under the pretext of “denazify” Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war against his neighbor. But now the Jewish community, which until a month ago lived through a time of splendor in the country after decades of devastation and migration due to the Holocaust and Soviet repression, is evacuating its faithful. In the sinagoga […]
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Fear of nuclear war in children: how to deal with it
Jillian Amodio decided to tell the truth when her ten-year-old daughter asked her some specific questions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “When he asked me what nuclear weapons were, I explained in a simple way that they were explosives used in warfare capable of releasing a huge amount of energy and causing a lot of […]
Ukraine admits it has no chance to strengthen Mariupol defense
Updated on 03/19/2022 09:05 pm The Ukrainian authorities admitted this Saturday that they have no chance of reinforcing the defense of the city of Mariupol, heavily attacked by the Russians. Olexij Arestowytsch, an adviser to President Volodimir Zelensky, said the closest forces are more than 100 kilometers away or already engaged in fighting with the […]
War in Ukraine disrupts lives and supply chains
It can be difficult to measure the ways in which Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete different products, from cars to computer processors. But breaking one of those connections produced a “feeling depressing” to Andrew Bibikresponsible for the steel plant in Interpipe on Dnipro, […]
Russia’s Syrian “Mercenaries” – Much Ado About Nothing?
Since Russia expressed its willingness to use volunteers from the Middle East in the invasion of Ukraine a few days ago, the dissemination of information about the alleged recruitment of up to 40,000 Syrian mercenaries has skyrocketed, despite the fact that the figures do not seem realistic either logistically or militarily. . The last friday, […]
Keys to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in its fourth week
The struggle raged on several fronts in Ukraine Saturday with intense fighting in the beleaguered port of Mariupol, where some of the greatest suffering of the war is recorded. Ukrainian officials indicated that their forces are fighting with the russians by the Azovstal steel plant, one of the largest in Europe. The war has already […]
Ukraine claims to have destroyed 95 Russian planes throughout the war
Updated on 03/19/2022 08:10 am The Ukrainian Armed Forces claim to have destroyed around 95 Russian fighter planes, 115 helicopters, 72 missile launch systems and 44 air defense systems throughout the war. In addition, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, at least 14,400 Russian soldiers have died in the fighting. The calculations […]
Russian spies in the spotlight for failures in Ukraine
The faltering progress of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put a spotlight on Russian intelligence services, which observers say failed to prepare the Kremlin for the reality of the offensive. Various reports suggest that a section of the mighty Federal Security Service (FSB) from Russia it has been the subject of particular attention, with […]
War in Ukraine tests Swiss neutrality
The war in Ukraine has led Switzerland to impose unprecedented economic sanctions against Russia and to express its willingness to rearm, until now a taboo subject that puts the country’s historical neutrality to the test. This debate coincides with the aspiration of the Swiss government, for the first time since joining the UN 20 years […]
The Russian ruble and the Ukrainian hryvnia, two currencies weakened by the conflict
The repercussions of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine have been felt in the economies of both countries, and their currencies have been left at the mercy of possible new sanctions against Moscow and peace negotiations. russian currencywhich was trading around 90 rubles to a euro (80 rubles to a dollar) before February 24, when […]