Updated on 02/28/2022 12:10 pm The military invasion launched on Thursday by Russia in Ukraine is becoming increasingly “more brutal”, warned the head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, who denounced the high number of civilian victims. “The Russian military campaign becomes more brutal every day and the Ukrainian forces respond with […]
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UN General Assembly rules on Russian invasion of Ukraine
“Enough already! The fighting must stop”, launched the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, after the opening this Monday of the extraordinary emergency session of the General Assembly that will decide whether or not to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after the failure of the Council of security. This exceptional meeting of the 193 members of […]
Foreign Minister condemned the Russian offensive against Ukraine and demanded an immediate ceasefire
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, César Landa Arroyo, participated this Monday in the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, held in Geneva (Switzerland) to condemn Russia’s massive military offensive against Ukraine. There Landa pointed out that Peru rejects the use of force, demanding an immediate ceasefire. “As legal chancellor I cannot be indifferent to the use […]
Putin demands recognition of Crimea and demilitarization of Ukraine to end war
Updated on 02/28/2022 11:39 am Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday demanded from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, the recognition of Crimea as Russian territory and the demilitarization of Ukraine as conditions to end the war in that country. Putin asked “the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea and the demilitarization and ‘denazification’ of the […]
FIFA to exclude Russia from Qatar 2022 after IOC recommendation
FIFA will announce the exclusion of Russia from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after the recommendation made this Monday by the IOC to the federations and competition organizers so that “do not invite or allow the participation of Russian or Belarusian athletes or officials” in none of them. As confirmed by EFE, FIFA plans […]
Brazil: Bolsonaro refuses to condemn Russia’s actions for fear of losing fertilizers
Jair BolsonaroPresident of Brazil, refused this Sunday to condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin, while departing from the official position of his Government in the United Nations and saying that Brazil would remain neutral, largely for fear of losing their main supply of fertilizer. As reported by Reuters, the far-right leader […]
Cassis ditches Swiss neutrality: Swiss join sanctions against Russia
Switzerland is going to resume in a “comprehensive” way the economic sanctions adopted by the European Union (EU) against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, the president of the Helvetic Confederation, Ignazio Cassis, informed on Monday. As reported by the AFP chain, these measures include sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which involve the freezing […]
Ukraine and Russia negotiate and the EU coordinates the shipment of weapons
Official Russian and Ukrainian delegations began negotiations in Pripyat, on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, today on the fifth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peksov refused to comment in his daily telephone press conference on the expectation of an agreement at the meeting, and urged everyone to let the negotiators work without […]
Oil climbs again due to war in Ukraine: WTI barrel operates at $95.45
The price of Petroleum Texas Intermediate (WTI) opened this Monday with a strong rise of 4.2%, to 95.45 dollars a barrel, in reaction to Western sanctions on Russia. At 14:05 GMT (9:05 Peru time) on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), WTI futures contracts for delivery in April totaled 3.86 dollars per barrel compared to […]
South Korea would join the blockade of Russian exports and access to SWIFT
South Korea announced this last February 28 that it has prohibited the export of strategic materials from Russia and analyzes joining the Russian international blockade of the SWIFT system due to the invasion of Ukraine. According to Foreign Ministry sources told the Yonhap agency, the South Korean nation plans to leave Russian banks out of […]