Tag Archives: Ukraine

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday rejected certain “unsubstantiated claims” about Tehran’s stance toward the conflict in Ukraine, saying Iran is ready to play a role in ending the crisis. Making the remarks in a phone call with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Raisi noted that …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis: At least four people were killed in a wave of drone strikes at a residential building and power facilities in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. The new …

New York, US | Rédaction Africanews & AFP  | The UN General Assembly on Wednesday condemned Russia’s “illegal annexations” of Ukrainian territory after Moscow vetoed a similar text in the Security Council in late September. Twenty-six African countries voted in favor of the resolution rejecting Moscow’s controversial referenda in four Ukrainian …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military was responsible for a recent deadly explosion on the Crimean Bridge. “The organizer of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge was the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, its head …

How the war in Ukraine demonstrates the poverty of freedom of the press and speech in Western liberal democracies THE LAST WORD | ANDREW MWENDA |  The war between Russia and Ukraine (actually better described as the war between Russia and the Western world in Ukraine) is a classic case study …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree to put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), which rules out holding any negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelensky’s press service reported Tuesday. The document, published on Zelensky’s website, said that Ukraine’s …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Swedish Prosecution Authority said on Monday that an area around the Nord Stream leaks in the Swedish exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Baltic Sea has been cordoned off in order to conduct a criminal investigation. According to a press release from the Swedish Prosecution …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | — Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified agreements on the accession of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson to Russia, it said on Monday in a statement. Members of the State Duma unanimously voted in favor of the legislation. The accession to Russia …

Budapest, Hungary | Xinhua | The Western countries’ sanctions against Russia have turned the “local” conflict between Russia and Ukraine into a “global economic war,” Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday. An increasing number of countries across the world are becoming “victim” of the conflict in Ukraine, Orban said …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | After losing reliable and more affordable supplies from Russia, the European Union (EU) is facing a very difficult energy sector structural readjustment and may slip into economic recession this winter or next spring, a Chinese scholar on European studies has said. “If there were no …