The Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) will agree tonight at an extraordinary summit in Brussels new sanctions against “strategic sectors” Russians after the invasion of Ukraine, which for community leaders means “darkest hours for europe” since World War II. The leaders of the European institutions condemned the beginning of the […]
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Ukraine’s economy, another victim of Russian “hybrid war”
[Nota de la redacción: Este artículo fue elaborado antes del inicio de la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, pero dado su interés periodístico en este contexto lo compartimos con nuestros lectores.] One by one, the embassies and international offices in Kiev closed. The flight cancellations followed after insurers refused to cover planes landing in Ukraine. […]
Kiev is far from the front, but the fear of war is felt
[Nota de la redacción: Este artículo fue elaborado antes del inicio de la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, pero dado su interés periodístico en este contexto lo compartimos con nuestros lectores.] The inhabitants of the Ukrainian capital observe from afar and without altering their routine the possibility of a devastating conflict with Russia. But some […]
Cuba, Iran, Maduro, Trump… personalities or governments that support Putin
[Nota de la redacción: Este artículo fue elaborado antes del inicio de la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, pero dado su interés periodístico en este contexto lo compartimos con nuestros lectores.] The decision of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to recognize the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk has provoked the general rejection of the […]
Central European countries prepare to receive wave of Ukrainian refugees
Central European countries were bracing on Thursday for the arrival of refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Poland setting up reception points on its border and Hungary and Slovakia planning to send troops to manage the likely influx. Countries on the eastern flank of the European Union were once part of the Moscow-led Warsaw […]
Macron: France will respond without weakness to Russia’s “act of war” against Ukraine
Updated on 02/24/2022 08:40 am France will respond without weakness to Russia’s act of war against Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, adding that Moscow could expect harsh sanctions that would hit its military, economy and energy sector. “Last night’s events mark a turning point in European history”, Macron said in a televised address […]
Ukrainians wake up to the sound of Russian bombing
In the middle of the night, the noise that had been feared for days woke up the Ukrainian capital, in panic. At 4:30 a.m., explosions ripped through the sky over Kiev for the first time since World War II. At dawn, the first warning sirens sounded for several minutes from loudspeakers throughout the capital. “The […]
NATO puts warplanes on alert and increases troop presence on the eastern flank
Updated on 02/24/2022 07:45 am NATO said on Thursday it would take further deterrence and defense measures after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, including putting more than 100 warplanes on high alert and further increasing troop presence on its eastern flank. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said there would be an emergency virtual summit of […]
Russian forces enter the Ukrainian capital, while citizens leave it
Updated on 02/24/2022 07:26 am Russian forces entered the northern Kiev region from Belarus to carry out a Grad missile attack on military targets, Ukrainian border guards said Thursday. An AFP journalist in the north of the Ukrainian capital saw unidentified helicopters flying low on the outskirts of Kiev. While AFP reported that on the […]
NATO will hold a virtual summit over Russia’s military actions against Ukraine
Updated on 02/24/2022 06:31 am The leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold a videoconference summit on Friday to discuss the military actions initiated by Russia in Ukraine, diplomatic sources confirmed on Thursday. Meanwhile, NATO announced this Friday in a statement that its member states had decided to take “additional steps” to […]