasingly tense situation at the front, which this Saturday cost the life of a […]
From beet soup with cabbage to Chernobyl, five Ukraine must-know issues
Ukraine, now surrounded by some 100,000 Russian soldiers, has known revolutions, annexation and war since the fall of the USSR. But it is also the country of beetroot soup with cabbage (borchtch) and Chernobyl. These are the five things you should know about this country of some 40 million inhabitants bordering the European Union (EU). […]
Bombings and evacuations in eastern Ukraine raise fears of Russian invasion
The clashes multiplied this Friday in the east of Ukrainewhere the separatists ordered the evacuation of civilians towards Russiaraising fears that the president Vladimir Putin is finalizing preparations to invade the country. US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, denounced the launch ofa stage” from “provocations” to justify an attack on Ukraine. A State Department spokesman […]
Russia and China tone down the G20 text on geopolitical tensions
Russia and China have watered down a statement drafted by the heads of the Group of 20 (G20) major world economies to remove a reference to “current” geopolitical tensions clouding the economic outlook, according to sources at the talks. The talks were held both online and in person in Jakarta, and the final communiqué will […]
US estimates Russia has up to 190,000 troops near Ukraine
The US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Michael Carpenter, assured in Vienna (Austria) that his government estimates that Russia has deployed between 169,000 and 190,000 soldiers around Ukraine, compared to the 100,000 of January 30. This deployment, described by the US representative as “the most significant military mobilization in […]
UN warns the world is more dangerous now than during the Cold War
Updated on 02/18/2022 11:07 am UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is probably a more dangerous place now than it was during the Cold War. With East-West tensions at their highest since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, he said a small mistake or miscommunication between major powers could […]