Updated on 02/24/2022 12:28 am Ukraine has closed its airspace to civil aviation, the Infrastructure Ministry said Thursday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a military operation against the country. The ministry said the airspace was closed “because of the high security risk,” halting civilian traffic shortly after midnight. Several powerful explosions […]
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Ukraine asks Russia at the UN to “stop the war”
Updated on 02/24/2022 12:27 am Russia must “stop the war”, urged the Ukrainian ambassador to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya at the United Nations Security Council at an emergency meeting on Ukraine. “It is the responsibility of these organizations to stop the war”, the Ukrainian ambassador implored the Security Council, whose meeting began practically at the […]
Zelensky imposes Martial Law and asks Ukrainians to stay home | VIDEO
Updated on 02/24/2022 12:27 am the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, This morning he asked the Ukrainians to remain calm and stay at home after the start of the Russian operation in the east of the country. The Ukrainian president made this video announcement on his Telegram account in which he also reported on the […]
Joe Biden condemns Russia’s military attack on Ukraine and calls it “catastrophic”
Updated on 02/23/2022 11:04 pm The president of the United States, Joe Biden, condemned the military attack ordered by Vladimir Putin in eastern Ukraine, where a Russian operation with registered bombings has been deployed. “The world will hold Russia accountable… (will cause) catastrophic loss of life”Biden noted. He also described “unjustified” Russia’s attack on Ukraine, […]
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin announces a “military operation” in Ukraine
Updated on 02/23/2022 10:36 pm the russian president Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday a military operation in Ukraine to defend the separatists in the east of the country. “I have made the decision of a military operation”, Putin declared in an unexpected television message shortly before 03:00 GMT, denouncing an alleged “genocide” orchestrated by Ukraine […]
The US hits the Nord Stream 2 consortium and warns of more sanctions on Russia
The United States on Wednesday hit the consortium in charge of operating the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with sanctions and intensified its collaboration with the European Union (EU) to retaliate against Russia if it continues with its actions in eastern Ukraine. The sanctions against Nord Stream 2 represent the next step in the punishment […]
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Before the UN Peru makes a call to de-escalate the conflict
Updated on 02/23/2022 04:41 pm Peru expressed this Wednesday its deep concern about the evolution of events within the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as on the eastern border of Ukraine and Russia, and advocated a peaceful and sustainable solution through diplomatic channels. The Permanent Representative of Peru to the UN, Ambassador Manuel Rodríguez […]
Russian-Ukrainian crisis puts German “gas” diplomacy in check
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine forces Germany to juggle reducing its dependence on Russian gas, and reveals the failure of its lenient diplomacy towards Putin for more than 20 years. “absolute failure”, emphasizes the public television channel ARD, while the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung evokes “diplomatic debris fields”. In question: Berlin’s policy towards Moscow since […]
China accuses US of creating ‘fear and panic’ over Ukraine
China accused the United States of creatingfear and panic” about the crisis in Ukraine, and called for a dialogue to quickly de-escalate rising tensions. The Chinese government, reiterating its position, opposes the new unilateral sanctions imposed on Russia, explained the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying. According to the spokeswoman, the United […]
US will cut off Russia from technology and resources if situation in Ukraine escalates, Treasury Department says
Updated on 02/23/2022 10:44 am Russian President Vladimir Putin can do much more damage in Ukraine, and the United States is prepared to respond by withholding technology and resources if he does, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said. Such measures were not announced Tuesday as part of a round of sanctions unveiled by President Joe […]