Updated on 02/13/2022 11:46 am Some airlines have canceled or diverted flights to Ukraine in the face of growing fears of an imminent invasion russian despite intense weekend talks between the Kremlin and the West. In an hour-long call Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden said invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human […]
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Ukrainian president will speak with Biden “in the next few hours”
Updated on 02/13/2022 10:32 am President ukrainianVolodimir Zelensky, will talk by phone with Joe Biden“in the next few hours” on the crisis between Russia and Western countries over the situation in Ukraine, his office announced on Sunday. “In the next few hours, President Volodimir Zelensky will talk about the security situation and about the current […]
US says diplomacy remains open to end Ukraine crisis
Updated on 02/13/2022 10:13 am U.S said that diplomatic channels remained open to end the confrontation with Moscow for Ukrainebut stated that the risk of Russian military action was high enough to justify withdrawing US embassy staff from Kiev. The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, spoke after talks on Saturday with […]
Language, a battle for the soul of eastern Ukraine
Kharkov, one of the most “Russian” cities in Ukrainegradually learns to speak Ukrainian in order to take away the Kremlin’s arguments to claim this territory with a Russian-speaking majority. “It is a great contribution to the defense of the country. Because Russia imposes war on us and considers that these territories belong to it since […]
The countries of Europe that ask their citizens to leave Ukraine before an imminent Russian attack
Due to tensions with Russia and the possibility of an imminent attack, several countries in Europe are asking their citizens to leave Ukraine. On Friday, the United States warned that there is a “clear possibility” that Russia will attack Ukraine next week. “Our impression that military action could happen any day, before the end of […]
Putin sees as “provocative speculation” the suspicion that Russia is preparing an invasion of Ukraine
Updated on 02/12/2022 12:41 pm The Russian President, Vladimir Putincalled “provocative speculation” the accusations that Russia is preparing an invasion of Ukraineduring a conversation this Saturday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin said in a statement. “Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron discussed about […] provocative speculation related to an alleged Russian ‘invasion’ of […]
Thousands of people march in Kiev to show their unity against the Russian threat
Updated on 02/12/2022 12:28 pm several thousand Ukrainians gathered in Kiev on Saturday to show their unity in the face of the possibility of a russian invasionwhile the Ukrainian leader called on the population not to panic and opposed what he said was an avalanche of dire predictions of war. Tension has risen as Russia […]
The US orders the withdrawal of almost all the soldiers it kept in Ukraine
Updated on 02/12/2022 10:34 am U.S ordered the withdrawal “as a precaution” of almost all the soldiers that it kept deployed in Ukraine to “reposition them elsewhere in Europe,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced Saturday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decided to transfer 160 Florida National Guard troops “who were advising and training Ukrainian forces,” the […]
What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline
the american president Joe Biden has threatened to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in case Russia invades Ukraine. The subsea pipeline sends Russian natural gas directly to Europe through Germany and is complete but not yet operational. It has become a major target as governments in the West try to dissuade Russia from attacking […]
Tension in Ukraine: Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak by phone this Saturday
Updated on 02/11/2022 10:12 pm The president of United States, Joe Bidenand its Russian counterpart, Vladimir PutinThey will talk tomorrow Saturday about Ukraine, confirmed to Efe this Friday a high-ranking official of the US Administration. That source explained that Moscow had proposed a telephone conversation for Monday, but Washington preferred to advance it to Saturday, […]